Artificial (film)
| Artificial | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Vijay Vemuri |
| Written by | Vijay Vemuri |
| Produced by | Vijaya Kumar Vemuri |
| Starring | Supriya Aysola Abhinav Gomatam Mahesh Kumar Kathi Rohan Deepti Naidu Kranthi Shwetha Chowdary |
| Cinematography | Shyam. T |
| Edited by | Nagaraju |
| Music by | Satya Kashyap |
Release date |
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Running time | 22 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Budget | $5000 |
Artificial is a short film made in Telugu language which revolves around a young couple and their personal life. The film has been produced and directed by Vijay Vemuri.
Production
The film was shot using a rented Canon 5D close to four years after the script was written. Available for viewing on Youtube, the film, Artificial was made on a budget of 250,000 Indian Rupees and Vijay still says that he could have made it for lesser. It took him two years to find the right people to help him make his movie.
Casting
The casting process alone took close to two years to complete but he believes the efforts have paid off. “Abhinav and Supriya both did an excellent job, I just gave them a narration and they figured out the rest,” he says. The film portrays an upper middle class couple in India. On a seemingly normal premise, demonic possession, strange fantasies come to the fore.
Director's Take
The director was quoted as saying, “When you watch the film, you’ll find the film and the situation to be unreal; the sequences deliberately lack consistency to depict a lack of balance and ‘truth’. Hence it becomes ‘Artificial’. Perhaps this subject might be too vague for people to get. Messages need to be loud, otherwise people don’t get it. The inspiration for the film came from a late night TV show. There used to be a show which dealt with extreme psycho-sexual disorders that was aired in the midnight on a news channel.
I have been told that it's a difficult subject. I just wanted to delve into my latent talent for story-telling. I do understand that I have left it rather blank towards the end but people with a discerning eye have appreciated it.”[1][2][3][4][5]
Cast
- Supriya Aysola as Housewife
- Abhinav Gomatam as Manav
- Mahesh Kumar Kathi as Therapist
- Deepti Naidu as Salesgirl
- Kranthi as Male Customer
- Shwetha Chowdary as the slum-dwelling woman
- Rohan as Rag-Picker
Reception and Awards
It won the 2012 Platinum Reel award at the Nevada Film Festival in the short film category.
References
- ^ vishnupriya bhandaram (2012-11-04). "Unreal layers". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
- ^ Karthik Pasupulate, TNN Oct 31, 2012, 11.58PM IST (2012-10-31). "International honour for Hyderabadi filmmaker - Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "2012 Platinum Reel Award Winners". Nevadafilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
- ^ "News coverage of telugu short film ARTIFICIAL - 1". YouTube. 2012-09-28. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
- ^ Suresh Krishnamoorthy (2012-05-31). "Watch out for this intriguing short film". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
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