01-06-2004, 01:59 PM
<b>Chennai, Watch out for the Tamil Canadians</b>
Source: Tamilcanadian - January 5, 2004
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Tamil Canadians celebrated their very first Tamil film festival in Toronto this past weekend. The organizers of the festival called for short-film submissions in the summer of 2003 and expected to receive only a few. However, a large number of short films were submitted to the festival and it pleasantly surprised the festival organizers. Encouraged by the strong interest, the organizers held a grand three-day festival at the Ontario Science Center. The films that were nominated for one or more award(s) were screened on the second day and were viewed by hundreds of moviegoers. The winners were formally announced at the ceremony that followed the movie screenings.
The short film “Throgam” (Betrayal) came out a big winner, winning the awards for the best actor (Amal Joseph), best screenplay (Ranjit Joseph), best director (Ranjit Joseph), best film, best cinematographer (Sivakumar S.Jeysan) and best editor (Sivakumar S.Jeysan). “Throgam” deals with the delicate subject of youth violence and presents the audience with a new remedy to eradicate the problem. Even though Mr.Joseph’s remedy was readily acceptable to the older audience it raised the question of whether it’d be acceptable to the youth. However, the strong applause arose from the considerable number of young audience at the event answered that question positively.
The best actress award went to the up-and-coming young actress Ms.Sathiya for her performance in the short film “Ini” (Here-After). Ms. Sathiya Thillainathan did a good job delivering what her moviemaker had expected her to deliver. However, comparing the complexity of the roles of each of the contenders and assessing the effect each of these roles had on the viewers, many at the festival felt that the best actress award should have gone to Ms. Subbulakshmi Kasinathan, for her outstanding performance in the short film “Naatchaar Veedinile”. Ms. Subbulakshmi Kasinathan had beautifully transformed herself in to her very complex role and touched the audience by her breath-taking performance.
The best music composer award went to S.V.Varman for his fantastic composing for the movie “Unacku Oru Neethi”(Double Standard) and the best music video award went to “Amma Un Pillai”.
Although all of the movies shown at the festival could use a bit more work, given the modest budget, extremely short production time and the inexperience moviemakers, the creators of these movies sure deserve kudos.
Long, there has been a huge and growing demand for Tamil movies in Canada and the South Indian Tamil Movie Industry has been enjoying a monopoly in this market. Even though the Tamil Canadian moviemakers have repeatedly tried to win over some of this market share, no success has yet been achieved. However, this film festival foretells that the Indian Movie Industry will soon face a strong competition in Canada from the Tamil Canadian moviemakers.
Chennai, Watch out for the Tamil Canadians!
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Source: Tamilcanadian - January 5, 2004
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Tamil Canadians celebrated their very first Tamil film festival in Toronto this past weekend. The organizers of the festival called for short-film submissions in the summer of 2003 and expected to receive only a few. However, a large number of short films were submitted to the festival and it pleasantly surprised the festival organizers. Encouraged by the strong interest, the organizers held a grand three-day festival at the Ontario Science Center. The films that were nominated for one or more award(s) were screened on the second day and were viewed by hundreds of moviegoers. The winners were formally announced at the ceremony that followed the movie screenings.
The short film “Throgam” (Betrayal) came out a big winner, winning the awards for the best actor (Amal Joseph), best screenplay (Ranjit Joseph), best director (Ranjit Joseph), best film, best cinematographer (Sivakumar S.Jeysan) and best editor (Sivakumar S.Jeysan). “Throgam” deals with the delicate subject of youth violence and presents the audience with a new remedy to eradicate the problem. Even though Mr.Joseph’s remedy was readily acceptable to the older audience it raised the question of whether it’d be acceptable to the youth. However, the strong applause arose from the considerable number of young audience at the event answered that question positively.
The best actress award went to the up-and-coming young actress Ms.Sathiya for her performance in the short film “Ini” (Here-After). Ms. Sathiya Thillainathan did a good job delivering what her moviemaker had expected her to deliver. However, comparing the complexity of the roles of each of the contenders and assessing the effect each of these roles had on the viewers, many at the festival felt that the best actress award should have gone to Ms. Subbulakshmi Kasinathan, for her outstanding performance in the short film “Naatchaar Veedinile”. Ms. Subbulakshmi Kasinathan had beautifully transformed herself in to her very complex role and touched the audience by her breath-taking performance.
The best music composer award went to S.V.Varman for his fantastic composing for the movie “Unacku Oru Neethi”(Double Standard) and the best music video award went to “Amma Un Pillai”.
Although all of the movies shown at the festival could use a bit more work, given the modest budget, extremely short production time and the inexperience moviemakers, the creators of these movies sure deserve kudos.
Long, there has been a huge and growing demand for Tamil movies in Canada and the South Indian Tamil Movie Industry has been enjoying a monopoly in this market. Even though the Tamil Canadian moviemakers have repeatedly tried to win over some of this market share, no success has yet been achieved. However, this film festival foretells that the Indian Movie Industry will soon face a strong competition in Canada from the Tamil Canadian moviemakers.
Chennai, Watch out for the Tamil Canadians!
http://www.tamilcanadian.com/pageview.php?...ID=2214&SID=356