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Bingo

An alcoholic father (Velu), caught in a debt-trap with the local factory owner, is forced to send his 9-year-old son to work in the factory in order to pay back his debt. Having already lost one arm in a street brawl, followed by his wife’s suicide, Velu decides to mend his ways by joining work as a watchman. Even though he repents, it is too late as he has to turn his son over to the factory owner even though child labor is illegal. However, the factory owner has a change of heart after meeting the child. The story resolves the reason behind his decision to let the child go back to school.

  • AARABI SUNDARAM
    Director
  • AARABI SUNDARAM
    Writer
  • AARABI SUNDARAM
    Producer
  • ARVIND JANAKIRAMAN
    Key Cast
    "FACTORY OWNER"
  • INDRAJEET
    Key Cast
    "VELU"
  • MASTER SELVA
    Key Cast
    "BINGO"
  • SURYA BALAJI
    CAMERA
  • PRAKASH LA
    EDITOR
  • ROBERT SARGUNAM
    ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE
  • HARIHARA SUDHAN
    SOUND MIXING
  • NAVEEN PA
    COLOR GRADING
  • Project Type:
    Feature, Short
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 47 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 15, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    2,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    English, Tamil
  • Shooting Format:
    DIGITAL
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - AARABI SUNDARAM

Growing up in rural south India, where cinema was considered a part and parcel of life, it was no surprise that it shaped and inspired his childhood like none other. Though practical financial constraints led him to start working in the Petrochemical industry early on, cinema has always been at the forefront of his life. As a first step, he started writing short stories in Tamil and even won first prize in inter-collegiate level competitions. Published a Tamil short stories collection book "Marappotti" on Amazon KDP.
His passion for cinema also grew by his exposure to world cinema classics of Japanese, Iranian, latin American, Italian & English movies along with selected Indian films.
Now, after spending 33 yrs in chemical field in India and gulf countries, he became financially independent and returned to Chennai, India in 2017. He joined one of Chennai’s reputed film schools on weekends and learnt the basics of direction. He wrote screenplay for several short films and directed his institute’s project. His debut short-film titled Bingo, was conceived, written, directed and produced by him in the year 2019.
He is married, having two daughters. His wife a fashion designer, elder daughter doing Post graduation in Nederlands, Younger one is doing second year Medicine.

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Director Statement

Inspired by world classic cinema, I am looking into human aspects of all stories. I hereby declare that, no copyright violation made in my film as far as original music and story content is concerned.