Sobhan

Sobhan (1968 - 6 January 2008) was a Telugu director best known as director of the hit movie Varsham. Sobhan suffered a heart attack at Bhoomika Chawla's house and when she and her husband took him to hospital he died.

Career

He went to Chennai in 1989 to join the film industry. He initially worked for a film called Rowdyism, which was stalled after 10 days of shooting. He then joined Tripuraneni Varaprasad alias Chitti Babu as co director for Raithu Bharatham, He then joined Ram Gopal Varma as a co-director for Anaganaga Oka Roju. Later, he started his profession as a writer for Krishna Vamsi's film Sindhuram and worked with him for Murari, and also acted in films like Kshana Kshanam, Oka Raju Oka Rani.Later, he directed a few episodes of Malayalam TV serial Navaneetha (2000). During the making of Murari he was in touch with Mahesh Babu and that led to the film Bobby.^[1] Sobhan was known for his able hand in scripting. He helped many directors during the script sessions of many super hit films.

Death

Sobhan suffered with cardiac arrest. Bhumika and her husband Bharath Thakur immediately rushed him to Image Hospitals in Madhapur. Doctors declared he was brought dead.^[2] Before dying at an age of 40, he lived with his wife Soujanya and two sons, and his Kannada film, Mayoora, with Puneeth Rajkumar as the hero was recently launched.^[3] His brother and comedian Lakshmipati too died in that year.^[4]

Filmography

As director

• Navaneetha (2000)
• Bobby (2002)
• Varsham (2004)
• Chanti (2004)

As actor

• Oka Raju Oka Rani (2003)

References