Cowherd Turns Actor in ‘Theatre,’ Set for Rotterdam Bow

“stage“The Sophomore from the Indian director Nishanth Kalidindi after his worship“ Kadasela Biriyani ”(2021), will world Premiere in Rotterdam International Film FestivalPort section.

It is located at the traditional urban center of the former French colony, Bondishiri in the south IndiaInstead of the spiritual town of Auroville, which was filmed more commonly, it follows the movie Tamil and Malayalam Language Das, which is a dual beef sponsors as a representative of a local theater company. When his past is attached to him through Gona, the former funerary drama player turned into a musician on the stage, tensions within the coherent performance of the performance under the leadership of its inexperienced director to obtain perfection.

“The concept of the film returns to” Cadassilla Periani, “said Calidindi. diverse. “I spent some time to monitor the lifestyle of the Indianostrum Theater Collection in Pondicherry while they were creating pieces of theater. What remains with me is how the director interacts with his actors and involved them in the entire improvisation.”

The director chose the improvisation approach during filming. “We trembled with the narration, and writing continued to develop during filming. At the end of each piece it was taken. “

“From a stylistic point of view, since she personally felt that she was experimenting with a segment of life on Earth to see these artists, I felt that I had to respect those moments with the same kind of elegance,” Kalidindi notes. “Even if you eventually call a fictional story, what matters is that I have maintained the true essence of their lives.”

The film was produced by Barycenter Films in Barecenter, based in Thikacalam SA, along with Maestros & Panoramaas Pondicherry. The production team includes Thanikacalam, which previously produced the entrance was 2024 “In Retreat”, along with Vinoth Thanigasalam, a sound designer with credits including “Kadselaa Biriyani” and “Seven Seas Seven Hills” (Rotterdam 2024); Neil Sebastian, a production designer to a product; Histan Jose Joseph, the film photographer who worked across Malays, Telgo and Tamil Cinema; And the director Kalidindi himself.

“I was attracted to the local films made by emerging directors from there. To appear in the cinema from time to time.

The film uses a unique financing model inspired by Ben Affleck and artists diedStudio, led by artists, creates entrepreneurship partnerships with film makers to enable their creative vision, with main creative employees including the film photographer, production designer and sound designer who works as production partners. “It is always difficult to collect funding with independent films. With this one, it was somewhat more complicated,” explains Thanikshalam.

Kalidindi says: “I hope that the audience will take their soul to risk their other professional fields to respond to their invitation to be artists,” says Kalidindi. “How good is they are in the craft at that stage of their lives, it does not matter, just the strength of their pursuit. For me, this is what the movie represents.”

After Rotterdam, producers are looking for international sales representing and plans for theatrical distribution in India. They are also developing the “Dupleix and Dubash” feature coming from Kalidindi as joint production.

Barycenter Films is also supporting veteran director Geresh Casaravali, “The Sky and The Cat”, in the Pershalli, in the Shimoga area of ​​Karnataka, southern India, based on Ananthamurthy.