Identity
The story is about the turmoil that goes on inside the mind of a method actor.
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Santhosh RathnamDirector
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Santhosh RathnamWriter
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Santhosh RathnamProducer
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Anand SamiKey Cast
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Darshana RajendranKey Cast
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Ravindra VijayKey Cast
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Project Title (Original Language):Adaiyalam
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Project Type:Short
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Runtime:31 minutes 37 seconds
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Completion Date:May 15, 2017
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Production Budget:7,800 USD
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Country of Origin:India
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Country of Filming:India
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Language:Tamil
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:4:3
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
Iyanthira is the pen-name of Santhosh Rathnam, who is an aspiring film maker based out of Chennai. When he was pursuing his MBA at S P Jain in Mumbai, India, he was actively involved in both theater and film appreciation circles, and has written and directed both fiction and non-fiction videos.After his MBA, he joined Kavithalayaa Productions as a Marketing Consultant for couple of their films. Heis currently working in an IT Multi-national firm as a Client Account Manager. And, on a temporary basis, he also does online marketing for Tamil movies. He leads a group called “Heads&Tales” that was formed with the objective of motivating and supporting aspiring film makers. He has been associated with around 10 short films and Commercial Ads, both as assistant director as well as an Executive Producer.Adaiyalam (Identity) is his first real attempt at writing and directing a short film. He soon hopes to become a full-fledged filmmaker.
I was always curious about the phenomenon called Method Acting and used to wonder what made actors take extreme steps to become the character they play. While researching about the origins of Method Acting, I stumbled upon the works of Konstantin Stanislavski, Lee Strasberg, and Stella Adler. I was fascinated by the two different schools of thought as propagated by Strasberg and Adler. And that enabled me to conceive the idea of Adaiyalam, which at its core, is an inter-play between these two prominent styles of Method Acting. Once the idea was conceived, I wanted to experiment with the narrative structure. And that’s where Escher’s work, especially Relativity, inspired me. I wanted to create a similar narrative structure that was seemingly impossible and yet if you are inside the plot, there is a definitive circular path that the protagonist would embark upon.