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.
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 awards including Kerala State Film Awards for Best TV Film, Director, Script Writer, Music and Audiography.
Sohanlal's first feature film, Orkkuka Vallappozhum released in 2009. It won him the Kerala Film Critics Association Award for Best Debut Director and the movie screened in film festivals. 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. 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 children's film trilogy.
Lyrics written
2022 Swapnangal Pookkunna Kaadu 2014 Konthayum Poonoolum 2013 Kadhaveedu 2013 Teens 2012 Mazhanritham 2009 Thaalolam
Books authored
2012 Limelight . Novel. DC Books 2015 Park Street. Novel DC Books 2020 Ammamaram. Novel Green Books 2011 London lights, Travelogue. Sign Books 2026 The Great Indian Road Movie, Screenplay and Travelogue. Green Books
Filmography
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 truthMaster 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 DreamsMaster Alok Krishna, Baby Anugraha, A.V. Anoop, Felix Kuruvila, Swetlana, Vinu Y.S, Savitha, Kalyani
Short films Year Title Cast 2000 [Pedakam] Madhu (actor), Sreekala, Hari Prasad, Lazitha 2006 Neermaathalathinte Pookkal Praveena, Kishore Satya 2020 Eva Payel Mukherjee
Filmography - Director, Documentaries Year Title 2002 Venal Vasantham 2015 Autobiography of a Stray Dog 2023 Sabdayamanam/Noishorrifics 2025 Wheels to Kodachadri
References
Road to dream realisation Two sides of the stray dog menace melange of a movie Abstract and like a haiku Sohanlal to helm Mollywood's first children's film trilogy
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