Sohanlal

{{Short description|Indian film director and writer}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=August 2018}} {{COI|date=December 2016}} {{advert|date=October 2022}} }}

{{Infobox person | name = Sohanlal | image = SohanLal.jpg | birth_date = | birth_place = Thiruvananthapuram | occupation = Writer, director | website = http://www.sohanlal.com }}

'''Sohanlal''' 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.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

===Director=== 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|date=October 2022}} awards including Kerala State Film Awards for Best TV Film, Director, Script Writer, Music and Audiography.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/12/21/stories/2006122100970100.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071001091841/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/12/21/stories/2006122100970100.htm |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2007-10-01 |title= Abstract and like a haiku |last= Manmadhan |first= Prema |date= 2006-12-21 |work= The Hindu |access-date= 2009-03-07}}</ref>

Sohanlal's first feature film, ''Orkkuka Vallappozhum'' released in 2009.{{Citation needed|date=February 2026}} It won him the Kerala Film Critics Association Award for Best Debut Director and the movie screened in film festivals.{{Citation needed|date=February 2026}} 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|date=February 2026}} His third movie ''The Great Indian Road Movie'' was released in May 2019.{{Citation needed|date=February 2026}} 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|date=February 2026}}

== Lyrics written == {{Unreferenced section|date=February 2026}} * 2022 ''Swapnangal Pookkunna Kaadu'' * 2014 ''Konthayum Poonoolum'' * 2013 ''Kadhaveedu'' * 2013 ''Teens'' * 2012 ''Mazhanritham'' * 2009 ''Thaalolam''

== Books authored == {{Unreferenced section|date=February 2026}} * 2012 ''Limelight . Novel. DC Books'' * 2015 ''Park Street. Novel DC Books'' * 2020 Ammamaram. Novel Green Books * 2011 ''London lights, Travelogue. Sign Books''

== Filmography == {{Unreferenced section|date=February 2026}} {| class="wikitable" |- ! 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 === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Cast |- | 2000 || ''Pedakam'' || Madhu (actor), Sreekala, Hari Prasad, Lazitha |- | 2006 || ''Neermaathalathinte Pookkal'' || Praveena, Kishore Satya |- | 2020 || ''Eva'' || Payel Mukherjee |}

=== Filmography - Director, Documentaries === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Title |- | 2002 || ''Venal Vasantham'' |- | 2015 || ''Autobiography of a Stray Dog'' |- | 2023 || ''Sabdayamanam/Noishorrifics'' |}

==References== <references /> * [https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/mollywood/150318/road-to-dream-realisation.html Road to dream realisation] * [https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2017/jan/30/two-sides-of-the-stray-dog-menace-1564840.html Two sides of the stray dog menace] * [http://sohanlal.com/index.php/news/30-indian-express-2012 melange of a movie] * [https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/abstract-and-like-a-haiku/article3204917.ece Abstract and like a haiku] *[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/sohanlal-to-helm-mollywoods-first-childrens-film-trilogy/articleshow/75006933.cms Sohanlal to helm Mollywood's first children's film trilogy]

==External links== * {{IMDb name|3282824}} * {{Official website|http://www.sohanlal.com}}

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