Terribly Tiny Talkies look at contemporary parenthood in different genres.
On Mother's Day, the second season of Terribly Tiny Talkies was launched. A by-product of Terribly Tiny Tales (TTT), a Facebook page dedicated to one-line-long stories, the talkies were launched in February, with theme of valentines.
With over three lakh subscribers on Facebook, TTT has gone beyond 140 characters of storytelling to short films with durations of over five minutes. Chintan Ruparel, co-founder of TTT, said that Anuj Gosalia began the page with the aim of producing quality content which requires low attention span.
"With the short films, we further our objective to do good stories which are not designed to go viral. There is no language restraint, and we know there is a market for such movies which have meaning. There are ad film directors and feature film directors who do not get much freedom in their professional space to do this kind of work; they get a chance to do that here," Ruparel added.
The movies surrounding the theme talk of contemporary parenthood in different genres. The thrilling 'Mamta Tonic' short, directed by Srinivas Sunderrajan, is about a saleswoman selling a home-made tonic to three potential customers, and has an unexpected ending.
A Marathi language short 'Arre Baba' by Surya Balakrishnan is based on a single father, Girish Kulkarni (Deool, Ugly), trying to catch up to his young daughter's problem, which she finds too embarrassing to spell out in public.
With actors from prominent Bollywood feature films like Pankaj Tripathi (Gangs of Wasseypur), Ali Fazal (3 Idiots), Anju Mahendru (The Dirty Picture), Suhita Thatte (Agneepath) and more, the talkies have got a favourable response in terms of quality and production.
Heart-warming shorts like 'Cuddly' illustrate the pros and cons of technology, while 'Cheers' talks about a son who grew up around an alcoholic mother. Amit Masurkar, director of feature film 'Sulemani Keeda', has directed a short titled 'L' about a mother trying to learn to ride a bicycle so that her husband will let her use his scooter.
Piyush Raghani, director of Cheers, said that as an ad filmmaker, he is used to making 30-second or 60-second films. "There was a discomfort with the duration, but there's freedom to do what I want to do, and I think we did good. On the internet, you can touch upon taboo topics, which is a liberating experience. Also, there isn't any unnecessary scrutiny of public perception or monetary gain. Everyone does it because they like doing it," said Raghani.
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