Arjun Lal

Directing

Arjun Lal

Place of birth

Jamshedpur, Jharkand, India

Known for

Directing

Credits

10 titles

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 (Chroni…

Known for

Behind the camera

Mother Tongue poster
NR

When a spirited ten-year-old boy is mocked in class for calling "sign language" his mother tongue, he must rediscover pride in his identity, with the quiet support of his grandmother and the love that language can hold beyond words.

Mother Tongue

2026

Mother Tongue poster
NR

When a spirited ten-year-old boy is mocked in class for calling "sign language" his mother tongue, he must rediscover pride in his identity, with the quiet support of his grandmother and the love that language can hold beyond words.

Mother Tongue

2026

Adhura poster
NR

A poor hawker-cum-drummer in a wedding band, desperate to buy a mobile for his hearing impaired mother, goes out of the way to get hold of some money, only to meet with a tragic end.

Adhura

2020

Adhura poster
NR

A poor hawker-cum-drummer in a wedding band, desperate to buy a mobile for his hearing impaired mother, goes out of the way to get hold of some money, only to meet with a tragic end.

Adhura

2020

Fringe Elements poster
NR

When a warm-hearted Black actor shooting a street-crime scene in a European city is suddenly abused by a racist onlooker, the blurred lines between performance and prejudice expose the real violence lurking beneath the make-believe.

Fringe Elements

2018

Fringe Elements poster
NR

When a warm-hearted Black actor shooting a street-crime scene in a European city is suddenly abused by a racist onlooker, the blurred lines between performance and prejudice expose the real violence lurking beneath the make-believe.

Fringe Elements

2018

Deewar Nāma (Chronicles of the Walls) poster
NR

The film explores Mumbai’s walls as living storytellers — canvases of memory, protest, and change. Through artists, commuters, and anonymous voices, the film reveals how every brushstroke resists time, control, and erasure.

Deewar Nāma (Chronicles of the Walls)

2025

Deewar Nāma (Chronicles of the Walls) poster
NR

The film explores Mumbai’s walls as living storytellers — canvases of memory, protest, and change. Through artists, commuters, and anonymous voices, the film reveals how every brushstroke resists time, control, and erasure.

Deewar Nāma (Chronicles of the Walls)

2025

The Adventures of Fay & Stan poster
NR

A writer faces a writer's block and then...

The Adventures of Fay & Stan

2019

The Adventures of Fay & Stan poster
NR

A writer faces a writer's block and then...

The Adventures of Fay & Stan

2019