Kanchanai of Pudumai Pithan
Sometime in February 2019, I got a call from my long time friend, a film maker, - a close associate of Arunmmozhi, associate director of the Aval Appadithan, a well known Tamil Cinema which pioneered the birth of modern Tamil cinema, directed by Ruthrayaiah - Nandhi Chella Durai, informing to work as an associate director of his proposed short film Kanchanai, an eponymous title, based on the short story ( Kanchanai ) written by legendary Tamil Writer Pudumai Pithan. It surprised me a lot - as I have not even attempted any film making venture except being a cinephile, who attempted some research work in Tamil Cinema - for his assessment on me to carry out the task of associating him in film making. Before going into the shoot, we, along with Saravanan - the cameraman from Bollywood, a native of our place Thanjavur, came for a vacation - made story discussions. Though the director already made the script, scenes, dialogues, set properties, etc, as he was a professional sometime ago