Sohanlal (സോഹൻലാൽ) is an

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and

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, based in

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Career

Sohanlal started his career as a production assistant and script writer with

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in 1996–2000 and later worked with the television channels -

Indiavision Indiavision was an Indian pay television news channel based at Kochi, Kerala, India. It broadcast in Malayalam. History Indiavision was launched on 14 July 2003. The network launched a second channel, YES Indiavision (Youth, Entertainment & Spo ...

in 2000-2002, Middle East Television in 2002-2004,

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in 2004 and

Amrita TV Amrita TV is an Indian Malayalam Language general Entertainment television channel owned by Mata Amritanandamayi Math. It was launched in 2005. Theme song The theme song, "Lokasamastha," was composed by Rahulraj for Mata Amritanandamayi's 50t ...

in 2004-2011 as Director-Programs.

Director

Sohanlal's first notable work was the 2006 TV film Neermaathalathinte pookkal adapted from a short story by

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writer Madhavikutty /

Kamala Surayya Kamala Surayya (born Kamala; 31 March 1934 – 31 May 2009), popularly known by her one-time pen name Madhavikutty and married name Kamala Das, was an Indian poet in English as well as an author in Malayalam from Kerala, India. Her popularity ...

. The film was telecast on

and received positive reviews and several awards including

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for Best TV Film, Director, Script Writer, Music and Audiography. Sohanlal's first feature film was ''

Orkkuka Vallappozhum ''Orkkuka Vallappozhum'' (Remember Once A while) is a Malayalam movie released in 2009. This 120-minute feature has Thilakan as Sethumadhavan - a seventy-year-old enjoying his retired life and trying to rediscover the innocence of his past. It m ...

'' in 2009 starred mainstream

actors. It won him the

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for Best Debut Director and the movie screened in various film festivals worldwide. His second movie

Kadhaveedu ''Kadhaveedu'' is a 2013 Indian Malayalam anthology film written and directed by Sohanlal, based on three stories penned by Vaikkom Muhammad Basheer, Madhavikutty, and M. T. Vasudevan Nair. The film stars Kunchacko Boban in the lead role, with ...

(House of Stories) was released in November 2013. His third movie ''The Great Indian Road Movie'' was released in May 2019. 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 childrens film trilogy. Sohanlal is the director of the first childrens film trilogy in Malayalam. He is also a lyricist advertisement film maker and Event Director.

Lyrics written

* 2022 ''Swapnangal Pookkunna Kaadu'' * 2014 ''Konthayum Poonoolum'' * 2013 ''

'' * 2013 ''Teens'' * 2012 ''Mazhanritham'' * 2009 ''Thaalolam''

Filmography - Director

References

Road to dream realisation

melange of a movie

Abstract and like a haiku

Sohanlal to helm Mollywood’s first children’s film trilogy

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sohanlal Living people Film directors from Thiruvananthapuram 21st-century Indian film directors Indian documentary filmmakers Indian television producers Malayalam film directors Malayalam screenwriters Malayalam-language writers Malayalam novelists Screenwriters from Thiruvananthapuram Novelists from Kerala Year of birth missing (living people)