
Person
Arjun Lal
Directing · Jamshedpur, Jharkand, India
Biography
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.
Known for

Deewar Nāma (Chronicles of the Walls)
Director

Mother Tongue
Director

Adhura
Director

Fringe Elements
Director

The Adventures of Fay & Stan
Director
Filmography
- 2026Mother TongueDirector
- 2025Deewar Nāma (Chronicles of the Walls)Director
- 2020AdhuraDirector
- 2019The Adventures of Fay & StanDirector
- 2018Fringe ElementsDirector
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