Broken Gods

This film was shot for a ONE minute film competition conducted by Ability film festival chennai. Film shouldn't be more than 60 seconds and it should convey the theme, .... well you will come to know of the theme in the end.

One minute films are always challenging and interesting. You would know it, if u had attended 1:1 filmmaking workshop in Filmcamp.tv bangalore. This one too was really challenging. Me, Prasath and Srini did put our full effort and as usual there were some problems, especially in arranging 'God idols'. We also had a risk of getting attacked by some Sena's or Rss :),... as we had quite a few re-takes for the title shot, that too infront of  a big temple in madurai. Thanks to badshah who did a splendind job, though he was facing camera for first time.

And coming back to the theme,i got mixed reviews from people who saw it.I know there are other ways to tell the theme, i.e 'Telling by not showing'. But i wanted 'Telling by showing' , Showing in right sense and i felt there is nothing wrong it. You will get what i am talking about after watching the film. Arguments/Discussions are welcome in this aspect...

Watch it and let me know your comments.

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P.S: This film was not short listed for final round and i am not saying that i am not disappointed. Failures are always painful.

Buoyants

10 days in chennai , loads of  hard work , sweat, anger , goof ups , delays , irritating people, sleepless nights , kings, MCs , HD camera , music director, Editing studio , dubbing, sound effects and most importantly money!!  -- this film has given the real taste of how the film industry actually works. I thought, i should stop doing small films shot with my camera, edited in my laptop with apple freeloops music and went out to work with professionals. The learning i got from this project is worth the money i have put in. Ended setting up a good team of professionals to work with in the future.

Thanks to prasath, srini and my brother ezhil. Without them i would have messed up things big time. Also should thank manikandan (awesome cinematographer, but unfortunately he didn't have time to work for this film ) for guiding me in kodambakkam area and Ragu raam for giving a wonderful music in just one day.

This short film was produced for 'Filmaka - jury level entry' for the theme 'Otherside'. This film is based on a real story/fact.Of course the incident portrayed in the film is fictional,..but the underlying issue is real. Watch and let me know your views/comments on the film.

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காட்சிப்பிழை - Parallax

This is a short film which had a long pre-production time of all short films i did so far. It was a great and tiring experience to teach and direct kids.Also this film involved different locations and was shot in 3 days.I initially thought of hiring cameraman, music composer and editor.However i ended up doing everything. Thanks to all the kids who did a great job in the end.

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Note: Please watch it in HD and full screen for better quality.

வினை விதை Cause and effect

வினை விதை - This movie was shot as a part of filmmaking course i did in Filmcamp, bangalore. The course is really worth to give a taste of actual filmmaking. This film was made from a short story 'Karumbu juice', i wrote for college magazine.The shoot was really challenging and i think in the end it all came out well,thanks to the Cast and Crew.Watch it and leave your valuable comments.


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React

This is my first movie shot with my new canon HV30 and edited with Final cut express. Thanks to thanksgiving day offer and this onsite trip. This film has something to say and hope many can relate them with it,as i did. Thanks to Amogh and Raghu for their brilliant acting and Kiran for technical assistance.

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React - short film by karthik subbaraj from karthik gajaraj on Vimeo.

Last Train

Last train is the first project of yet to be registered production company 'Dwee motion pictures',started by srikanth.We decided to roll out a short film as a starting step to this productions and to make it look impressive, we hired Justin bunnel, a professional cinematographer in US.This film was really challenging and gave all of us a great learning oppurtunity, real taste of what actual film making is..

I think the movie has come out well. Hats off to justin for his wonderful camera work,brandon and amogh for their amazing acting,Satish and ajay for their brilliant music.

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Dark Game

I like films which say the theme in subtle, abstract manner.I wanted to try this and i think this film did come out well with neccessary abstractness.Thanks to Mark williams, a feature film director in US, for lending me all the equipments and giving me technical guidance.Hats off to Cat, Brandon and Aaron who did a brilliant acting.

I would have been shot by Burlington Police department while taking this film.Some one in my apartment believed Aaron as dangerous intruder, and called 911.After the shoot i opened my house door to see three cops pointing gun at us.We did have a great time explaining that its just film shoot.Anyways my name is now in police books :-)

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Who's the indian ?

This was the first short film, written, shot, directed and edited by me, with guidance of Sanjay (Filmcamp).This was taken using 'Grassroot filmmaker grant'.It deals with a issue, which is slowly taking bad shape in some parts of india especially in bangalore and mumbai, where the languages don't speak right things always....

Outpourings

This is a one minute film thought, written, shot and edited (first cut) in one day.It was done in a one day workshop in Filmcamp, where one can learn film making by making film. We, team of 5 in the workshop, started to think of global issues as theme for this 1 minute film, then narrowed down to indian issues, then to local issues and then zeroed on to 'Most disgusting' issue on earth. I am sure every one who sees this movie can relate themselves to it,....OK now enough of build up.Watch it, when you are not eating anything :-)

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