Remote Andaman youth makes three short films

PORT BLAIR: S M Kumerashan, a youth from remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands have surprised everybody by making three short fi lms in just two years. Kumerashan, who has his fi nance fi rm at Port Blair, is all set to release his fi rst short feature fi lm ‘Naalaya Seidhe’, meaning ‘Tomorrow’s News’ on April 8 . Kumerashan has directed the short fi lm while Mr SP Somasundaram is the producer. The story and screenplay has been written by Kumerashan himself. ‘Produced at the modest cost of nearly Rs 3 lakhs the one hour long short fi lm is all about local youths who do not get jobs on time and indulge themselves in antisocial activities. From childhood, I, wanted to make movie and hence I gave my best in this short fi lm,’ Kumerashan said while addressing a press conference here on Wednesday morning. Local artists Ruban and Guru have played the lead characters in the fi lm, which doesn’t have any lead female artist. Besides this short fi lm on social issues, Kumareshan have made two other short fi lms Talai Magan and Urau Kalin Mozhi which are of fi ve minutes and three minutes duration. ‘Though the movie has been completely shot in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the editing and dubbing works were carried out in screen forum studios of Chennai,’ he added. He is all set to release the short fi lm on April 8 at Port Blair. The fi lm has been censored from Central Board of Film Certifi cation last month and was categorized as short feature fi lm.