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Production Notes Ra. Ka. Ma. is the second no-budget collaborative feature film produced by Wannabe Studios, a worldwide network for independent filmmakers, aspirants and film lovers to come together and make movies without borders, without limits and without a budget! Wannabe Studios is the team behind India's first full-length guerrilla feature film – ONAN (Tamil/English, 2009). The network also hosts The Stepping Stone Film Festival, a festival intended to to showcase the work of emerging filmmaking talent from around the world.
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Sony Bhaskaran
[Director] A self-taught filmmaker and artist, Sony is from Kumbalanghi in Kerala. His film credits includes several short films and India's first full-length guerrilla feature film Onan (Tamil/English, 2009), on which he was First Assistant Director. Ra. Ka. Ma. will mark his directorial debut.
Director: Sony Bhaskaran (Feature Debut)
Producer: Wannabe Studios
S. Koray Özçelik
Synopsis Ra. Ka. Ma. is an abbreviation of the Malayalam words "Rathi", "Kaalam" and "Maranam", which translate into English as "Sex, Time and Death". A neo-noir film, it deals with the concepts of sex, time and death from the point of view of a man who is contemplating suicide. Ajay, the protagonist, is at the lowest ebb of his life. His wife and child have left him for good; his old lover, who he tries to get back in touch with wants nothing to do with him. He tries to make sense of his life, going over his past, evaluating his present and imagining his future — but fails to see hope. A non-linear series of events from his past, present and future give form to a psychedelic exploration of his tormented mind.
Cast Ashok Rajagopalan (Feature Debut)
Spoken Language Malayalam
Programming Descriptors FORMS: Feature, Neo-noir GENRES: Independent, Abstract, Art
Exhibition Information Film Format: Black & White Sound Format: Stereo (D3 Live) Aspect Ratio: 1.78 (16x9) Subtitling: On-screen, English
[Music Composer] Turkish composer and physicist Koray Özçelik started to play the piano at 9, after which he formally trained in musical theory. At 28, he turned to classical music, and, at 30, without any formal knowledge of orchestral writing, began composing entire symphonies using post-modern techniques. His forté is his creative ability to blend ethnic and symphonic music in his compositions. His work has been featured on Turkish television.
Shyam Madhavan Sarada
[Cinematographer] Bangalore-based Shyam is a self-taught writer, illustrator and designer by profession and has several film credits to his name — as actor, cinematographer, editor, designer and director. He is the founder of Wannabe Studios and the director of ONAN (Tamil/English, 2009), India's first full-length guerrilla feature film. Shyam is credited as writer, cinematographer and editor for Ra. Ka. Ma.
Kabirdas Madhavan
[Audiographer] A software professional, creative photographer and occasional actor based in Bangalore, Kabirdas has a special interest in location recording and is the principal designer of D3 LIVE, a new standard in live film sound developed for Wannabe Studios. ONAN (Tamil/English, 2009) features his work as director of audiography.
Ashok Rajagopalan
[Lead Actor] A writer and illustrator of children’s books, Ashok was born in the village of Pulasseri in Palghat, Kerala and now lives in Korattur, a sleepy suburb of Chennai. He has scripted and acted in a few short films. Ra. Ka. Ma. will be his first feature film as actor.
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