Anaavaranam (Mal, Eng S/t)

Director: Narayanan Poomulli
Duration: 17 min 27 sec
Genre: Drama, Psychological thriller
Synopsis: Haunted by premonitions of his granddaughter's death, a celebrated magician unveils his last trick to save the girl from certain death.
Festival selections:

Winner:

• Third Place Short Film Award, Global Art Film Festival Tour 2010, USA

Official Selection at:

• International Short Filmfestival Venlo 2010, The Netherlands - Best Cinematography
• Bollywood and Beyond Film Festival 2010, Germany - Audience Choice Award.
• Brno16 Short Film Festival 2010, Czech Republic.
• The Stepping Stone Film Festival 2010, India.

Screenings:

• International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala 2010, India.
• Budapest Short International Film Festival 2010, Hungary.
• Cellu l'art Short Film Festival 2010, Germany.
• Madurai Film Festival 2010, India.
• ImagineIndia Film Festival 2011, Spain.

Shot on: Sony Z7
Shooting Format: HDV on MiniDV
Edited with: Final Cut Pro
Approximate budget: Rs 45,000
Completed in: December 2009

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Director Bio

Narayanan Poomulli took upon his childhood passion when he started making films from the age of 18. He later joined Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore where he specialised in digital filmmaking. He now works as a freelance filmmaker based in India.

Cast and Crew Bio

Gopalan K, who plays the protagonist of the film, is a theatre actor based from Thrissur. He is the winner of Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards 2010 - Best Actor. The rest of the cast is made up of first-time actors.

Tariq Thekaekara, the DOP is also a graduate of Srishti and a film maker in his own right.

Narayanan Ravi, the music director, has been composing and arranging music for various media for 7 years during which he has scored music for over a 100 projects. He is a graduate of Sound of Audio Engineering.

Visakh Nenmini, the sound designer and engineer is a qualified sound engineer from the prestigious School of Audio Engineering, has recorded, mixed and mastered tracks for various Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi features and over 200 commercials.

Director's Statement

The idea of Anaavaranam started with the idea of exploring an old man’s last few hours before his death. The idea of the old man being a magician made the last hours of his life even more interesting. Another image that came to me was that of a small girl clad in red running, her face happy and excited. The story took form from there. I decided to keep the story rooted in Kerala culture and traditions.

Production Still

Contact Info

Director – poomulli[at]gmail[dot]com
DOP – tariqft[at]gmail[dot]com
Music Director – narayananravi[at]soundforreel[dot]com, www.soundforreel.com
Sound Engineer – visakhnb[at]soundforreel[dot]com, www.soundforreel.com

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