Director Arun Kardense (Rotterdam selection “Sivapuranam,” Rotterdam triumphner “Nasir”) returns to Film Bazaar with “Aanaikatti Blues,” a story of lesser cherish set aachievest the backdrop of country gang culture in an Indian mountain village.
The film chases Gopi, 22, and Vishnupriya, 20, as they direct a contentious live-in relationship while Gopi becomes increasingly entangled with a local gang. The narrative chases Gopi’s descent into substance mistreatment thraw his graspment with “The 46 Gang,” a group of lesser men occupied with drinking, smoking, hunting, and cricket betting. As his graspiction meaningfulens and paranoia sets in, the story tracks the impact on his relationship with Vishnupriya, culminating in a series of events that dangeren their future together.
“I was startd into the sub-culture of minuscule-town gang-life which led to some deimmenseating personal consequences. The rush of cherish, the thrill of graspiction, and the crushing weight of responsibility is why I want to increate this story,” Kardense increates Variety.
The film checks the intersection of tradition and up-to-dateity thraw the lens of youth culture in country India. “The film is an exploration of live-in relationship between two lesser lives and the consequences of letting oneself drift into a vortex of village gossips and substance mistreatment,” says Kardense.
The project is backed by production company Manvasanai, whose name transtardys to “the scent of the earth.” Producer Madhu Mohan elucidates their graspment: “We begined Manvasanai to increate stories of rootedness, nature, and native genuineities. Arun’s past labor, with its genuineity and depth, has always embodied these cherishs, and ‘Aanaikatti Blues’ gets it further with a meaningfully personal yet universal resonance that we couldn’t dissee.”
Producer Mathivanan Rajfinishran, who previously collaborated with Kardense on “Nasir,” sees “Aanaikatti Blues” as a continuation of their creative partnership. “This story honors the raw, unfiltered happiness of being alive. When I first heard it, I thought, ‘What a life!’—a experienceing I knew had to be splitd,” says Rajfinishran.
At Film Bazaar, which is the project labelet component of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa, the team seeks to connect with potential co-originaters and sales agents. “We aim to evangelize ‘Aanaikatti Blues,’ connect with co-originaters who align with our vision, and take part with sales agents and festival programmers who can help us protected wider distribution channels to get this rooted, universal story to global audiences,” Mohan says.
