Friday, April 18, 2025

#NaPoWriMo2025 - Opposites makes life!

 #alsnapowrimo2025 #day18




Love and hate are woven
In the fabric of the soul,
They pull at the heartstrings
And leave us feeling whole and broken.
Love lifts us to the heavens,
Yet hate drags us to the depths,
A never-ending tug-of-war,
Where the battle rages without rest.
Joy and sadness walk together
Through the same winding path,
In one breath, we laugh aloud
And in the next, tears fall fast.
We cradle both in fragile hands,
Each emotion has its place,
The light and dark entwine,
Creating beauty in their grace.
Life and death are strangers,
But they meet at every turn,
Life is but a fleeting moment,
And death the fire that will burn.
We chase the days, unaware
That time is slipping fast,
A single breath, a single step,
And all that was will be the past.
Day and night are bound by fate
In an eternal dance of time,
The sun gives way to the moon,
While stars above silently chime.
One holds the warmth of day,
The other the peace of night,
Together they form the rhythm
That sets the world alight.
Trust and betrayal walk beside
Each other in our hearts,
Trust is the fragile flower,
Betrayal the thorn that imparts.
We build our faith in others
Then watch it slowly fall,
Yet still, we seek to trust again
Despite the rise and the fall.
These dimensions of life intertwine,
A tapestry of joy and strife,
Each thread, each emotion,
Shapes the beauty of our life.

#SeeingRed Seeing Red - A Short Film! A slapstick satire in Tamil

 #seeingred

A viewer's review..
This film takes us into a society that believed in certains ways of life. It is not about any specific community. It is about a society that set certain unappealing boundaries on women without any logical reasoning. Customs and traditions are made for convenience of mankind. It reflects on the mindset of people during various generations.
Lot has changed and transformed ever since. In the last 40 years, we have witnessed not only a transforming change in the society with regard to women, but also towards a much empowered and diversified acknowledgement of women power.
No longer we have all households with separate puja rooms or restrictions on women that can be imposed. However, there are still fractions of society that silently imposes the age old customs on the family members. Mindsets have changed but not for all. There are traces left behind
This film is a hit on the head for those 'old school' customs and thoughts. The director Shalini Vijayakumar has beautifully woven the script with ample humour and wit to reflect on the leftovers of a bygone era which seems to haunt few families even today.
Looking at this deep subject with an amazing way, Director and her team of young talents took us on a time travel to show the family dynamics and how it ghosts the minds of women suppressed and conditioned. 25 years ago, I as a women did experience a bit of this and know the inconvenience it caused. Today things changed only because we have living Shalinis' around us making it easy for every woman and in fact many men making our lives easy
Technical brilliance of the crew to be appreciated with managing to film a movie n an iPhone and qualifying for a renowned film festival. The setting of the house with the colours that showcased the time of the film, especially greens n blue and the beautiful big frames of deities in Puja room and the backyard...kudos to the production design team and DoP Viki who did a brilliant job. Young and hardworking crew with a brilliant selection of artists as cast made this short film a wholesome entertainer.
When you have a mentor like #vetrimaran , you are compelled to deliver the best! You will put your heart, head and heals over the delivery. #ShaliniVijaykumar as a director is here to stay! Her script and direction is brilliant and Roju, #Kanupriya and everyone did give their best. When you have senior artists like #BadavaGopi sir and #AppaRamesh sir, you not only bring in discipline, quality and learning to the table but an amazing output. Young #Shivani to the amazing #RaBo Patti , every artist gave their best. Every technician and including lightmen, make up artists, hair dressers, the crew went along the script.
Personally, I am delighted Aishwarya worked in this project on costumes and styling. As a mother, I have seen her creative thinking from an early age and I was always confident she carried the best of genes of legendary art director A.k.sekar Garu...
As a viewer, I loved the film. The theme, the making, the cast and crew and all about #SeeingRed. Watch it!

Proud of you my girl Aishwarya Raghunath and the entire team of Seeing Red ..wishing you the best for this film...
This film was one of the four films in India that got selected for the MUMBAI FILM FESTIVAL. Great job Shalini and team
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So happy Aishu got to work with you Ramesh Krishnamurthy Sir ...and wonderful team under the mentoring of Vetrimaran Sir...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZYLe-6KHuI













Seeing Red, a slapstick satire in Tamil from the second edition of MAMI Select: Filmed on iPhone IS OUT NOW on YouTube!
Mentored by #VetriMaaran
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