Private Project

COFFEE CAFE

COFFEE CAFE
SYNOPSIS
Generally, in a Coffee Cafe,we get to see a lot of stories everyday. Every other table holds an impeccable story line. The characters and stories may differ, but what stands as a lasting evidence for all the happenings is the coffee cafe itself. Thus it is our story domain. Likewise, this Coffee Cafe bases for our four different characters. Transgender Sudha, a representative of LGBT Community, but she knows to get along with the General Community with utmost decorum. Vinothini, a Mysterious, Strong independent woman and a stage play director. She stages street play artists. Senthil, an Independent Film Maker, amidst various livelihood difficulties and troubles in life, does Film Making efficiently. Pooja bounds to the rules of life in spite of being footloose outwardly. How our Coffee Cafe plots a Story Domain for these four individuals? Transgender Sudha and her grapple for the suckling is the answer. That is the only thing that connects all our four characters. Coffee Cafe unites. And it still continuous to see various other story lines and realities. Last scene of the stage show bear a resemblances to many. The spectator for all these will remain our Coffee Cafe...

  • ARUNKUMAR SENTHIL
    Director
  • ARUNKUMAR SENTHIL
    Writer
  • ARUNKUMAR SENTHIL
    Producer
  • ABIRAMI
    Key Cast
    "VINOTHINI"
  • SUDHA TRANSGENDER
    Key Cast
    "KAVERI"
  • SHARA MONU
    Key Cast
    "POOJA"
  • DILLI
    Key Cast
    "SENTHIL"
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Runtime:
    2 hours 6 minutes 25 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 5, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    60,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    Tamil
  • Shooting Format:
    DIGITAL
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - ARUNKUMAR SENTHIL

ARUNKUMAR SENTHIL
DIRECTOR/WRITER/PRODUCER

Arunkumar Senthil is a Writer, Director cum Producer from TAMILNADU,Chennai. His engrossment and scrutiny was only towards Films from his college days. The journey he began as an Actor, made him travel as a Writer, Screenplay Assistant and destined him firmly as a Director. He knows he should incarnate as a Producer when he decided to become an Independent Film Director. His incarnation as a Producer cum Director started at 2016 with a Short Film titled Sudha Transgender. Until today, the short film stands as a celebration and pride for the LGBT people and has crossed more that 1 million views in YouTube. Same way, The Boy short film has gained a lot of recognition in various Film Festivals in the year 2018. When He decided to create a Feature Film, it is for sure known to be Social Experimental plot. Yes, 2019 October saw the wraps of Coffee Cafe which includes LGBT content and a lot more that this society is hesitant to throw lights on.

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Director Statement

As a Independent Film Director also as a producer ,we face many difficulties to finish this project COFFEE CAFE. For last two years i did ground work to finish this script. i did ground work on Theru-Koothu(STREET PALY) and Transgenders Community's life style. our coffee cafe team give more moral support to finish this project. when we shoot at village portion the villagers give wonderful support. after seeing final out we realize that we done the paper script to visual script at proper manner. after finishing shoot we face the real difficult at dubbing and post production, because it is very tough to re-create the original sound os street play portion . but we did it by talented sound and dubbing engineers . when people see this COFFEE CAFE they remember their coffee cafe stories. Where we stat at first day shoot with transgender’s milk function portion, it is very difficult to manage. Because first day schedule is very heavy to direction department as well as to cinematographer. At Some difficult situation we stop the shoot. Again I start to search cinematographer who need to carry this script at his shoulder .Final I find and start shoot again. From that movement I realize that how important to choose a cinematographer at initial pre production stage. The take off is good. We finish the shooting as schedule. Particularly that kalkota (city from india- Boral village ),climax portion where Indian master director Satyajit Ray Shot at APHU HOUSE(Pather Panchali-1955 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pather_Panchali
That is very important portion at climax which one lead to sequel of COFFEE CAFÉ TO MAA DURGA .
THANK YOU
WITH LOVE
ARUNKUMAR SENTHIL