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The basic storyline is a girl is trapped in a dark room. Will she survive??? The Genre of this short film is Suspense, Thriller Language of this short film is Tamil. This short film is Directed by Dhivya Augustin. This short film is Produced by Augustin Selvaraj. The Country of Filming is India. The Year of the release of this short film is 2021. Shooting Format is HD Mode of release is Exclusive. The original Aspect Ratio of this short film Is 16:9 and the Watch Time of this short film is 07 minutes, 39 seconds. The cast consists of Sneha B, Cadence Marcia, Dhivya Augustin, Augustin. As said earlier the basic plot of this short film is a girl is being trapped in a dark room and this short film mainly focuses on the things happening after she is being trapped. Will she survive? Will she come out of that room? Or she gets there trapped forever? This short film opens with a girl lying on the floor of a dark room where she is starving of hunger and trying to seek help if possible.

This is movie reminded me of the movie penguin because there a small boy is being trapped by Keerthy Suresh’s friend due to jealousy of her. In the opening scene of Penguin, a kid walks towards a statue in the woods even as his pet cautions him with his barks. As he nears the imposing statue, a person wearing a Charlie Chaplin mask steps from behind it, and in one swift move, slashes the kid. The murderer then picks up the body and walks into a lake, and for a few seconds, all that we see is the striking visual of a yellow umbrella submerging into a grey lake. With this frightful stretch, director Eashvar Karthic sets the mood of his film quite effectively. We are then introduced to Rhythm (Keerthy Suresh), a pregnant woman, still carrying the guilt of letting down her son, Ajay, who has been missing for six years. The incident has reshaped her life, destroying her marriage to Raghu (Linga), but also leading her to her present husband Gautham (Madhampatty Rangaraj). Everyone, including the police, believes the boy to be dead, but Rhythm will not hear anything of it. On a whim, and against the advice of her doctor, she goes to the lake where the boy went missing, and by a quirk of fate, she manages to find Ajay (Master Advaith) even while trying to avoid a masked killer.

But where was the boy all these years, and who had kidnapped him? Eashvar Karthic provides us the answers in this emotional thriller that might be underwhelming compared to recent serial killer thrillers like Ratsasan or Psycho, but isn’t a total letdown, especially for a first film. Part of its success is due to the convincing performance of Keerthy Suresh, which brings out the vulnerability and the strength in this character. When a character remarks at how she caught him off guard despite being pregnant, she retorts with a whistle-worthy line, “I’m pregnant, not brain-damaged”. The first half is fairly engaging and some scenes are creepy enough to genuinely give us the chills. These mainly involve the boy Ajay, and Master Advaith captures the freaky aspect of this character pretty well and keeps us guessing as to what this kid might do next. At times, the way he stares recalls Harvey Spencer Stephens’s portrayal of Damien in Omen. He also gets a terrific moment in the intermission point. But it is mainly Kharthik Phalani’s visuals and Santhosh Narayanan’s score that set the eerie mood. But the writing isn’t first-rate. Rather than organically create suspense, exploiting the oddity of the situation, the director resorts to providing cheap (cheat) thrills in the form of dream sequences and gratuitous violence that only makes us squirm.

He also gives us one of the frustrating must-haves of the genre — of a character putting themselves in danger knowing fully well that they could wait and seek help. And both the way the supporting cast is written and the performances are a letdown. At one point, Karthic tries to plant a seed of doubt in our minds about Rhythm’s husbands, but this line isn’t fleshed out well for us to make us look at these characters with suspicion. The actors playing these roles, too, disappoint — while Linga seems a bit over the top, Madhampatty Rangaraj struggles with even the basic expressions that we hardly see Gautham as a real threat. The third act is a mess, as, in the name of twist, we get not one but two revelations (a crucial interrogation scene feels quite amateurish), with both providing not-so-satisfactory explanations for the events that we had witnessed. Equally clumsy is the effort to prop up motherhood in the end with awkward lines like “Amma oru attitude”. It only comes across as a bad T-shirt quote. Similar vibes were present in this short film.

Also, we could feel them as well. Without talking about this scene the short film review can’t complete. Yeah, that scene where a kid gets born in the last scene is pre-credits scene. I could get the “Thalapathi” movie vibes. Thalapathi is one of Mani Ratnam’s most misunderstood films. I always thought Mani Ratnam’s Thalapathi is ultra-violent, low-level action-thriller, and typical south Indian star-studded bonanza. With the impression like that, I never dared to look out for this film. At last, after the determination of watching all Mani Ratnam’s films whether it is bad or not, after watching Thalapathi, I can’t believe what I was missing all these times. After seeing it not only once but twice in a single day, I am proud to say that Thalapathi is without a doubt among the best gangster films made in India. A must-see for all crime drama fans out there.

Mani Ratnam’s Thalapathi is a brilliant demonstration of how our age-old myth exists in the modern world. It’s a great example of if the filmmaker wants to search for the stories then they don’t have to go beyond our own literature and Myth. Just like Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Parinda was loosely based on Valmiki story, Mani Ratnam’s Thalapathi is based on Arjuna-Karna-Duryodhana-Kunti story. It’s the story of Karna, who was always misunderstood guy but his loyalty towards Duryodhana when the whole world was against him. You can easily identify Rajnikanth as Karna, Mammootty as Duryodhana, Srividya as Kunti, and Arvind Swami as Arjun. Even Shobhana had a grey character of Draupadi. In Mahabharata, Karna had a soft corner for Draupadi but later Panchali gets married to Pandavas. My favorite moments of the films are when Rajni and Mammootty face each other in rain-drenched bridge and outside of police station when Mammootty bails Rajni out from the Jail, Rajni and Shobhana’s conversation at the stepwell just before Sundari Song When Amrish Puri faces Mammootty on-court stairs and the way the aerial camera tracks them especially Amrish looking back at the Rajni’s way, Mammootty visits Shobhana’s house for her hand and her father’s refusal of marriage, Rajni and Mammootty facing Arvind Swami in his office, and Rajni disclosing his past to Bhanupriya’s son.

Fast forward to 1986, somewhere in the countryside in South India, a young man, an IAS officer Arjun(Arvind Swami, Kalyani’s other son) helps to excavate water sources for villagers. Surya(Rajnikanth), an abandoned child, grows up in the slums of the unnamed big city(Looking at the film, it looks like either Banglore, Mysore, or Madras). Surya seems violent from the outer side but he is very kind and helpful at his heart. He helps the needy people in slums resorting to violence when it’s necessary. On one occasion, Surya beats to death one of the Deva(Mammootty), the local underworld don’s henchmen. Soon Surya gets arrested for Deva’s henchmen’s murder. Although Deva gets furious at Surya’s act, he learns that Surya was not at fault and arranges bail for him.

Both Deva and Surya eventually become very close friends and Deva christens Surya as his gang’s commander(Thalapathi). When the whole world was against him, Surya sees Deva as his savior and decides to stay with Deva forever in hell or heaven. When Surya is not busy handling Deva’s illegal business, he regularly meets a Brahmin girl, Subbulaxmi(Sobhana) lives nearby his slums and later falls in love with her. In the meantime, Arjun gets transfer with his family as District Collector to the city ruled by Deva and Surya. As it seems Surya’s things are going great at both front at work and at personal, Deva survives a near-fatal attack on him by Karivardhan(Amrish Puri), ex-MLA, and a rival gangster with the help from Deva’s own disloyal gang members. Furious Deva and Surya, unleash a reign of terror on Karivardhan and their disloyal henchmen.

Can you believe you could get vibes of 2 mega-blockbuster movies in a 7 minutes length short film? Director Mrs. Dhivya Augustin has nailed it. Even though they may not appear in front of the camera, the director is one of the most important people on a film set. They do more than shout “action” and “cut” behind the scenes—they’re the person who determines the creative vision and makes all of the film’s biggest decisions. Learn more about what a director does during every step of the production process and get tips on how to break into the business if you’re an aspiring director. A director is a person who determines the creative vision of a feature film, television show, play, short film, or other production. They have complete artistic control of a project. In addition to having a strong grasp of technical knowledge taught in directing classes, they must also have a personal or emotional connection to the material. Also, we have to appreciate the main actress of this film Sneha B.

Storyline: A girl trapped in a dark room. Will she survive?

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Genre : Suspense, Thriller
Language : Tamil
Country of Filming: India
Year :2021
Rating : 8.5 / 10
First-time Filmmaker: Yes
Student Project: No
Shooting Format : HD
Mode of release : Exclusive
Original Aspect Ratio : 16:9
News & Review links : Not available
Watch Time: 07 minutes, 39 seconds
Director: Dhivya Augustin
Star Cast: Sneha B || Cadence Marcia || Dhivya Augustin || Augustin
Streaming platform: Shortfundly
Producer: Augustin Selvaraj
Editor: Sneha B

These are my ratings for this short film:

Direction – I want to give away 7/10
Script – I want to give away 7.5/10
Screenplay – I want to give away 7.5/10
Editing – I want to give away 7/10
Cinematography – I want to give away 7/10
Lighting – I want to give away 7.5/10
Music – I want to give away 8/10
Sound effects – I want to give away 8/10
Dubbing – I want to give away 7/10
Artists acting – I want to give away 9/10
Climax – I want to give away 9/10
Creativity and Innovation – I want to give away 8/10

From my side, I give Porattam (The Struggle) – Tamil Suspense Thriller Shortfilm an overall rating of 8.5 out of 10.

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