Director Gopinath Narayanamoorthy’s new production house My Kinda Films launched in style
My Kinda Films’ first venture ‘Kothaiyin Kural’ short film starring Sanjeev, Nalini, Poppy Master receives applause from celebrities
Gopinath Narayanamoorthy, writer-director of the upcoming bilingual feature film, titled ‘Thanga Muttai’ in Tamil and ‘Bangaru Guddu’ in Telugu, launched his new production house My Kinda Films in Chennai Thursday (May 16), which happens to be the birthday of his mother Kothainayaki K.
At the event attended by Gopinath Narayanamoorthy’s mentors and filmmakers Milind Rau, R Kannan, Directors Association Secretary Perarasu and veteran industrialist Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti and others, the name board of My Kinda Films was received from the guests by Gopinath Narayanamoorthy and his Co-Director Karikalan.
My Kinda Films’ first venture ‘Kothaiyin Kural’ short film starring Sanjeev, Nalini, Poppy Master among others was screened at the event. Celebrities who attended the screening appreciated much the short film. Producer Rajan, Director Mohan G, Director SR Prabhakar, Producers Ilanchezhian KM and Koteswara Raju (‘Thanga Muttai’ and ‘Bangaru Guddu’) viewed this special show and had great things to say about the movie. Following this, ‘Kothaiyin Kural’ will be screened at leading international film festivals and streamed on a popular OTT platform.
The film that is about a 12-year-old girl filing a court case on an important issue in the society talks about the system and tries to advocate a change in one of the effective pillars of the Constitution. The short film puts forth an important point at a time when general elections are happening in India.
Noted actor Sanjeev who did Tamil dubbing for popular Telugu actor Sampoornesh Babu, who plays the lead in ‘Thanga Muttai’, has played the role of a government officer in ‘Kothaiyin Kural’. Yesteryear heroine Nalini, Poppy Master and others have done key characters.
The crew of ‘Thanga Muttai’ has been retained by the director for this short project made without any compromise in quality. While Pavi K Pavan has taken care of cinematography, Ram is in charge of editing, and P V Balaji is the art director.
The objective of the story unfolds through the eyes of a girl child and told through her perspective. It also reminds us of the quote of former President Shri APJ Abdul Kalam, that the future of India lies in the hands of the youngsters.
Gopinath Narayanamoorthy, an IT professional with experience working with multinational corporations, is a screenwriting and filmmaking alum of director Rajiv Menon’s Mindscreen Institute. He has also worked with directors Milind Rau, R Kannan and Bejoy Nambiar. Later, when he started a writing company, filmmaker Gautham Vasudev Menon urged him to become a director.
