WIDE-ANGLE SHOT
On September 28, 2012, a 22-year-old techie at Infosys uploaded the 17-minute short film Priyamvada Kaatharayano—a love story with a quirky twist—on YouTube. Shot on a zero-budget model with ample support from friends and colleagues, the short opened to him the alleyways of Mollywood. Cut to 2022, and the techie, Basil Joseph, has grown wiser, smarter and more serious in filmmaking. In December, he was named the best director at the Asian Academy Awards for creating India’s first rural superhero, Minnal Murali. Today, this young filmmaker aspires to take Malayalam and Indian cinema to the global audience.
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