Radiopetti

Radiopetti (Radio Set)
(ரேடியோப்பெட்டி)
Directed by Hari Viswanath
Produced by HarryToonz Studio
Written by Hari Viswanath
Starring Lakshmanan
TVV Ramanujam
Shobana Mohan
Nivas Adithan
Music by Richard Ford [1]
Cinematography Saravanan Natrajan
Edited by Venkatram Mohan
Production
company
HarryToonz Studio
Release dates
  • 2015 (2015)
Running time
 83 minutes
Country India
Language Tamil

Radiopetti (English: Radio Set) is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Hari Viswanath, starring Ramanujam TVV and Lakshmanan Koratur in lead roles.[2][3]

The film became the first Tamil film to win the KNN Audience Award in the official competition in Busan International Film Festival 2015,[4][5][6][7][8] and was an official selection in Indian Panorama for 46th International Film Festival of India held at Panaji, Goa.[9][10][11]

Summary

Radiopetti is the story of a 70-year-old man, partially deaf and is extremely fond of the valve radio, a gift by his dad when he was a child and he sees his dad through the radio. He became psychologically disturbed when this radio disappears.[12]

Cast

Production

Development

Hari Viswanath, a Civil engineer by profession explained that the idea of making this film struck him only when he saw an old man, who couldn’t hear well walking through the street as nobody paid attention to him. This made Viswanath thinking about the lives of elderly people and his own grandfather who always turn on his Murphy Radio as a routine affair. The radio tune signalled all activities of grandfather as well as Viswanath like praying, reading, going to school, time to eat and so on. Viswanath felt the agony of him when he just thought of losing the radio one day and felt the pain on how he will manage after losing the radio. Viswanath decided to mix this fictional thoughts and real experience into a film and thus Radiopetti began its journey.[1][2][10]

Casting

Viswanath signed stage artiste Lakshmanan to play the lead role, Nivas Adithan, who has earlier done Ula and Kaaka Muttai, Shobana Mohan and TVV Ramanujam in important roles. Lakshmanan has already played the lead role in Viswanath's short film Idukkan.[1][2][10]

Filming

Radiopetti was shot in Pondicherry and completed in a 15 days schedule within a budget of one crore.[1][10]

Crew

Accolades

Year Festival Category Result
2015 Busan International Film Festival Audience Award [13][14] Won
New Currents [15] Nominated
2015 International Film Festival of India, Goa Indian Panorama [9] Official Selection
2016 Imagine India film festival, Madrid, Spain Best Music Won
Best Film Nominated
2016 Chennai International Film Festival [16] 2nd Best Film [17] Won
Special Jury Best Actor Won
Best Film Nominated
2016 Hidden gems film festival, Calgary, Canada Best Director Nominated
2016 Auro film festival, Auroville Official Selection
2016 Pune International Film Festival Official Selection
2016 Film festival in Romania Official Selection
2016 Government of Puducherry 'Indian Panorama' Film Festival Best Film Won

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Of nostalgic radio tales". Deccan Chronicle. 2015-11-13. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
  2. 1 2 3 "The old man and the radio". The Hindu. 2015-11-26. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  3. ↑ "Radiopetti going places". The Hindu. 2015-10-28. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  4. ↑ "'Immortal', 'Walnut Tree' win at Busan". screendaily. 2015-10-12. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  5. ↑ "Radio Petti: the first Tamil film to win at Busan". Times of India. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  6. ↑ "'Radio Petti' Goes To Busan Film Festival". New Indian Express. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  7. ↑ "Tamil film 'Radiopetti' chosen for Busan International Film Festival". dnaindia. 2015-08-27. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  8. ↑ "Busan: Tamil-language 'Radio Set' a First for Festival". Variety. 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  9. 1 2 "Indian Panorama press release" (PDF). iffi.nic.in. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Coup de projecteur : Radiopetti de Hari Viswanath". lebillet.ch. 2015-09-17. Retrieved 2016-07-10.
  11. ↑ "Radio Petti to be screened in 46th International Film Festival of India". Livechennai. 2015-11-05. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  12. ↑ "Vetrimaaran and Parthipan wanted to see my film". behindwoods. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  13. ↑ "Hari Vishwanath's Radio Petti Wins The Prestigious KNN Audience Choice Award At Busan Film Festival". idreampost. 2015-10-05. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
  14. ↑ "Radio Petti-Tamil films that made a Global imprint in 2015". Indiaglitz. 2015-12-31. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  15. ↑ "Busan Fest showcases latest in Asian cinema". Koreatimes.co.kr. 2015-10-04. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
  16. ↑ "Full details of 13th Chennai International Film Festival". Indiaglitz. 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  17. ↑ "Winners List of 13th Chennai International Film Festival". Liveonindia. 2016-01-15. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
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