Soman Ambaat (also spelled Soman Ambatt or referred as just Soman) is an Indian film director (Member of FEFKA) in Malayalam cinema. His debut film was ''Aayiram Abhilashangal'' (1984). This was followed by several films in Malayalam such as ''

Manasariyathe ''Manasariyathe'' () is a 1984 Indian Malayalam-language thriller film directed by Soman Ambaat and written by Velliman Vijayan. It stars Mohanlal, Zarina Wahab and Nedumudi Venu. The film's songs were composed by Raghu Kumar, while the backgro ...

'' (1984), ''Oppam Oppathinoppam'' (1986), and ''Agnimuhurtham'' (1987). He has also worked as Chief Associate director for movies like ''Jagadguru Adisankaran'' (1977), ''Shrimad Bhagwadgeeta'' (1977), ''Ashtamangalyam'' (1977), ''Harshabhaspam'' (1977), ''Pichipoo'' (1978, ''Manoradham'' (1978), ''Vilakkum veilchavum'' (1978), '' Aanakkalari'' (1978), ''Kolillakam'' (1981), and ''Ponnum Poovum'' (1982).

Career

Born in

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, Soman Ambaat completed his graduation from Bharat Mata College in Kochi. He left is banking profession to join the film industry. He started his career as Assistant Director to

P. Bhaskaran Pulloottupadathu Bhaskaran alias as P. Bhaskaran (21 April 1924 – 25 February 2007), was an Indian Malayalam language poet, lyricist of Malayalam film songs, and filmmaker. He penned more than 3000 songs for about 250 films. He also directed ...

followed by Associate Director for various films with directors like

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, P Gopikumar, Vijayanand and A B Raj. His first independent venture was Aayiram Abhilashangal in 1984, which was a suspense thriller with a varied film treatment. This movie starred

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, Maneka and Swapna in lead roles. He then directed

(1984) starring

Mohanlal Mohanlal Viswanathan (; born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor and filmmaker who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically appeared in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Hin ...

Zarina Wahab Zarina Wahab is an Indian actress who predominantly worked in Hindi and Malayalam films. Known for critically acclaimed roles in ''Chitchor'' and '' Gopal Krishna'' in Hindi and Malayalam cinema with films like '' Madanolsavam'', '' Chamaram' ...

Nedumudi Venu Kesavan Venugopal (22 May 1948 – 11 October 2021), better known by his stage name Nedumudi Venu, was an Indian actor and screenwriter from Kerala, who predominantly worked in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 500 films, primarily in M ...

, Sattar and

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. Mohanlal starrer megahit Malayalam movie ''

Drishyam ''Drishyam'' () is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language crime thriller film written and directed by Jeethu Joseph. It stars Mohanlal alongside Meena, Ansiba Hassan, Esther Anil, Asha Sharath, Siddique, Kalabhavan Shajohn, Roshan Basheer and ...

'' (2013) movie had similar story line to the movie ''Manasariyathe''. In 1986, he directed the movie ''Oppam Oppathinoppam'' starring

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, Shankar and Lalu alex. In 1987 he directed a family drama Agnimuhurtam with Rateesh and

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. His movie Ennum Maarodanaykkan in 1986 was not completed.

Filmography

As Director

Personal life

Soman Ambaat is married to Latha, daughter of film editor K Sankunni.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ambaat, Soman Film directors from Kochi Malayalam film directors 1953 births Living people 20th-century Indian people