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Droplets

Droplets is a One min Short film produced with a zero budget. Two friends having a casual play on Chess Board. As the time progress, the act of playing becomes a ravaging crisis intertwined with their personal life. The film portrays the existential crisis between two friends. The film goes through the deep layers of meaning in power plays, monopoly, and the ideas of Existence.

  • Gopu Krishna
    Director
    Aazhi
  • Gopu Krishna
    Writer
  • Aromal
    Writer
  • Gopu Krishna
    Key Cast
  • Aromal
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short, Other
  • Genres:
    Drama, Thriller
  • Runtime:
    53 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 28, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - SRV NSS VHSS Chirakkadavu
  • Tagore International Film Festival
    West Bengal
    India
    August 10, 2022
    Indian Premiere
    Best Short Film
  • Kalakari Film Festival
    Madhya Pradesh
    India
    March 18, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Open Vision Film Festival
    Belgrad
    Serbia
    March 25, 2022
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Gopu Krishna

Gopu krishna is one of the most youngest Film Maker and Actor, who works predominantly in Malayalam Cinema Industry. He is mostly known for his acting works done in malayalam movies like Ikkakka. Gopu Krishna had collaborated with aspiring Film Maker Like Balaram J and Sainu Chavakkadan. His Works like Ikkakka (ഇക്കാക്ക) - Bilingual Feature Film, Postcard17 - December, Aarode Parayan Aare Kelkkan (ആരോട് പറയാൻ ആര് കേൾക്കാൻ) are still on growing phase.

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Director Statement

The ideal theme of the story was about two persons,who suffer from some existential crisis and fight each others to get the priority. After the initial phase the of thoughts, i had condensed it into a 'One Minute Movie' by symbolising it with a droplets in this enviornment and tried to convey the idea about irregularity of Win and Loss in life. So the Theme is Universal.

The thought "Existence is only about participation not Monopoly" paved way for connecting the characters as Friends. It is regular in our school lifes that we softly compete with our friends for our benefits.

The technical inavailability in production stage caused some difficulties. The Monocromatic Noir style of footage is the way we overcame some of those difficulties caused due to the zero budget. Noir style of presentation also increased the way of approching the story by Audience. An exaggerated way of presenting characters brought the movie an abnormal Pshychological sturcture.