Sohan Roy

Sohan Roy S K was born in Aickarakonam in the Kollam District of Kerala, India in the year 1967. He is married to Abhini Sohan, who is a costume designer. He is the father of two daughters, Nivedya and Nirmalya Sohan. Roy is a well-known film director, who was earlier a Naval Architectural Engineer and is credited for designing various projects for the naval authorities of various countries.

He started his career as a Naval Architect in the Merchant Navy. He then got posted to UAE and worked for various companies as a marine surveyor. He is the founder the Aries Group of Companies and formed Aries Marine and Engineering Services under Aries Group. Now, the company has branches in over forty-three other nations like USA, Qatar, Oman, Italy, etc. Roy has held many posts and positions. He heads the Aries Group of Companies.

He is the founder director of Indywood Film Carnival, Indywood Film Market, and All Lights India International Film Festival. And he is also the CEO of Marine BizTV, which is the first ever Maritime TV channel, Medi BizTV (a global medical channel), and AIMRI (Aries International Maritime Research Institute). He is the president of the Maritime Film Society and the Non-Residential Indian Producers Association. In the field of engineering, he is credited for the designing of the Safe Botel, which is an unsinkable steel boat; he is also known for being the creator of Aries Punnamada Chundan, which is the first ever steel snake boat; and also was the creative head of the ‘Topless Ship’.

He is also credited for starting the Indywood project, which aims to bring wide-ranging changes in the field of screening, marketing, and production strategies and to bring change in the Indian Cinema. Roy recently announced that he is planning a project worth Rs. 75 crore for the making of the movie Burning Wells, based on the Kuwait War.

The project will be completed by 2018. He is also the director of 2011 Hollywood movie, Dam 999. This movie was based on China’s Banqiao Dam Disaster of 1975, which caused the death of around 250,000 people. Other than these movies, he also directed the documentary, DAMs: The Lethal Water Bombs and the 3D movie, Saint Dracula Click to look into! >> Read More... 3D of 2012. In the Middle East, Roy has also initiated various programs like the Women Empowerment Program.

The program aims to provide online training, soft skills training and on-the-job training to homemakers among others. He was one of the few business leaders, who took a major step to help Nepal and its people during the 2015 earthquake. He initiated a major project named ‘Nepal Support Fund from Employees’ to help the people of Nepal to come out of this tragedy. Other than this, he has also initiated programs for helping the people through his ‘Chennai Flood Relief Activity’ and also the ‘Desamangalam Project’.