Soman Ambaat
- Direção
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Born in Edappally, Kochi, Soman Ambaat completed his graduation from
Bharat Mata college in Kochi. He left is banking profession to join
film industry. Started his career as Assistant Director to P.
Bhaskaran. Later on he worked as Associate Director for various films
with eminent directors like A. Vincent, P. N. Sundaram, 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 Mammotty, Sukumaran, Soman, Maneka and
Swapna in lead roles. The movie also was multi starer with all
prominent actors of that era. The movie was received well with the
audience for its different approach. Followed by a notable movie,
Manasariyathe (1984) starring Mohanlal, Zarina Wahab, Nedumudi Venu,
Sattar and Jagathy. Mohanlal starer mega hit Malayalam movie Drishyam
(2013) movie had similar story line to the movie Manasariyathe. In
1986, he directed the mega hit movie Oppom Oppathinoppum starring
Mohanlal, Menaka, Shankar and Lalu Alex. In 1987 he directed a family
drama Agnimuhurtam with Rateesh and Urvashi. His movie Ennum
Maarodanaykkan in 1986 was not completed since he left for UAE to
pursue a different career. The movie songs were released and was well
received. Apart from his hectic film making schedule he also was an
avid reader and got keen interest in computer technology which was
nascent at that time. This led him to develop his own virtual digital
application (called Silver)for film production which was handed over to
Brilliant Computers, Chennai for commercialization. He is currently
based in UAE working in Dubai Airports as System Engineer and is
planning a come back to Malayalam cinema and television industry