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Lankan looks to Kollywood

17 Sep, 2012

He had directed 11 plays by the time he was 17. Srinath Ramalingam then decided he wanted to be a director and flew from hometown Colombo to study filmmaking in the U.S. After dabbling with video editing and art direction in Hollywood, the 25-year-old has moved lock, stock and barrel to Chennai to try his hand in Kollywood.

He is directing two films ? Laya and PPadi Kuppam Baalua. ?Laya is being produced by Venkat Prabhu and J.K. Saravana, and is about a father and daughter having a conversation about how he met her mother.

It?s a light-hearted film, being shot mostly along the ECR. PPadi Kuppam Baalu is on street fighting, and have shot a few scenes around Madurai,? says Srinath who has also worked on TV shows and music videos in Sri Lanka and Singapore. ?In Tamil films, tragic endings are trending now. I want to make films that will make people laugh, cry and smile,? he says.

A fan of Manoj Shyamalan, the trailer of Srinath?s independent film Trapped In Abyss, a supernatural thriller, is releasing on Apple Trailers on September 25.

?I have worked on films in Hollywood, but was more into editing.?I also directed a few music videos. After a point, I decided it was time to make my own film. I love the horror genre, and decided on a thriller. We?re planning to release it in theatres next March,? he says. (The Hindu)

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