Radiopetti
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| ரேடியோப்பெட்டி | |
| Directed by | Hari Viswanath |
| Written by | Hari Viswanath |
| Produced by | HarryToonz Studio |
| Starring | Lakshmanan TVV Ramanujam Shobana Mohan Nivas Adithan |
| Cinematography | Saravanan Natrajan |
| Edited by | Venkatram Mohan |
| Music by | Richard Ford [1] |
Production company | HarryToonz Studio |
Release date |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Radiopetti (transl. Radio Set) is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Hari Viswanath, starring Ramanujam TVV and Lakshmanan Koratur.[2][3]
The film became the first Tamil film to win the KNN Audience Award in the official competition in Busan International Film Festival 2015,[4][5][6][7][8] and was an official selection in Indian Panorama for 46th International Film Festival of India held at Panaji, Goa.[9][10][11]
Summary
[edit]Radiopetti is the story of a 70-year-old man, partially deaf and is extremely fond of the valve radio, a gift by his dad when he was a child and he sees his dad through the radio. He became psychologically disturbed when this radio is lost [12]
Cast
[edit]- Lakshmanan as Arunachalam
- Ramanujam TVV as Subramani
- Shobana Mohan as Lakshmi
- Nivas Adithan as Saravanan
- Baby Maya as Tharshini
- Master Rohan as Ashwin
Production
[edit]Development
[edit]Hari Viswanath, a civil engineer by profession explained that the idea of making this film struck him only when he saw an old man, who couldn't hear well walking through the street as nobody paid attention to him. This made Viswanath thinking about the lives of elderly people and his own grandfather who always turn on his Murphy Radio as a routine affair. The radio tune signalled all activities of grandfather as well as Viswanath like praying, reading, going to school, time to eat and so on. Viswanath felt the agony of him when he just thought of losing the radio one day and felt the pain on how he will manage after losing the radio. Viswanath decided to mix this fictional thoughts and real experience into a film and thus Radiopetti began its journey.[1][2][10]
Casting
[edit]Viswanath signed stage artiste Lakshmanan to play the lead role, Nivas Adithan, who has earlier done Ula and Kaaka Muttai, Shobana Mohan and TVV Ramanujam in important roles. Lakshmanan has already played the lead role in Viswanath's short film Idukkan.[1][2][10]
Filming
[edit]Radiopetti was shot in Pondicherry and completed in a 15 days schedule within a budget of one crore.[1][10]
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Accolades
[edit]| Year | Festival | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Busan International Film Festival | Audience Award | Won | [13][14] |
| New Currents | Nominated | [15] | ||
| 2015 | International Film Festival of India, Goa | Indian Panorama | Official Selection | [9] |
| 2016 | Imagine India film festival, Madrid, Spain | Best Music | Won | |
| Best Film | Nominated | |||
| 2016 | Chennai International Film Festival | 2nd Best Film | Won | [16] |
| Special Jury Best Actor | Won | |||
| Best Film | Nominated | |||
| 2016 | Hidden gems film festival, Calgary, Canada | Best Director | Nominated | |
| 2016 | Auro film festival, Auroville | Official Selection | ||
| 2016 | Pune International Film Festival | Official Selection | ||
| 2016 | Film festival in Romania | Official Selection | ||
| 2016 | Government of Puducherry 'Indian Panorama' Film Festival | Best Film | Won |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Of nostalgic radio tales". Deccan Chronicle. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ^ a b c "The old man and the radio". The Hindu. 26 November 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ^ "Radiopetti going places". The Hindu. 28 October 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ^ "'Immortal', 'Walnut Tree' win at Busan". screendaily. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ^ Suganth, M (16 January 2017). "Radio Petti: the first Tamil film to win at Busan". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ "'Radio Petti' Goes To Busan Film Festival". New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ^ "Tamil film 'Radiopetti' chosen for Busan International Film Festival". dnaindia. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ^ "Busan: Tamil-language 'Radio Set' a First for Festival". Variety. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ^ a b "Indian Panorama press release" (PDF). iffi.nic.in. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Coup de projecteur : Radiopetti de Hari Viswanath". lebillet.ch. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ "Radio Petti to be screened in 46th International Film Festival of India". Livechennai. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ "Vetrimaaran and Parthipan wanted to see my film". behindwoods. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ^ "Hari Vishwanath's Radio Petti Wins The Prestigious KNN Audience Choice Award At Busan Film Festival". idreampost. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^ "Radio Petti-Tamil films that made a Global imprint in 2015". IndiaGlitz. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ "Busan Fest showcases latest in Asian cinema". Koreatimes.co.kr. 4 October 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^ "Full details of 13th Chennai International Film Festival". IndiaGlitz. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
External links
[edit]- Radiopetti at IMDb