Australian Tamil film for Oslo

First Tamil movie filmed in Australia travels to Norway Tamil Film Festival

films feamred in the list are n ot big b udget fil ms," h e exp lained " They have nor b een chosen based on me actors o r on the b udget and special effects, but o nl y on me basis of comenr''.

11!pwale Kaathimpm, a Tamil film made in Australia has been selected as part of the 4th Norway Tamil FiJm Festival to be held across Oslo, Berlin a nd Lon don. Made by Eelan El an ko, a Syd ney based fi lm - maker, the film is among 15 se lecte d fo r the a\va rd s co be held betwee n A pril 24- 28.

Tn!J,avale Kaalhirupw, which tra n slates to Siveetheart f 111ill ll'aif for_yo11, is also the first Tamil film to be made enti re ly in Australia (Love a11d Longing in a Foreign Land, Tndio11 Link, Oct (2) 2012)

The smry revolves arou nd th e cultural challenges faced by two Australian T am.ii families after migrating co a n ew country \Vh at seems at first lik e a simp le love story between Thana (played by Din esh Sivarajah) and Pavi (pla yed by Niloja Loganathao), acquires a twist as tl1e m ovie progresses a n d viewers realize that both ch aracters have had a st ormy past.

Tbe movie which took over th ree years ro make, played co full houses in Sydney, Melb ourne a nd Brisbane.

T his has definitely b een a labour o f love fo r Elanko who i s excited by th e prospect of his movie bei ng part of a prestigious in ternatio n al film festival foe Tamil films The festival line-up features l 2 films fro m the Tam.ii film indu stry in India, and one each fro m Canada, Sri Lanka and J'uisa:alia.

He says thaL it i s an h o n our for his film ro featlue alongsid e 12 films that bave been box office hits in lndia. "J\fos t of tbe Tamil

He went on to say that it was unexpected and a very pleasant surprise t hat hi s 'veeft1 sa111aJ1of (ho m e- made food) sh ould be selec ted for such ao honour

"There are two metrics o n wh ich films can b e judgedarti stic merit a nd tec h nical effects.

Technical effec ts are mostly depend ent oo the size of tl1e b udget, b ut the artistic m erit of a film is entirely dependent on the peop le working in ir. And we are ha ppy ch at this has sh own through in om film ," he added.

Honours seem to be piling up for Ela nko, espec ially after Julie Owe n s, M P for Parramacta, mentioned me m ovieio her address co rhe Australia n Parliament o n Febrnary 7. Ms

Owe n s congratulated Ela nko on h is achievement and stated that " Th e fi lm has been selected to be sc reened in tbe Tamil Film Festh7 al in Norway io Ap ril 2013- a g reat achievement by E elan. "

He is m ore excited by this event man me awards "l fee l like I have wo n an Oscar This is a greate r honou r th an a n y awa rd ," he said enth usiastically. But h aving tasted su ccess, E lanko n ow fee ls tl1e weight of responsi bility and the urge to make better films

"I w ant co make films ch ar are not onlr about Sci Laokans and Indians , b ut Australian s as a w hole," he cl aimed. He is currentl y m aking two different sh ort films in T arn.ii and English, follow ing wh.ich he plans to go to India to m ake a film b ased o n h is childhood there

Elanko feels his success is very sig ni ficant, give n his background as a refugee.

"I left m y motherland ho lding n otl1ing b u t my life in my bands," be said em otio n ally. Growing up in lndia as a you n g boy, h e la cer

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