Director Arun Karthik (Rotterdam choice Sivapuranam, Rotterdam award-winning Nasir) returns to the movie circuit with Aanaikatti Blues, a younger love story set towards the backdrop of rural gang tradition in an Indian hill village. .
The movie follows 22-year-old Gopi and 20-year-old Vishnupriya as they navigate a controversial live-in relationship whereas Gopi turns into more and more entangled with native gangs. The story tells the story of Gopi’s descent into drug abuse because of his involvement within the Gang of 46, a bunch of younger males who drank, smoked, hunted and performed cricket. As his dependancy deepens and his paranoia deepens, the story tracks the fallout of his relationship with Vishnupriya, culminating in a collection of occasions that threaten their future collectively.
“I turned uncovered to the subculture of small-town gang life, which led to some devastating private penalties. The frenzy of affection, the joys of dependancy, and the burden of duty are why I needed to inform this story. kind.
The movie examines the intersection of custom and modernity by way of the lens of rural youth tradition in India. “The movie explores a live-in relationship between two younger lives and the results of getting your self caught up in a vortex of rural gossip and substance abuse,” Karthik mentioned.
The undertaking is backed by manufacturing firm Manvasanai, whose identify interprets to “the odor of the earth.” Producer Madhu Mohan explains their involvement: “We began Manvasanai with the purpose of telling tales of roots, nature and native realities. Arun’s previous works have all the time mirrored these values with their authenticity and depth, and Aanaikatti Blues ” goes a step additional, making a deeply private but common resonance that we are able to’t ignore.
Producer Mathivanan Rajendran, who has labored with Karthik on “Nasir”, sees “Aanaikatti Blues” as a continuation of their artistic collaboration. “This story celebrates the uncooked, unfiltered pleasure of being alive. Once I first heard it, I believed, ‘What a life!’
Movie Bazaar is the undertaking advertising and marketing part of Worldwide Movie Pageant of India (IFFI), Goa, the place the staff works to attach with potential co-producers and gross sales brokers. “Our objective is to unfold ‘Aanaikatti Blues’, join with co-producers who share our imaginative and prescient, and work with gross sales brokers and pageant planners who may help us safe wider distribution channels for this grounded, common tales to a worldwide viewers,” Mohan mentioned.
