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The Great Indian Road Movie

On the Life Road

‘The Great Indian Road Movie’ was visualized by travelling over fifteen thousand kilometres across seventeen states of India.

This is the story of a nine year old blind boy who lives in the state of Kerala, his desire to see and to know the truth about his life. The boy’s father with the help of some well-wishers arranges for a cornea transplantation surgery which brings life back to his eyes. Upon regaining vision the boy develops a wish, a wish to travel and explore the whole of India.

The boy’s father, though financially weak, sets upon this mammoth journey to fulfil his child dream. On this soul searching journey the boy is exposed to a kaleidoscope of people, cultures, languages, lifestyle and food.

On another plane this pan Indian journey is the quest of the boy to unravel the truth, the truth about self. At the end of this karmic journey through Vedic lands the boy realizes the truth.

  • Sohan Lal
    Director
  • Sohan Lal
    Writer
  • Abhilash S. Pillai
    Producer
  • Master Ashray
    Key Cast
    "Balu"
  • Vijay Anand
    Key Cast
    "Sivakumar"
  • Anila
    Key Cast
    "Deepa"
  • Madhupal
    Key Cast
    "Filmmaker"
  • Sunil Sukhada
    Key Cast
    "Fr. Joy"
  • Prem Manoj
    Key Cast
    "Doctor"
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Genres:
    Travel, Road Movie, Children's Film, India
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 59 minutes 1 second
  • Completion Date:
    March 1, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    115,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    Malayalam
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • International Travel Film Festival CYPRUS 2018
    Larnaca
    Cyprus
    October 19, 2018
    Award Winner-Best Travel Film
  • LIFFT INDIA FILMOTSAV - World Cine Fest, Lonavla
    Lonavla
    India
    December 6, 2018
    Award Winner
  • TRAVEL FILM FESTIVAL - Moscow
    Moscow
    Russian Federation
    April 19, 2019
    Official Selection
  • New Delhi International Film Festival - NDFF 2018 -
    Delhi
    India
    November 18, 2018
    Award Winner
  • Kolkata International film festival
    Kolkata
    India
    November 14, 2018
    Indian
    Official Selection
  • 7th Delhi Film Festival
    Delhi
    India
    November 18, 2018
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Sohan Lal

Sohan Lal shot into fame in 2006 with the TV film Neermaathalathinte pookkal/ Flowers of Neermaathalam. The film brought him critical acclaim and several awards including Kerala State Awards for Best TV Film, Director, Script Writer, Music and Audiography.

Sohan Lal's first feature film was Orkkuka Vallappozhum/ Remember once in awhile - 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.

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Director Statement

'The Great Indian Road Movie' - The path ahead was full of uncertainties. We travelled and travelled and travelled. Magically the nature started showing up the locations the script demanded. After some time, the locale grew in to the script and started to lead the characters. Mood of the characters and the atmosphere got entwined. As if the nature and the story were in wonderful harmony.