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Sohanlal
Sohanlal
Born	Thiruvananthapuram
Occupation	Writer, director
Website	http://www.sohanlal.com

Sohanlal (സോഹൻലാൽ) is an Indian film director and writer, based in Kerala.

Career[]

Sohanlal started his career as a production assistant and script writer with Doordarshan in 1996–2000 and later worked with the television channels - Indiavision in 2000-2002, Middle East Television in 2002-2004, Jeevan TV in 2004 and Amrita TV in 2004-2011 as Director-Programs.

Director[]

Sohanlal shot into fame in 2006 with the TV film Neermaathalathinte pookkal adapted from a short story by Malayalam writer Madhavikutty / Kamala Surayya. The film was telecast on Amrita TV and brought him critical acclaim and several awards including Kerala State Awards for Best TV Film, Director, Script Writer, Music and Audiography.^[1]

Sohanlal's first feature film was Orkkuka Vallappozhum in 2009 starred mainstream Malayalam actors. It won him the Kerala Film Critics Association Award for Best Debut Director and the movie screened in various film festivals worldwide. His second movie Kadhaveedu (House of Stories) was released in November 2013. His third movie The Great Indian Road Movie was released in May 2019.

Author[]

Aakaashavum ente Pranayavum - Poems - Published by Paridhi Books-2007
Neermaathalathinte Pookkal - Screenplay - Published by Kerala Bhasha Institute-2007
Limelight -Novel- Malayalam - Published by DC Books-2010
Orkkuka Vallappozhum - Screenplay - Published by Kerala Bhasha Institute-2010
Limelight -Novel- Tamil- Published by Uyirmayi Publications-2011
London Lights -UK Travel- Published by Sign Books-2011
Park Street -Novel- Published by DC Books-2012
P.Bhaskaran - Biography - Published by Kerala Bhasha Institute-2013
M.P.Appan - Biography - Published by Kerala Bhasha Institute-2013
Kadhaveedu - Screenplay - Published by Kerala Bhasha Institute-2014
Smrithithrayam/ Trilogy Nostalgia - Screenplays - Published by Kerala Bhasha Institute-2015
SYN -Yoga- Published by Amazon-2016
Autobiography of a Stray Dog -Documentary- Published by Amazon-2017
Ammamaram - Novel- Published by Green Books-2016

Lyrics written[]

2014 Konthayum Poonoolum
2013 Kadhaveedu
2013 Teens
2012 Mazhanritham
2009 Thaalolam

Filmography - Director[]

Year	Title	Cast
2009	Orkkuka Vallappozhum	Thilakan, Jagadeesh, Krishnachandran,Chalipala,Shilpabala, Meera Vasudev et al.
2013	Kadhaveedu	Kunchako Boban, Lal, Biju Menon, Manoj K. Jayan, Kalabhavan Shajon, Bhama, Rituparna Sengupta, Mallika,Swapna Menon et al.
2018	The Great Indian Road Movie	Master Ashray, Vijay Anand, Anila, Madhupal, Sunil Sukhada, Prem Manoj et al.
2019	Appuvinte Sthyanweshanam / Appu in search of truth	Master Ridhun, A.V.Anoop, Sudheer Karamana, Maniyan Pillai Raju, Meera Vasudev, Sarayu, , Albert Alex, Vinduja Vikram, Master Rohan et al.
2020	Swapnangal pookkunna Kaadu / Trees in Dreams	Master Alok Krishna, Baby Anugraha, A.V. Anoop, Felix Kuruvila, Swetlana, Vinu Y.S, Savitha, Kalyani et al.

References[]

^ Manmadhan, Prema (21 December 2006). "Abstract and like a haiku". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 7 March 2009.

External links[]

Sohanlal at IMDb
Official website

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sohanlal.

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