Roadside Ambanis

Roadside Ambanis
Roadside Ambanis
Directed by	Kamal Sethu
Written by	Kamal Sethu
Produced by	Kamal Sethu
Starring	D. Praveen; Himaj Kumar; Vijay Kumar; Pandha Pasupathi; Maha Laxmi; Rajagopal; Mani Kandan; Deepak; Yuva Rani
Cinematography	Richard Prasad
Edited by	B. Lenin
Music by	Mamiboys
Production; company	Grape Pictures
Release date	17 August 2011;
Running time	19 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Roadside Ambanis (lit. 'Roadside Ambanis', English: Roadside Entrepreneurs) is an Indian live action short film. The film's run time is approximately 19 minutes. It was written and directed by first-timer Kamal Sethu, and produced by Grape Pictures.

Plot

Kannan and Rajesh are two young and impoverished school dropouts who aspire to start their own Cycle Repair Shop. Both plan to conduct a Cricket Tournament to make the money required to rent deposit a premises for the shop. Fate intervenes and their friendship is tested. Does Kannan get to start the business or does Rajesh continue his studies? This forms the climax of this film.

Awards & Official Selections

Best Short Film at the 3rd Norway Tamil Film Festival. On 27 April 2012. Oslo, Norway.
Official Selection at the 3rd Winter Film Awards Festival. On 27 February 2014. New York, USA.
Official Selection at the 6th CMS International Children's Film Festival. On 7 April 2014. Lucknow, India.
Official Selection at the 11th Seoul International Agape Film Festival. On 22 May 2014. Seoul, South Korea.
Official Selection at the 3rd Figari Film Festival. On 4 July 2014. Golfo Aranci, Italy.
Official Selection at the 9th Harlem International Film Festival. On 13 September 2014. New York, USA.
Official Selection at the 8th International Children's Film Festival. On 24 January 2015. Dhaka, Bangladesh.

References

↑ "Norway Tamil Film Festival - Clelebration of Global Tamil Cinema". Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
↑ "Roadside Ambanis | Winter Film Awards". 17 July 2016.
↑ "International Children's Film Festival - ICFF". cmsfilms.org. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012.
↑ 11th SIAFF^{[dead link]}. siaff.kr.
↑ Selezione Officiale Archived 7 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. figarifilmfest.it.
↑ "Harlem International Film Festival » SATURDAY – Maysles Cinema". harlemfilmfestival.org.
↑ "8th International Children's Film Festival, Bangladesh". Children's Film Society Bangladesh.

External links

Roadside Ambanis at IMDb

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[1] "Norway Tamil Film Festival - Clelebration of Global Tamil Cinema". Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2025.

[2] "Roadside Ambanis | Winter Film Awards". 17 July 2016.

[3] "International Children's Film Festival - ICFF". cmsfilms.org. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012.

[4] 11th SIAFF^{[dead link]}. siaff.kr.

[5] Selezione Officiale Archived 7 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. figarifilmfest.it.

[6] "Harlem International Film Festival » SATURDAY – Maysles Cinema". harlemfilmfestival.org.

[7] "8th International Children's Film Festival, Bangladesh". Children's Film Society Bangladesh.