{{Short description|Indian screenwriter and actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Sab John | image = | birth_name = John Edathattil<ref name="A" /> | occupation = {{Hlist|Screenwriter|actor}} | years_active = 1989{{ndash}}present }} '''Sab John''' is an Indian screenwriter and actor who works in Malayalam and Tamil-language films. He is known for his work in the films ''Chanakyan'' (1989), ''Gunaa'' (1991) and ''Soorya Manasam'' (1992)
== Career == Sab John made his debut as a writer with the thriller film ''Chanakyan'' (1989).<ref>{{Cite web |title=18 ദിവസം കൊണ്ട് 450 പേജുള്ള 'ചാണക്യന്റെ' തിരക്കഥ; നിഗൂഢതകളുടെ 'മയിൽപ്പീലിക്കാവ്': സാബ്ജോൺ പറയുന്നു |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/movies/movie-news/2020/06/02/sab-john-screenwriter-of-blockbuster-movie-chanakyan-about-his-life.html |access-date=2020-08-02 |website=Manorama Online |language=ml}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Writer of Kamal Haasan's Chanakyan emerges from obscurity with online screenplay class |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/interview/2020/06/01/sab-john-screenwriter-of-blockbuster-movie-chanakyan-career-writing.html |access-date=2020-08-02 |website=OnManorama |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711194911/https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/interview/2020/06/01/sab-john-screenwriter-of-blockbuster-movie-chanakyan-career-writing.html |archive-date=2020-07-11 |url-status=live }}</ref> The story of the film was created in 18 days and he wrote a 450-page script for the film with director T. K. Rajeev Kumar.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sidhardhan |first=Sanjith |date=20 February 2020 |title='A man in the bar told our hero that he looked like Kamal Haasan and should try acting' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/a-man-in-the-bar-told-our-hero-that-he-looked-like-kamal-haasan-and-should-try-acting/articleshow/74226517.cms |access-date=2020-08-02 |website=The Times of India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723224439/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/a-man-in-the-bar-told-our-hero-that-he-looked-like-kamal-haasan-and-should-try-acting/articleshow/74226517.cms |archive-date=23 July 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> He made his Tamil debut the following year with the romantic film ''Gunaa''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 May 2020 |title=Sab John, Who Wrote Kamal Haasan-Starrer Guna, On The Five Basic Elements Of Screenwriting |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/tamil-features/sab-john-who-wrote-kamal-haasan-starrer-guna-on-the-five-basic-elements-of-screenwriting/ |access-date=2020-08-02 |website=Film Companion |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727060713/https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/tamil-features/sab-john-who-wrote-kamal-haasan-starrer-guna-on-the-five-basic-elements-of-screenwriting/ |archive-date=27 July 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="A">{{Cite web |date=31 October 2016 |title=Get the story right |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/Get-the-story-right/article15879586.ece |access-date=2020-08-02 |website=The Hindu}}</ref> After writing the scripts for several Malayalam films including ''Vyooham'' (1990) and ''Gandhari'' (1992), he returned to Tamil cinema with ''Sillunu Oru Kadhal'' (2006).<ref name="auto" />
== Filmography == {{BLP unreferenced section|date= September 2022}}
=== As a writer === *''Chanakyan'' (1989) *''Kshanakkathu'' (1990) *''Vyooham'' (1990) *''Gunaa'' (1991) (Tamil) *''Soorya Manasam'' (1991) *''Gandhari'' (1992) *''Bharanakoodam'' (1994) *''Highway'' (1995) *''Mayilpeelikkavu'' (1998) *''Priyam'' (2000) *''Sillunu Oru Kadhal'' (2006) (Tamil) *''Sivappu Mazhai'' (2010) (Tamil)
=== As an actor === *''Kuruthipunal'' (1995) (Tamil) *''Sathyameva Jayathe'' (2000)
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{IMDb name|3299108}}
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