Watch ‘Oru Kal, ‘Oru Kannadi’ on February 26, 2022 (8.45 pm) at Events Cinema, West Gate, Auckland
Venkat Raman
Auckland, February 18, 2022
Should love always get intertwined with discord and separation?
Does pride or fear stand between two youngsters from the reunion?
Is such a dilemma typical in the world of love or are we over-stating?
If ‘Love means never having to say you are sorry,’ how can it thrive?
These are among the questions that a Tamil film, produced by members of our community in Auckland, tries to answer.
Oscillating lover
Called, ‘Oru Kal, Oru Kannadi’ (A Stone and a Mirror), the story revolves around a young couple Reena (deftly portrayed by Yalini Kandheswari) and her hapless and often-times perplexed lover Vijay (convincing performance by Sriprasanth Balaras).
Like so many of the current generation, Reena constantly oscillates between ‘love him’ and ‘love him not’ but finally decides that it is an incompatible relationship.
But the feeling of guilt daunts her and Reena does not know how to convey to Vijay that she wants to exit the love relationship. She reaches out to the Universe (perhaps the Stars) for help.
Vijay is also in a state of flux but is certain of one thing: No returning to solitude.
Does the Universe provide the answer to Reena? Does Vijay get his wish fulfilled?
Show date details
Auckland couple Krithika Kuppuswamy and Bhaskar Nagarajan, who have written the story and produced and directed the film would like you to find out for yourself the conclusion.
‘Oru Kal, Oru Kannadi’ will be shown at Events Cinemas at Westgate, located at the Westgate Shopping Center, 1/5 Fernhill Drive, Massey, Auckland.
For further information, please email: Bhaskar Nagarajan: dialb4bhas@gmail.com;
Krithika Kuppusamy: krithi.k.b@gmail.com; Phone: 021-085-87474
“It is a tale of Opposites,” Krithika said.
“It is a tale of the Mismatched,” Bhaskaran said.
“It is a tale of Contradictories,” both of them said.
“The movie narrates how compatibility plays the central role in a relationship; and what a young pair who fall in love discover during their (smooth or rocky) relationship,” they said.
About the Creative Couple
Krithika Kuppuswamy and Bhaskar Nagarajan have several common denominators.
Both were born in the Temple City of Madurai in Tamil Nadu, bout graduated as Computer Science Engineers and were employed at Infosys, the world’s IT giant. They migrated to New Zealand in 2012. While Krithika works as Senior Talent Partner at Planit New Zealand, Bhaskaran, who was also the cinematographer for the film, works as Software Development Team Leader at TVNZ.
They both dote after their six-year-old daughter Ananya.
Their passion for filmmaking encouraged them to produce two short films in 2017, which won awards at New Zealand Film Festivals.
Bhaskar said that their first film went with more than 15 million views and that their YouTube Channel now has about 70,000 subscribers.
‘Oru Kal, Oru Kannadi,’ is their latest offering is a part of the first Web Series with eight episodes.
The Series features two songs, namely ‘Nee Pogum Paathailey’ and ‘Azhagin Azhagey.’
The Cast: Prish, Sriprasanth Balaras, Yalini Kandheswari, Meenu Subbu, Sheba Soundhar, Gopi Dinakaran, Sushila Aiyer, Akshay
Music: Sashank Sivasubramanian
Lyrics: Nivetha Rengaraju, Mahesh Babu
Singers: V V Prassanna, Ramya RamC
Voice Over, Sound Design, Final Mix: Manoj Kumar Maddie
Cinematography: Bhaskar Nagarajan Vikas Devarakonda, Vishwa Balasubramanian
Music: Sashank Sivasubramanian
