Sobhan

For the village in Iran, see Sobhan, Iran.

Sobhan
Born	1968 (1968)
Died	6 January 2008 (2008-01-07) (age 40) Madhapur, Telangana, India
Occupation	Film director
Years active	2002–04
Children	2; including Santosh
Relatives	Chittajalu Lakshmipati (brother)

Sobhan (1968 – 6 January 2008) was a Telugu director who was best known for the hit movie Varsham.

Career

Sobhan 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 Sindhooram and worked with him for Murari, and also acted in films like Kshana Kshanam and 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. Sobhan was known for his able hand in scripting. He helped many directors during the script sessions of many super hit films.

Death

Sobhan died on 6 January 2008 due to cardiac arrest at the age of 40. Bhumika Chawla and her husband Bharath Thakur immediately rushed him to Image Hospitals in Madhapur. Doctors declared that he was brought dead. He is survived by his wife Soujanya and two sons, including actor Santosh Shoban. His elder brother, comedian Lakshmipati, too died that year.

Filmography

As director

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

As actor

• Oka Raju Oka Rani (2003)

As Dialogue writer

• Murari (2001)