Malayalam short film ‘Manavalan in Tribal’ is working behind UST employees and in front of the camera

Arun Mohan, a young, successful filmmaker in a village in Kannur. The news spreads that Prithviraj, hero of his last two blockbuster films, will participate in the wedding ceremony. The people of the village, their relatives, bride’s friends and family are thrilled with news. Therefore, until Arun receives a message from Prithviraj that he cannot make it for the function, the preparation to welcome the actor is overboard. The events that occur with fun and nature in a short film are imprisoned, Manavalan in troubleDirected by Abinand Pay, It Major, an employee of the UST, in Thiruvananthapuram.

The main attraction of the short is that UST employees make the film’s actors and crew, such as Abinand’s first short film, Blockbuster dayWas released in 2023. “Of the 70-Plus actors, more than 95% of them work in my company. We made an in-house casting call. There was no audition. Instead I asked them to send them to a reel to show their acting skills and the selection was done based on the same,” they say.

Short film director Abinand PE Manavalan in trouble
Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Abinand, who is also the author and editor of the film, says that this idea has been with him for some time. “I established it as a story in a college campus, where the Sangh is going to be inaugurated by a superstar. Later I developed it in the current story. I put it on a large canvas, but cut it due to financial obstacles,” Abinand says.

The film was shot in and around in Thiruvananthapuram. “The shoot, mainly on the weekend, was over in four days. But post production took about six months as we could work on it only after office time. It was a struggle in the crew for me and technicians,” he says.

Most members of the technical crew of Blockbuster day Has done this small work. “For actors, most of them were facing cameras for the first time. The rest had just experience working experience. Blockbuster day,

Key cast Manavalan in troubleWho are employees of UST in Thiruvananthapuram. Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

With the hope of entering Tinsel Town someday, Abinand mounted like a feature film, such as a feature film, like Blockbuster day“More than 150 people have worked on this project, which is a large number of large numbers for this format. We have not compromised on anything including poster design and VFX. [by Aswanth Kodiyeri]We all enjoyed working on it despite the difficulties in balanceing it with our jobs.

Still from short film Manavalan in trouble Produced by UST employees in Thiruvananthapuram. Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Drona Jethndra Nath played Arun Mohan and Navya Nair as their bride, Srithi. Produced by Bitstream Pictures and Sonicwision and Sarva Community Pharmacy, the film has background scores and music by Abilash Prabhasurendran. Cinematography is by Anand Reghthan, Naveen BG and Shivas Ramar.

The 36 -minute film is streaming on YouTube.