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John Edathattil

  • Writer
  • Actor
  • Producer
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Screenwriter - Actor - Producer - Story Coach

Sab John Edathattil, is one of the leading screenwriting and storytelling voices of South India, especially in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu film industry. He is Chief Mentor at ScreenWrite.In, India's only Screenwriting Studio he founded in 2009.

He is Professor and Head of Screenwriting at L V Prasad Film and Television Academy, and Loyola LIVE, Chennai. Also, John is a jury at FICCI Frames Awards, Mumbai since 2008.

Sab John Edathattil has also donned other roles in the film industry as actor, director and producer. His commendable role in "Kuruthippunal" as Narasimhan has won him laurels for his outstanding delivery of acting performance, in 1996. Presently, he is acting in a key role as 'Bike Tuner' in Hero (Telugu) directed by Anand Annamalai, and Tamil movie (untitled) directed by Karthick Naren.

Born on 30 December, 1958 in Alappuzha Sab John Edathattil graduated in Commerce and later majored in professional accounting, though Sab John Edathattil aligned himself with screenwriting at an early stage of his career. His screenwriting took off after scripting a remarkable Malayalam super-hit film named 'Chanakyan' starring Padmashri Kamal Hassan and Urmila Matondkar, triggering John as a screenwriter with unique narrative style into the South Indian film industry.

Sab John Edathattil prefers to spend his spare time working with young aspiring writers in India and propagates professional screenwriting through his much acclaimed workshops and master classes over Film Academies and Universities in India. In his Master-Workshops, John presents the unique ways of creating the strong-walls of a captivating screenplay and how he resolves screenwriting problems, citing his own varying films starring leading actors in the industry.

John is recently involved in four mainstream-movie-screenplays and three web-series content of four different Indian regional languages. He also conducts training for corporate executives, university professors and students of professional courses on story-based-learning-teaching techniques and scenario-planning practices.
BornDecember 30, 1958
BornDecember 30, 1958
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    Known for

    Tabu and Kamal Haasan in Chachi 420 (1997)
    Chachi 420
    7.4
    • Producer(as Saab John)
    • 1997
    Raghuvaran in Vyooham (1990)
    Vyooham
    6.3
    • Writer(as Saab John)
    • 1990
    Kamal Haasan in Guna (1991)
    Guna
    8.2
    • Writer(as John E)
    • 1991
    High Way (1995)
    High Way
    5.6
    • Writer(as John E)
    • 1995

    Credits

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    Writer



    • Mammootty in Yatra (2018)
      Yatra
      7.6
      • screenplay consultant
      • 2018
    • Sivappu Mazhai (2010)
      Sivappu Mazhai
      • Writer (as John E)
      • 2010
    • Jyotika, Sukanya, Vadivelu, Suriya, Santhanam, and Thambi Ramaiah in Sillunu Oru Kadhal (2006)
      Sillunu Oru Kadhal
      7.1
      • Writer (as John E)
      • 2006
    • Priyam (2000)
      Priyam
      5.9
      • Writer (as John E)
      • 2000
    • Mailpeelikkavu (1998)
      Mailpeelikkavu
      6.5
      • Writer (as John E)
      • 1998
    • High Way (1995)
      High Way
      5.6
      • Writer (as John E)
      • 1995
    • Jagathy Sreekumar, Maathu, and Babu Antony in Napoleon (1994)
      Napoleon
      6.2
      • screenplay, dialogue (as Sab John)
      • 1994
    • Dhadha (1994)
      Dhadha
      4.2
      • screenplay, dialogue (as Sab John)
      • 1994
    • Bharanakoodam (1994)
      Bharanakoodam
      6.6
      • screenplay (as John E)
      • 1994
    • Madhavi in Gandhari (1993)
      Gandhari
      5.2
      • screenplay (as John E)
      • 1993
    • Mammootty, Raghuvaran, and Vaishnavi Mahant in Soorya Manasam (1992)
      Soorya Manasam
      7.6
      • screenplay (as John E)
      • 1992
    • Kamal Haasan in Guna (1991)
      Guna
      8.2
      • screenplay
      • story (as John E)
      • 1991
    • Raghuvaran in Vyooham (1990)
      Vyooham
      6.3
      • dialogue
      • screenplay (as Saab John)
      • 1990
    • Kshanakathu (1990)
      Kshanakathu
      6.2
      • screenplay (as John E)
      • 1990
    • Innocent Vareed Thekkethala, Mammukoya, Renjini, and Saikumar in Anantha Vruthantham (1990)
      Anantha Vruthantham
      3.6
      • script contribution (as Saab John)
      • 1990

    Actor



    • Divyadarshini and Varun Kamal in Joshua: Imai Pol Kaka (2024)
      Joshua: Imai Pol Kaka
      4.5
      • 2024
    • Naangal (2023)
      Naangal
      7.4
      • Ravikumar
      • 2023
    • Sathyameva Jayathe (2000)
      Sathyameva Jayathe
      5.1
      • Terrorist (as John E)
      • 2000
    • Arjun Sarja and Kamal Haasan in Kuruthipunal (1995)
      Kuruthipunal
      8.5
      • Narasimham (as John E)
      • 1995

    Producer



    • Tabu and Kamal Haasan in Chachi 420 (1997)
      Chachi 420
      7.4
      • online producer (as Saab John)
      • 1997

    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • John E
    • Born
      • December 30, 1958
      • India
    • Spouse
      • Teres John1998 - present (5 children)

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      John was Jury Member for the FICCI BAF Awards 2008 and 2009, and 2010 Mumbai.
    • Nickname
      • Sab John

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