Saakshatkaaram
Our world, the only known place where life exists, is a tiny speck in this vast universe. When we realize that, this is the only family we have, all the differences like boundaries, religions, colours and languages that divide us, vanish and we attain Saakshatkaaram, the realisation.
Shortfilm Saakshatkaaram is about the inner journey of a man, mourning his wife’s death and his search for finding redemption. He decides to meet a family from a foreign country; only because his wife’s hands now belong to one of them and are alive!
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Sudesh BalanDirector
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Sudesh BalanWriter
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IIT BombayProducer
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Sheeja V. VasudevanProducer
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Prakas V. G. (Vettukili Prakash)Key Cast"Warrier"
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Lakshmi Quinio (Paris Laxmi)Key Cast"Samira"
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Saritha KukkuKey Cast"Late Wife"
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Saawan RithuKey Cast"Samira's Daughter"
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Dr. Sajish M.Key Cast"Doctor"
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Sirus SharifiKey Cast"Farshad"
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Master PrayagKey Cast"Crying Boy"
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Kalamandalam PradeepKey Cast"Crying Boy's Father"
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Azif IsmailKey Cast"Additional Character"
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Hari NamboodiriKey Cast"Additional Character"
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SreejithKey Cast"Additional Character"
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Prayag MukundanCinematography
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Rajesh NarothMusic & Sound Design
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N. G. RoshanProsthetics & Makeup
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Hamza VallithodeProduction Designer
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Siddharth AredathCostume Designer
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Sam SanthoshLocation Sound Recordist
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Jishnu KrishnanAssociate Director
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Anand P. G.Flute
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Karthik KumarAssociate cameraman
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Visakh K. N.Assistant Cameraman
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RajithFocus Puller
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Prasanth P. MenonFoley Design
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Russel Issac StephenSound Mixing
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Vysakh ReethaExecutive Producer
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Nikhil P. S.Production Manager
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Krishnaprasad K. SudeshAssistant Director
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Karthik S. KumarArt Associate
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Motherland Cine Unit, CochinLight Unit
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Jomon MathewLight Assistants
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Santhosh M.Light Assistants
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Syam S.Light Assistants
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Jishnu MohananLight Assistants
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Joy VellathoovalCamera Unit First Assistant
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AshikSecond Assistant
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JagateeshSecond Assistant
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HiroshPoster Design
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Project Type:Short
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Genres:Drama
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Runtime:14 minutes 30 seconds
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Completion Date:December 29, 2020
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Country of Origin:India
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Country of Filming:India
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Language:Malayalam
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Shooting Format:RED
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
Prof. Sudesh Balan is a faculty member at IDC School of Design in IIT Bombay and a recipient of the prestigious, Prof. S. P. Sukhatme Award for Excellence in Teaching (2020). His specialization is in photography and filmmaking with an emphasis on digital media. Also he is a consultant to film industry doing VFX photography and cinematography requiring high precision.
Prof. Balan holds a bachelors degree in architecture from College of Engineering Trivandrum. Since graduation in 1996, he was working as an architect. With an interest in photography, he joined Visual Communication programme as a student at IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay in 1997 and graduated with an MDes. His projects involved understanding lens optics and image manipulation using large format mono rail view cameras.
With an intention to specialize in cinematography, he left India and started studying film production using digital technology which was at its infancy. In 2007, after completing his Master of Fine Arts in Mass Communication and Media Arts from Department of Cinema and Photography in Southern Illinois University, he moved to Los Angeles and was working in commercial and independent film productions in California until he returned to India. Since December 2009, Prof. Balan is teaching at IIT Bombay.
His short-film Boundaries of Memory was selected in the prestigious Indian Panorama section of International Film Festival of India 2016.
You can read more about his work at: https://tinyurl.com/sbalan
Our world is, a tiny speck in this vast universe. When we realize that, this is the only family we have, all that divide us, vanish and we attain Saakshatkaaram.