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Sohanlal
Born
Thiruvananthapuram
OccupationsWriter, director
Websitehttp://www.sohanlal.com

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

Career

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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.[citation needed]

Director

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Sohanlal's first notable work was the 2006 TV film Neermaathalathinte pookkal adapted from a short story by Malayalam writer Madhavikutty / Kamala Surayya. The film was telecast on Amrita TV and received [citation needed] awards including Kerala State Film Awards for Best TV Film, Director, Script Writer, Music and Audiography.[1]

Sohanlal's first feature film, Orkkuka Vallappozhum released in 2009.[citation needed] It won him the Kerala Film Critics Association Award for Best Debut Director and the movie screened in film festivals.[citation needed] His second movie Kadhaveedu (House of Stories) was released in November 2013, Based on stories by M. T. Vasudevan Nair, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, and Madhavikutty.[citation needed] His third movie The Great Indian Road Movie was released in May 2019.[citation needed] His fourth movie is Appuvinte Sathyanweshanam and the latest film he directed is in 2022, Swapnangal Pookkunna Kaadu which is also the last part of his children's film trilogy.[citation needed]

Lyrics written

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Books authored

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  • 2012 Limelight . Novel. DC Books
  • 2015 Park Street. Novel DC Books
  • 2020 Ammamaram. Novel Green Books
  • 2011 London lights, Travelogue. Sign Books

Filmography

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Year Title Cast
2009 Orkkuka Vallappozhum Thilakan, Jagadeesh, Krishnachandran, Chalipala, Shilpabala, Meera Vasudev
2013 Kadhaveedu Kunchako Boban, Lal, Biju Menon, Manoj K. Jayan, Kalabhavan Shajon, Bhama, Rituparna Sengupta, Mallika, Swapna Menon
2018 The Great Indian Road Movie Master Ashray, Vijay Anand, Anila, Madhupal, Sunil Sukhada, Prem Manoj
2019 Appuvinte Sthyanweshanam / Appu in search of truth Master Ridhun, A. V. Anoop, Sudheer Karamana, Maniyan Pillai Raju, Meera Vasudev, Sarayu, Krishnan Balakrishnan, Albert Alex, Vinduja Vikram, Master Rohan
2022 Swapnangal pookkunna Kaadu / Trees in Dreams Master Alok Krishna, Baby Anugraha, A.V. Anoop, Felix Kuruvila, Swetlana, Vinu Y.S, Savitha, Kalyani

Short films

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Year Title Cast
2000 Pedakam Madhu (actor), Sreekala, Hari Prasad, Lazitha
2006 Neermaathalathinte Pookkal Praveena, Kishore Satya
2020 Eva Payel Mukherjee

Filmography - Director, Documentaries

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Year Title
2002 Venal Vasantham
2015 Autobiography of a Stray Dog
2023 Sabdayamanam/Noishorrifics

References

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