Eswaran Thangavel
Cinematographer.
FEATURE FILMS
RAILWAY CHILDREN
RAILWAY CHILDREN|KANNADA
“Railway Makkalu (ರೈಲ್ವೆ ಮಕ್ಕಳು)” is a Kannada feature film directed by PRITHVI KONANUR and is inspired by the real incidences experienced by the NGO Sathi and from the research book “Rescuing Railway Children” by Lalitha Iyer and Malcolm Harper.
This film makes an honest attempt to explore the intimate realities of platform survival.
The film explores various themes such as abuse, sexual abuse and addiction. It also explores one of the least explored themes in World Cinema: the trans-gender issues among girls.
In this world of platform-survival there are gangs, there’s drugs, there’s sexual violence, there’s entrepreneurial spirit, there’s life, there’s hope, there are helping hands and there are cruel bosses.
Railway children attempts to explore this world through the eyes of 10 year old Raju.
In the end, Railway Children is a fictional feature film with mostly children driving the story forward.
KERALA PARADISO
KERALA PARADISO|MALAYALAM
KERALA PARADISO is a malayalam feature film directed by Bijoy Lona.
A film that talks about the Art, Artist & Cinema.
Set in the back drop of the Kerala, South India a small theatre named “Kerala Paradiso” struggles to exist. Naveen works in this theatre owned by his uncle. His world is all about watching movies and helping his Uncle in the theatre. His world comes crashing down when he gets to know that the theatre is being locked down as it was mortgaged by his Uncle. Racing against times he and the movie buffs try to save the theater. Naveen had to break the world of cinema and come to reality. Would he realize the reality before he loses his love or the theater “Kerala Paradiso”.
