Broken Gods

This film was shot for a ONE minute film competition conducted by Ability film festival chennai. Film shouldn't be more than 60 seconds and it should convey the theme, .... well you will come to know of the theme in the end.

One minute films are always challenging and interesting. You would know it, if u had attended 1:1 filmmaking workshop in Filmcamp.tv bangalore. This one too was really challenging. Me, Prasath and Srini did put our full effort and as usual there were some problems, especially in arranging 'God idols'. We also had a risk of getting attacked by some Sena's or Rss :),... as we had quite a few re-takes for the title shot, that too infront of  a big temple in madurai. Thanks to badshah who did a splendind job, though he was facing camera for first time.

And coming back to the theme,i got mixed reviews from people who saw it.I know there are other ways to tell the theme, i.e 'Telling by not showing'. But i wanted 'Telling by showing' , Showing in right sense and i felt there is nothing wrong it. You will get what i am talking about after watching the film. Arguments/Discussions are welcome in this aspect...

Watch it and let me know your comments.

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P.S: This film was not short listed for final round and i am not saying that i am not disappointed. Failures are always painful.

Buoyants

10 days in chennai , loads of  hard work , sweat, anger , goof ups , delays , irritating people, sleepless nights , kings, MCs , HD camera , music director, Editing studio , dubbing, sound effects and most importantly money!!  -- this film has given the real taste of how the film industry actually works. I thought, i should stop doing small films shot with my camera, edited in my laptop with apple freeloops music and went out to work with professionals. The learning i got from this project is worth the money i have put in. Ended setting up a good team of professionals to work with in the future.

Thanks to prasath, srini and my brother ezhil. Without them i would have messed up things big time. Also should thank manikandan (awesome cinematographer, but unfortunately he didn't have time to work for this film ) for guiding me in kodambakkam area and Ragu raam for giving a wonderful music in just one day.

This short film was produced for 'Filmaka - jury level entry' for the theme 'Otherside'. This film is based on a real story/fact.Of course the incident portrayed in the film is fictional,..but the underlying issue is real. Watch and let me know your views/comments on the film.

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காட்சிப்பிழை - Parallax

This is a short film which had a long pre-production time of all short films i did so far. It was a great and tiring experience to teach and direct kids.Also this film involved different locations and was shot in 3 days.I initially thought of hiring cameraman, music composer and editor.However i ended up doing everything. Thanks to all the kids who did a great job in the end.

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Note: Please watch it in HD and full screen for better quality.

வினை விதை Cause and effect

வினை விதை - This movie was shot as a part of filmmaking course i did in Filmcamp, bangalore. The course is really worth to give a taste of actual filmmaking. This film was made from a short story 'Karumbu juice', i wrote for college magazine.The shoot was really challenging and i think in the end it all came out well,thanks to the Cast and Crew.Watch it and leave your valuable comments.


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React

This is my first movie shot with my new canon HV30 and edited with Final cut express. Thanks to thanksgiving day offer and this onsite trip. This film has something to say and hope many can relate them with it,as i did. Thanks to Amogh and Raghu for their brilliant acting and Kiran for technical assistance.

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React - short film by karthik subbaraj from karthik gajaraj on Vimeo.