Director Tanu Balak on Malayalam film ‘Cold Case’ starring Prithviraj Sukumaran
The Hindu
The film, an investigative, horror-thriller, drops on Amazon Prime this week
Investigative, horror-thriller Cold Case, starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, which drops on Amazon Prime on June 30, would be the actor’s first film to release on an OTT platform. The film is ad-filmmaker and cinematographer Tanu Balak’s first as director. As the release draws close, Tanu is happy. “I have done my best and the feedback from those who have seen it is positive,” he declares. His last outing, for a film, was as cinematographer for Of The People in 2008. “I got busy making ad-films, hence the 13-year break,” he explains. He worked with scenarist Sreenath V Nath on the script during the lockdown, “Almost 80% of it was done during the pandemic.” It was shot over 45 days in November-December, 2020 in Thiruvananthapuram. The team did not anticipate the second wave when they worked on the script as the situation seemed to be getting better. “Though it was written at the time of the pandemic, it doesn’t seem like it is based in the present period, because we didn’t think we would still be wearing masks and that the situation [COVID-19] would continue.” Excerpts from an interview:More Related News