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Beyond the frame
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Padhivugal '07 brought out the moviemakers in students
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PHOTO: M. PERIASAMY
MAKING AN IMPRESSION Visual Communication Students
He spends the morning by the lake, staring at zilch. Then plays Pick up sticks — the wrinkled visage showing a fleeting glimpse of happiness. The rest of the day drags on: with a fond look at a bunch of inland letters in his dear old manjappai; unexciting lunch; watching blissful children on a merry-go-round through the window, and the playful kitten. Well, how much more thrilling can life get at an old age home?
With not so much as a monologue, M. Kavitha's Mugavarigal encapsulates the quintessence of the aged. A tidy attempt, the best was saved for last — the old man's little yearning.
Impressive fare
Mugavarigal was one of the 20 short films by visual communication students screened as part of Padhivugal '07, at PSG College of Arts and Science.
R. Chendhuram's Ippadikku Appa captures the regret of a college student who leaves home over his father's supposedly `tactless gift' for his birthday. He realises his mistake — a tad too late.
Giving a lesson or two on sincerity and hard work, K. G Greatson's thriller The Real Deal packs in drama in the penultimate scene.
The story of a college student becoming a transsexual, B. Manikandan's Sigundi, calls for a fierce never-say-die attitude.
Right treatment
Lauding the students on their endeavour, film director Ameer Sultan, the chief guest, said the concept of the films was their forte. However, what they needed to focus on was `grammar' and treatment of the subject.
Taking posers from the crowd, Ameer, the man who gave us Mounam Pesiyadhe, Raam and Paruthiveeran said talent, confidence and luck were vital in the film industry. Cautioning that success did not come of its own accord, he said that making films required as much perseverance as did any other profession — perhaps, more.
Ameer also released Yoga Senthilkumar's poem book Graamathu Kannaalam (village wedding). In a delightfully rustic narrative, Graamathu... brings alive the cauldron of activity around a wedding.
W. SREELALITHA
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