Those are the metaphors in the film – that is life’s journey.” “I don’t speak English nor do I have an education.
“So much has happened in my life and those things have made me ready for this,” he said through a translator. He started selling flowers in Madurai at the age of nine to support his family after his father died. It is the culmination of the young filmmaker’s long journey to the big screen. Had it not been picked up by the festival circuit, his original plan was to show Pebbles in the villages where it was shot, with less than than 40 actors and crew. Vinothraj joins an emerging movement of Tamil directors – many from disadvantaged backgrounds like his own – addressing societal inequities through the voices and lives of everyday people. Vinothraj, (left), poses with actor Chellappandi during the 52nd International Film Festival of India in Goa It won the Tiger Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, with the jury saying the “seemingly simple and humble” effort was a “lesson in pure cinema”. The result is an observational drama Indian critics have described as a “masterpiece” and a “sensational debut … that is evocative, visceral and powerful”. That kind of life has become the film,” Vinothraj told the AFP news agency. “My real-life experience gave me toughness and has helped in this film. The 32-year-old drew from his family’s battle with poverty and his sister’s experience of marital abuse to tell the story of an alcoholic father and his young son walking through a barren, unforgiving landscape in his home state of Tamil Nadu. P S Vinothraj’s low-budget debut movie Koozhangal – internationally known by its translated title Pebbles – has been selected as India’s entry to the international feature film category at next year’s Oscars. Two decades later, the boy has become his country’s latest cinematic sensation.
At a bustling Indian market, a child labourer carrying bags of flowers was captivated by cameramen riding huge cranes during film shoots.
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