By Shruti Pillai
They say cinema is the mirror of the society. True to the saying, this Milan edition got a glimpse of the society that we live in today, in the event “Microchalachitra”. Organised by the Dramatics and Visual Communication Domain, the event saw some tough and exciting competition among participants who exhibited their short films to an eager audience on the first day of competitions in Milan ’11. Among over 30 registrations, 11 were short listed from which Dilip. D and C. Prakash emerged winners with their short film “VVTV”, bagging the honors and taking home Rs. 6000. A short film titled “First time”, made by SRM students, won the second place and cash prize of Rs. 4000.
The competition had a plethora of a wide variety of interesting and unique ideas put across to the audience. The films on smoking, drug addiction, misuse of power, friendship, love-comedy, its failures and a lot more kept the large and enthusiastic audience, who laughed, cheered, gasped and even shed a tear at the right moment, entertained the entire time. “Some of the short films really caught my eye, but a few did not cut it”, stated Nitin, a second year student.
The competition was judged by Dhanraj Balaji, the Head of Department of the Sivaji Ganesan Film Institute and V. Subramanian, a lecturer of Film Technology, both from SRM Vadapalani campus.
By making use of the short time given to them, the participants displayed a glimpse of the vast pool of talent that is available in the field of film development and production in the country. All this and so much more, it’s all happening right here, at Milan ’11.
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