Film Production




PEBBLES

The inhabitants of the village Arittapatti in southern India depend entirely on agriculture, which has suffered terribly due to a long drought. The fields have become deserts and the skinny livestock eat the last leaves. The women catch and roast rats or wait for hours until it is their turn to pull muddy water from the well. The men hang around, play cards and sleep. One of the latter is Ganapathy, a chain-smoking drunk with a permanent frown. His wife has fled the home and his domestic violence, but he is determined to fetch her back from her village. He forces his young son to join him. At his in-laws, Ganapathy causes a terrible scene and in revenge, his son tears up the money for the return bus journey. This is the start of a 13 km walk on one of the hottest days of the year. A constant sense of anger and the threat of violence raise the temperature even more in the desolate landscape, filmed as beautiful, yet forbidding. The father-son relationship is deeply disturbed, yet they are inexorably drawn together. It seems inevitable that the still-innocent boy will go down the same path his father did. Their pointless journey illustrates the disruptive influence of grinding poverty. Winner Tiger Award, IFFR 2021.

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JAMA

Set in a lush, serene village of Tamilnadu, the story is about a folk artist (Kalyanam) who has always performed Draupadi, the female lead of the “therukoothu” (folk theater), among his troupe. His mother desires to change the way people perceive him because they tease him for being feminine. He doesn’t realise that this feminine trait got entrenched in him due to the “Draupadi” role that he repeatedly plays in his troupe. Earlier, Elavarasan, the father of Kalyanam, and his buddy Thandavam founded a theatrical group together. However, following a disagreement with Thandavam ,Elavarasan took control of the group and finally lost it (Jama) due to his bad temperament. Thandavam then took control of Jama and restored it. Meanwhile, Thandavam purposefully made Kalyanam look like a clown and cast him in secondary or tertiary female roles while he was being trained by the group’s talented veteran Poonai. Thandavam‘s daughter Jagathambha and Kalyanam fell in love, but Thandavam disapproved of their relationship. Kalyanam then desired to recover his band. It wasn’t just about wanting to wed Jagadamba;; it was also about reviving his skills. Watching her sons wedding chances crumbling down, Kalyanam’s mother wants him to play the role of Arjuna atleast once before she breathes her last. Will Kalyanam take on the role of “Rajapat” (the male lead)? Will Kalyanam revive his aspirational Jama? Will he marry the love of his life?

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DHONIMA

This film revolves around the sub-urbanareaof Chennai where the lead Characters Dhanam,is a house maid and her husband Koti, works at a construction site and he constantly travels from one place to another for his work, this couple has a son named Dravid,who studies 3rd grade has ear related problem,he I s not a deaf but receives sounds/voices-from people-lately.Koti’s Mother and father lives with them , where Kotti’s mother is half paralysed. Dhanam works hard todo surgery for her son,as usual the father figure not greatly supports the family.She is mentally suported byher father-in-law and mother-in-law,even though they couldn’t help financially.Koti is a semi-alcoholic and a carelesman, who just lives for the day to pasby. They arel living a moderate life and a Dhanam brings a small puppy to her house to live along with them,that-pup’s name is DHONIMA, where it changes life up side down and brings a lots of happiness and conflicts.

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THANDAKARANYAM

Like many young men in India, Murugan aspires to become a government officer but even after years of working with the forest department, Murugan finds that his position in the social order has a direct relationship with his ability to get a permanent posting. He is encouraged to join the CRPF and undergoes the hard training but the path to a stable job is paved with danger. Under the cobalt blue skies of Dandakaranya, far from home, Murugan will find himself pretending to be a surrendered naxalite just so he can secure a job. The film goes deep into the heart of the stories that form tiny indexes in newspapers and brings us face to face with the reality of the men fighting a war in the dark heart of India.

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KAZAK

Ravi is a 35 year old contract assassin living a secret life with his disabled Father. He is best in eliminating the given targets without trace. He receives these orders from his only mediator named "Naidu".On the other hand Thanigai is a 30 year old influential and dreadful goon in coimbatore. As a part of political killings Thanigai initiates a contract for an assassination via Naidu, which is then passed on to Ravi. Meanwhile Ravi happens to rescue a stranger named Sowmiya,an auditing assistant, from a danger which leads her to become a part of Ravi's day to day life. This soothes the lonely life of Ravi and his father which is better than ever. After tracking the new target for a few days Ravi realizes that he can't kill that targeted person for his own personal reasons. So Ravi informs Naidu that he won’t be doing the given task. When Thanigai comes to know that his order is violated and hasn't been closed on time, his anger turns towards Ravi. Where as Ravi is at peace and having a peaceful time with his father and Sowmiya, knowing nothing about what awaits him from Thanigai.

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THE TABLET

A single mother, Kayal, and her 12-year-old son, Prabhu, live in the small town of Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu. They are both HIV-positive. However, she keeps their medical status a secret from everyone, even Prabhu. From a lower-middle-class background, Kayal works in a local supermarket. Their condition is only known to her brother, Guna, who works in a local matchstick factory. Guna is the only one who accompanies her to Chennai every three months for their medication and checkups. When Kayal is planning her routine visit to Chennai, she becomes anxious as she finds out that Prabhu innocently gave one of his tablets to his friend, believing it was an immunity tablet. It is later revealed that the tablet is an ART tablet, which exposes that both of them are HIV-positive. As a last-minute resort before leaving for Chennai, Kayal searches for that one tablet in Sivakasi.

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