Good day everyone! Yes, it is me after a long time, and I am here for a reason. I am here to share the joy of the release of my first ever directorial venture, titled GAURI. After months of anticipation and hard work, the film has been released, and is available for you to watch now.
THE JOURNEY
It wasn't an easy journey, for the run for this short film started during the month of January, in the year 2013. Yes, it has been more than a year since I penned down this screenplay and looked for a potential director and producer who would do this project for me. But no one was confident in my work or appreciated my efforts, so by around June, I had to put my foot down and decided to direct and produce the film myself.
Up until then I never thought money was an important factor, but when I donned a new role, I had to adapt to it and gather money for the production of this project. And right then my friend helped me with the amount. And my boss in SMT helped me with the requirements. It is in these moments when you know who your true friends are and who just claim to stand by your side.
The casting calls, the auditions, the new friends, the shoot....it all went in a jiff, and we thought the project would be out by November. And this is when I saw the darker side of movie making, where you cannot even trust your own team. Due to one of the team member, the post-production of this project got shelved every other day, till I got him replaced by someone else.
But I still had friends who believed in me, and a team who believed in this project. This got my to not stop at any juncture, and hence, after the whole turmoil, my first short film got released on May 16th, 2014.
At this moment, I would like to thank the many who helped me throughout the project. Naming them would be quite difficult, because the list is quite long. But I know that when they read it, they will know who I speak of at each moment. Thank you, thank you very much for standing by my side.
THE CREW
Special Mentions:
Naturals Ice Cream, MG Road, Ernakulam
Saltmangotree CMC Pvt Ltd
Creatif - Team of Innovation
SN Movie House
Thomas Padamadan
Sajin Sathyan
Arun J Prasad
Story, Screenplay, Direction, Production: Sachin Suresh
Cinematography: Abilash Shankar
Music: Ajith, Dileep
Color Grading, Editing: Harikrishnan B S, Aneesh Ravi
Sound Design and Mix: Bright Studios, Challikavattom
Production Manager: Sachin Suresh
Finance Controller/Production Controller/Transportation: Karthik Murali
Make Up/Costumes: Deepthi N, Sachin Suresh
Publicists: MVM, INM, SN Movie House, Creatif
Assistant Directors: Nichu, Kiron C Mathew
Stills: Abilash Shankar
Design: Aneesh Ravi
Light Unit: Arun J Prasad
Posters: Aneesh Ravi, Jaison Sebastian
Titling: Prem Krishna Akkattoos
Cast:
Niveditha Vinod
Pranav Raj (Voiced by Vishnu Madhusoodanan Elayidom)
Joanna Subin
Sachin Suresh
Kiron C Mathew
Deepthi N
The video link will be shared with you all soon...
