Sharing for those who missed :) Our little story behind the scenes of Pei Kadhai!! NI Journey - First of many!! Faith is taking the first step even when you dont see the whole staircase. - Martin Luther King, Jr. We took our first step with Pei Kadhai. With 35k views on our youtube channel, Pei Kadhai is extremely close to our hearts. It helped us win many bay area hearts and draw attention to Kaapi Tea. With zero clue as to how a film needs to be made, Pei Kadhai was born. Light adicha dhaan camera la theriyun da, said Ashwin, the cinematographer) (translating: you need light to see details on the screen, so shine some light). With torches, colored bulbs, handmade PVC pipe shoulder rigs & box rigs, the film was made in a tiny budget. Numbers cant be revealed But trust us, it was super super tiny!! Lunch ku we served homemade idlis to cut costs A slider out of metal pipes was built to shoot just one scene - going from the first floor to the second. Of course it turned out to be the most important shot in the film Tarantino madhiri shot venu da. Single shot - maathi maathi pono hero to heroine, says Raghav. Ashwin looks at him wide-eyed, thinking in his head Quentin Tarantino - Indha shoulder rig la!! Planning na apdi oru planning made by a Project Manager One shoot went from 7am to 5am - backwards??!!! Yes, 7am on Saturday to 5am on Sunday The director was titled insane and the crew comprising of 3 people (Ashwin/Vidya and Chitra) boycotted Santa was made to cry at 4:00am. Nandita acted dead by sleeping one leg on top of the other Deepthi, as bubbly as a butterfly, was hopping between shoots & theater rehearsals. Jatin, the ghost, ended up reading novels after novels burning the midnight oil. Finally, the footage hit the editing table. Mahendiran asks Raghav, Idhu horror a comedy a?. Raghav replies seri seri edit pannala Mahe (used in #KIP ) We edited for 3 months non-stop every night from 10pm to 4am. We fixed Santas extra body jerk seen in the rear view mirror. They say obsessions know no limit. We were obsessed. The best part in post was with Thyagy. Thala, andha pei poi window lendhu jump pannanum, window va odaikudhu says Raghav. Pannidalam Thala, says Thyagy. Oru green screen shot irundha podhum. Raghav looks at Thyagy. Thinks for a second. Green screen illena... lol Thyagy ended up completing the VFX from India in the middle of a wedding!!! Next, Vidyashankar. Where do we start where do we end Idhuku oru carnatic music podalama? Esp. since you have an iyer aathu accent for your leads. Raghav>> Idhu oru bayangaramana pei kadhai VS! Comedy ille. VS>> Illeyeah, enaku paatha bayame vara matengaradhu, ennamo ni sollara, seri po (VSs favourite line to be used throughout our journey ) Kaapi Tea released #PeiKadhai in fear. We guess the fear paid off!! Pei Kadhai won us the Best film & Best Actor Award at the opening round of Naalaya Iyakunar Season-5!! Our NI journey was born Here is Pei Kadhai for you!!
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 17:44:04 +0000
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