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New Video Film
Nandavanathil.....
(In the perfect garden...)
a one hour Tamil video film
Story, Screenplay, Dialogues and Direction
R. Jeevanandham, Nalamdana
The film shows how a loving couple, full of dreams, find their world topsy turvy by the end of a gripping one hour story. The domestic violence and husband's drinking drive the young mother and wife to suicide.
The deliberate negative ending has already created positive change in some women. One woman in the test audience last week came up to Jeevanandham (after seeing the film) and cried, telling him that this was her real story too. She said she had been on the brink of suicide many times, but now after seeing what happened to the little boy, she was determined to live, fight it out and save her child.
Why we thought of these Issues
We have done many projects and addressed many issues, but whether it was HIV/AIDS awareness, Maternal and Child health, Women's empowerment or Child rights, we found change has to happen at home. Home is where the heart is. It is also where the violence and drink addiction is. The most affected are women and children.
Funding
We have converted one of our most popular drama's into a digital film, entirely done with generous donations from our friends and various funding partners. We need more funds to make copies and give it free to the hundreds of people we work with: village groups, slum groups, students and other NGOs working in the field. If we had more funds, perhaps we could make the same film into a larger version and release it as a full length film?... and/or perhaps re edit it and show it on our numerous TV channels, sponsored by some good heart?...
The Title of the Film
"Nandavanathil ...." was deliberately chosen to depict the content of the famous and popular song (a Tamil couplet?) which tells the story of an "aandi" (a man) - there was this man in the perfect garden - who prayed to the lord for ten whole months and brought forth a newly created pot. But lo! he danced and frolicked and carelessly dropped the same - smattering it to pieces (how we waste this wonderful life of ours - gifted to us by our maker!)
Credits
We thank the wonderful people of a small village near Gingee who wholeheartedly helped us with their houses, school, people and logistics. We have made this film with financial assistance from: KIAWAH Trust, Friends of Nalamdana and The Deshpande Foundation.
Dedication
This film is dedicated to all of the wonderful people we have reached, and hope to reach.
Use of this Film
To distribute it widely. Hopefully we may be able to change the life styles of some and save many they affect.
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