Sohanlal

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Sohanlal

Sohanlal
Born (1976-11-14) November 14, 1976
Thiruvananthapuram
Occupation Novelist, screenwriter, director, producer
Website
http://www.sohanlal.com
For the dance director see B. Sohanlal

Sohanlal (Malayalam: സോഹൻലാൽ; born 14 November 1976) is an Indian film and television director, producer and writer, based in Kerala.

Education

He holds a degree in English Literature and a Post Graduate Diploma in Web Design. He studied at St Xaviers College Thumba.[citation needed]

Career

He shot into fame in 2006 with the television film Neermathalathinte Pookkal adapted from a short story by Malayalam writer Kamala Surayya. The film was telecast on Amrita TV and brought him critical acclaim and several awards.[1]

He started his career as casual production assistant and script writer 1994–2001 with Doordarshan and later was associated with all major television channels in Kerala, including Asianet, Indiavision, Jeevan TV and Kairali TV. Currently he works for Amrita TV as senior program producer.[2] He is also the producer and director of Chitranjali, a music based program on Amrita TV.

His directorial venture, Orkkuka Vallappozhum, starring mainstream Malayalam actors, won him the Kerala Film Critics Association Award for Best Debut Director.[3]

Sohanlal has authored two new-generation novels: Limelight which is set against the backdrops of film industry and Park Street which narrates the lives of people in the red-light districts of Kolkata.

Awards

Year Film/Programme Award(s)
1993 Ezhuthakom Award – Best Poem in Periodicals
1997 Sopanam Sree Chithira Thirunal Smaraka Award
2000 Pedakam Malayalam Television Viewers Award (Drisya) – Best Telefilm Director
Sree Chithira Thirunal Smaraka Award – Best Telefilm Director
Hi-tech Cinema Meghala Award – Best Telefilm Director
Kerala Film Critics Special Jury Award – Best Telefilm Director

Kerala State Special Jury Award – Best Telefilm Director

2005 Cinema Vicharana Thikkurissi Foundation Award for Best Film Based Programme (producer)
2005 Anjali Kerala Film and Audience Council Award for Best Music programme
Minnalai Television Award for Best Music Programme
Cil Award for Best Music Programme
2006 Neermaathalathinte Pookkal Federation for Better Films Award for Best Director
Kerala Film Audience Council Award for Best Director
Film City Award for Best Director
Kerala Film Critics Award for Best Scriptwriter
Premnazir Foundation's 1st TV Award for Best Director
2008 Orkkuka Vallappozhum Atlas Film Critics Award (début director)
2013 Kadhaveedu  :)

References

  1. Manmadhan, Prema (2006-12-21). "Abstract and like a haiku". Metro Plus Kochi. The Hindu. Retrieved 2009-03-07. 
  2. "Capturing nostalgia". The Hindu. 2006-09-06. Retrieved 2009-03-07. 
  3. "Mohanlal, Sukumari adjudged best actors". The Hindu. 2009-01-31. Retrieved 2009-03-06. 

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