The Tremor

A rookie photojournalist sets off to report on a massive earthquake that has allegedly destroyed an entire village. Being his first major assignment, he is anxious to reach the disaster site before anybody else. But soon, he finds himself lost in the desolate mountains amidst uncanny locals with cryptic clues that do not match the disaster he was craving to witness.

  • Balaji Vembu Chelli
    Director
    Arivumathi's Subconscious, Un-Expressed, An Accident, Tamme Duif, The Loop
  • Balaji Vembu Chelli
    Writer
    Arivumathi's Subconscious, Un-Expressed, An Accident, Tamme Duif, The Loop
  • Balaji Vembu Chelli
    Producer
    Arivumathi's Subconscious, Un-Expressed, An Accident, Tamme Duif, The Loop
  • Vivek Krishna Ramanujam
    Producer
    Holi Cow, Black Sheep, Thin Lines, Have Love Will Travel
  • Mathivanan Rajendran
    Producer
    Nasir, Nirvana Inn, Freddie's Piano, Black Sheep, Stray Stories
  • Rajeev Anand
    Key Cast
    "Photojournalist"
  • Semmalar Annam
    Key Cast
    "Mysterious Woman"
  • Sasikumar Sivalingam
    Key Cast
    "Cop & Caretaker"
  • Arul Selvam
    Key Cast
    "Villager & Woodcutter"
  • Suthan Raj
    Key Cast
    "Villager & Woodcutter"
  • Babu Ram
    Key Cast
    "Paramedic & Woodcutter"
  • Vengadessin Eazhumalai
    Key Cast
    "Building Contractor"
  • Subbuchaami
    Key Cast
    "Old Man"
  • Kodiamma
    Key Cast
    "Village Woman"
  • Vallarasu
    Key Cast
    "Little Boy"
  • Dhruva Mahesh
    Key Cast
    "Drifter & Journalist"
  • Vijay Rananathan
    Key Cast
    "Priest & Journalist"
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Feature
  • Genres:
    Mystery, Drama
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 10 minutes 17 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 30, 2020
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    Tamil
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.85:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Balaji Vembu Chelli

Balaji Vembu Chelli specialized in Film Direction at L V Prasad Film & TV Academy. His short fiction and documentary films have been showcased at various film festivals. Subsequently, he worked on a handful of corporate films, as a script doctor for short and features apart from working as a first assistant director in the Tamil language feature film 'Kalyana Samayal Saadham' (Wedding Feast). In 2018 he founded the independent film production company Fly On The Wall Films. 'Nilanadukkam' (The Tremor) is its maiden venture and his debut feature film.

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Director Statement

Like many of us in this day and age, I am beginning to lose track of what is real news and what might be fake. The bigger question here is do we naturally crave for extremities and tragedies? I wanted to explore this idea in tandem with how news stories today are instantaneous and repetitively over-dramatized, conditioning the viewer with a sense of anticipation and anxiety.