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Posted by Shahul on Tue, 30 December, 2008 - 14:25
Director: Avi Sandhu
Duration: 21 min 49 sec
Genre: Drama, Horror
Synopsis: Story of a girl who wanted to communicate with ghosts
Format: MiniDV
Edited with: Adobe Premiere Pro 2
Approximate budget: Rs 18,000
Completed in: 2007
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Director Bio
Avi Sandhu has been a successful Graphics Designer/Animator in the broadcast industry since 1993; and is currently working with Sony Entertainment Televison as Executive Producer for Boogie Woogie. "The Letter To My Friends" was his debut film. Bholu, his second short film, about a street kid, is now in post-production. He is also working on his next short film about a moving experience in the life of an elderly couple.
Director's Statement
I have been dreaming of becoming a filmmaker since my college days. However, circumstances and conditions influenced me to devote time to generate income and my passion for filmmaking took a back seat. Later, I realized that the need for better income is a never-ending process. But, by then, I had already fallen slave to procrastination. I continued pursuing my duties while containing silent frustration and a self-hatred. It felt like I was burdened under the weight of 1000 kilos of my own guilt. I thought I had lost it!
But then one day, I just stopped thinking of “doing something…” and instead, just “did it”. It took courage and hardship to break free from the mould of lethargy. Stressfully working for three months on this film was much a pleasing experience than brooding for the past fourteen years.
Contact Info
E-mail: abcd3456@gmail.com, krish.films@gmail.com
Phone: 0-9221104901, 0-9820106677
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Average Rating by Registered Users
Score: 6.7, Votes: 9
8 User Reviews
really very good film...great performances by all the artists....especially that of laxmi....good make-up....she really looked horror...........RGV should take inspiration from such good makers...........
@a_purv
thnx :-)
A great movie, so sleek in narration that no one can afford to miss a scene, as every one's 100% devotion towards their charactor is visible. Wish you all the best and look forward to more subjects and successful commercial movies in the days to come.
Nice movie; good acting and memorable for direction of the film. - considering the small duration a challenge to build up the story.
A letter to friend, is a well done crisp movie, it would have been crisper had some repeated scenes were taken off. Laxmi comes far too long.
Music is tighter and gives chilling feeling
Appy has done good performance.
Mukesh as a father played his role in a controlled manner.
Over all the director delivers the objective.
while the technical aspect of the film is very strong and effective, yet I feel that if all the feelings and emotions of the character are verbalized through words, then the narrative loses its authentic feel ... i understand dat since the narration happens through her letter so descriptions were important but a little more subtlety could have been employed in the language ... otherwise a good film :) ... keep up the good work ...
good concept
Good Movie and nice BG Scoring. Usually the major part in horror is the Audio and you rocked in it...BEST OF LUCK
Prakash R
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