Title : On Mona’s Birthday
The short film features Madhavi Latha. Written & Directed by Narendra Nath.
Banner : Lumiere Cinema
Cast & Crew :
Cast : Madhavi Latha, VPS Kalyan, Master Khushal & Sai Krishna.
Written & Directed by : Narendra Nath
Editing & Direction Team : Tharun Kumar
Music : Sunil Kasyap
Publicity Designs : Anil & Bhanu Core Designs
Producer : Krishna
Cinematography : Sreedhar KV
What it is about : It is about an incident in a Call-Girl’s life with an intelligent kid that triggers a change in her outlook and gets her back to her life.
Other Facts & details : The film was shot completely in Night-mode for 3 days. The story happens in a duration of 6 hours in a night. Shot with Sony alpha 7s which has 4 lakh ISO and innovative lighting techniques were used during the shoot with minimal costs.
Maadhavi Latha lived in the character of MONA by giving a very emotional & vibrant performance. Being a Main-stream Cinema Actress, she has agreed to act in a Short Film as she got connected to the emotion and the subtle sensitivities in the story. A 7 year old kid, Khushal has given an extra-ordinary performance playing the character of BUNTY. More than 15 kids were auditioned for the same role and he was finalized.
Anil & Bhanu have done the publicity designs. After the edited cut is ready, it was shown to Sunil Kasyap (Loafer fame), a prominent Music Director in the industry. He liked the concept and the making style and immediately agreed to score the music.