The enduring interest of a good section of the population in the personal lives of other people gets a nod from filmmaker Senna Hegde in the opening credits sequence of his fifth film Padmini. Padmini Director: Senna Hegde Cast: Kunchacko Boban, Aparna Balamurali, Madonna Sebastian, Vincy Aloshious Runtime: 124 minutes Storyline: Rameshan, a poet and lecturer, becomes the laughing stock …
To conceptualise a car chase scene, involving a few policemen and two men on the run, a filmmaker has only so many options. In 1744 White Alto, director Senna Hegde does not choose any of these, leading to a chase scene that would be remembered for the humour that it creates rather than the tension. 1744 White Alto Director: Senna …
A young girl elopes. Directed by Shot in Kanhangad, a small town in Kasargod district in Kerala, the film, with a cast sans big names, takes on patriarchy and middle-class hypocrisy without melodrama or preachy dialogues. Against the backdrop of Suja’s engagement, Senna places a social satire that gently makes fun of social mores and a misplaced sense of family …
So screams the title card of Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam, oozing pride for the place in which the film is firmly set, and evoking in the viewer an anticipation for something novel. Her father Vijayan is still living with the ‘shame’ of his elder daughter Surabhi getting married to someone of her choice, rejecting the proposal from a cousin, who also happens …
