Kandittund! (Seen it!) | Indian Short Film from Studio Eeksaurus

Mr. P. N. K. Panicker's account of his terribly real, horribly frightening and completely true ghost sightings! A selection of Short of the Week, the web's leading curators of quality short films. SUBMIT A FILM: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/submit/ FULL REVIEW: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2022/0... Subscribe to S/W on YouTube! Website: http://www.shortoftheweek.com Instagram:   / shortoftheweek   Facebook:   / shortoftheweek   Twitter:   / shortoftheweek   Kandittund! Directed by Adithi Krishnadas www.studioeeksaurus.com "Myths, legends, folktales…whatever you want to call them, communities around the world have a rich tradition of sharing sinister stories surrounding unusual beasties. You would have already heard of the Loch Ness Monster and Bigfoot, but what about Eenam-Pechi and its appetite for pregnant women? Or Thendan the giant deity? In Kandittund! (Seen it!), Adithi Krishnadas and her Studio Eeksaurus team take their audience on an insightful tour of some local Indian spirits, guided by the voiceover of 89yr-old storytelling expert Mr Panicker. Originating as a home video shot by creative director Suresh Eriyat (Tokri), who was on holiday with his parents and recorded his father’s tales of these homegrown legends (you can see some of that original footage in this behind-the-scenes video), the Studio Eeksaurus team had originally planned to create a film that used the original live-action recording as part of their story. With Krishnadas and Eriyat finally deciding to present their narrative through traditional hand-drawn animation, an aesthetic that feels perfectly suited to the storyline, Kandittund! also employs regional language and music to create a film steeped in local tradition. During the 12-minute short, we follow its elderly protagonist on his daily routine of wandering his neighbourhood, spreading tall tales to anyone who will listen. Explaining, in often chilling detail, the unique characteristics of each supernatural being, Eriyat reveals that he believes these stories are “rare gems that are vanishing from the society as urbanization is rapidly erasing all the old generation myths”. Despite the spooky nature of the story and Eriyat describing the aesthetic as “an extension of a black and white graphic novel based on a horror theme” there’s an accessible feel to the film that means it should appeal to both young and old. There are of course some darker moments running through Kandittund! but the fun visual approach means you never take them too seriously and the tone always feels light-hearted and never too spooky. [Continue reading on shortoftheweek.com]”.- S/W Curator Rob Munday Director : Adithi Krishnadas Based on the stories by Mr. P.N.K Panicker as interviewed by Suresh Eriyat Creative Director : Suresh Eriyat Executive Producer : Nilima Eriyat Original Background Score : Nandhu Kartha Sound Design : Resul Pookutty ( CAS,MPSE) , Vijaykumar (MPSE) Re- Recording Mixer : Bibin Dev Sound Editor : Vijaykumar ( MPSE) Additional Sound Editing : Krishnanunni k.j Storyboards, character design and Art : Adithi Krishnadas Animation : Adithi Krishnadas, Vibha Rao, Oorjit B.S. Backgrounds : Adithi Krishnadas, Sankha Mazumdar, Sushrita Bhattacharjee Clean-up and Color : Vibha Rao, Oorjit B.S, Amey Dhamanaskar, Nijin Nazeem, Piyush Kumar, Swathy Pramod T, Vicky Raut, Shubham Ghumare, Sanjay Patkar, Sankha Mazumdar, Riddhiban Burman, Shrobontika Dasgupta, Anand Babu Compositing: Shrobontika Dasgupta, Sankha Majumdar, Rajib Mandal Editing : Adithi Krishnadas Foley Studio : YRF Studio Foley Artist : Shankar Singh, Raashid Khan, Rahul Kunkerkar Foley Editor : Raashid Khan Foley Supervision: Foleywood Foley Engineer : Prasad Chavan Sound post work done at Canaries Post Sound Musicians : Hari Tripunithura, Kalamandalam Vineeth, Prince Abraham Voices : Suresh Eriyat, Resul Pookutty, Sabari Das T.K, Oorjit B.S , Adithi Krishnadas Music Production, Vocals and Mixing : Nandhu Kartha at Nfactor Music Productions Recorded by : Shree Shankhar at Muzik Ministry, Kochi Additional Music Courtesy : Wilson Audio and Videos (For the Original Track composed by Johnson from ‘Perumthachan’,1991) Technical Support : Satish Gautam In- house Support Staff : Shubhangi,Reshma, Kalpesh Account : Chetan Varia, Shailesh Patel , Harshada Special Thanks : Krishnadas K, Mini R, Arundathi K, Vaibhav Kumaresh, Anand Babu, Asha Susan Alex, Priyansh Gupta, Balaram J Warrier, Aishwarya Rammohan , Anju Abraham, Anwesha Das, Deepti Sharma, Ayisha Nishara Reproduced on this channel with the permission of the filmmakers.