Malayalam short film ‘Villain’ looks at what parents abandoned by children go through
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Directed by Sarath Chandran R J, the film stars yesteryear actor Raghavan in the lead
A son comes to meet his parents after 41 years. The aged father is not enthused about his arrival. Neither is the mother, bed-ridden for many years. She prefers silence to conversation. A caretaker lives with the couple. The premise of the Malayalam short film, Villain, might seem familiar in that it explores the scenario where grown-up children abandon their parents. But a twist at the end takes viewers by surprise.
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Directed by Bengaluru-based photographer-cum-ad filmmaker Sarath Chandran R J, the heart-warming film is based on a short story by G R Indugopan. “It is a universal theme and I was hooked by the way in which the writer has developed it,” says Sarath, a native of Thiruvananthapuram.
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