Sohanlal (സോഹൻലാൽ) 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 positive reviews and several awards including Kerala State Film Awards for Best TV Film, Director, Script Writer, Music and Audiography. Sohanlal's first feature film was Orkkuka Vallappozhum in 2009 starred mainstream Malayalam actors. It won him the Kerala Film Critics Association Award for Best Debut Director and the movie screened in various film festivals worldwide. His second movie Kadhaveedu (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 Sathyanweshanamand 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 Kadhaveedu 2013 Teens 2012 Mazhanritham 2009 Thaalolam Filmography - Director 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 External links 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)