SAALAI
A young man’s journey to discover the purpose of his life; with his subconscious mind killing his career choices one by one to finally show him the road to be taken. The film accentuates the pervasive culture of excessive consumption in today’s world.
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Antony CharlesDirectorNanjupuram, Azhagu Kutti Chellam
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Antony CharlesWriterNanjupuram, Azhagu Kutti Chellam
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Antony CharlesProducer
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Kiresh ThyagarajProducer
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Ranjith ChakkathProducer
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VishwaKey CastEppadi Manasukul Vanthai
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Krisha KurupKey CastAzhagu Kutti Chellam
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G. Balamurugan D.F.T.Cinematography
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Ved Shanker SugavanamMusic ComposerAzhagu Kutti Chellam
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B. Pravin BaaskarEditorAzhagu Kutti Chellam
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Project Type:Feature
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Genres:Thriller, Sci Fi, Road movie
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Runtime:1 hour 33 minutes 45 seconds
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Completion Date:March 10, 2017
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Production Budget:300,000 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:RED
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Aspect Ratio:2.35
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
Antony Charles is an Indian director, writer and producer. He studied screenplay writing and direction at ‘Film and Television Institute of Tamilnadu’. His student film ‘Agathi,’ is about the reunion of a Srilankan Tamil refugee with his daughter. It took part in the International Film Festival of Kerala. He made his feature film debut with ‘Nanjupuram’ (2011), a thriller which explores the myths and fears of snakes prevalent in a village, and how a fearless young man slowly gets affected by Ophidiophobia. His second film, ‘Azhagu Kutti Chellam’ (2016), a feel-good film with multiple storylines, spotlights that this world is meant more for the children and that every new born baby brings in a new hope to this world. This critically acclaimed film won the Best Social Awareness Award in Norway Tamil Film Festival.
I have been toying with this idea, a thought - If there are two chairs, we choose one to sit, but in our mind we try both before we make the choice. In fact, as much as we live in reality, so do we live more than that in our imagination. When we are young, we have a wide range of options before us to choose our path of life. And at some point, we end up choosing one, thereby permanently shoving away the other choices. Erasing a dream is in a way similar to committing a murder. This thought was my first inspiration. I developed a plot and it shaped itself to become a thriller. As the story demanded a dream like landscape, I decided to shoot it in the snow clad mountains of Kashmir. The extreme climatic conditions prevalent there with continuous snowfall made it very difficult for us to shoot.