Arjun Lal

Directing

Birthplace: Jamshedpur, Jharkand, India

Arjun Lal is a Mumbai-based writer-director working across fiction, documentary, and advertising. A graduate of Prague Film School (Direction & Screenwriting), he has directed shorts, documentaries, and brand campaigns for leading names. His graduation film Adhura (2020) premiered at several international festivals including NYIFF, BISFF, and TSAFF, earning him the Best Director Faculty Award at Prague Film School. He was an Associate Director on 1947: Brexit India - a two-hour international documentary hosted by Boman Irani and featuring Dr. Shashi Tharoor and William Dalrymple amongst others was officially selected at IFFI and MIFF. In 2025, he directed a short-doc - Deewar Nāma (Chronicles of the Walls) for the Charles Correa Foundation. His latest work - Mother Tongue - a 20-min children’s short film, was commissioned by LXL Ideas & School Cinema and produced under Eclectic Films - exploring identity and language. He has completed a feature-length screenplay and continues to develop multiple projects in both fiction and documentary space.