| Five by Four | |
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| Directed by | Roopa Swaminathan |
| Screenplay by | Roopa Swaminathan |
| Story by | Roopa Swaminathan |
| Produced by | Sunit Tandon |
| Starring | Divyadarshini Hardeep Minhas Preetha Eashwar Rao Cary Edwards Sapna Usha Seetharam |
| Cinematography | Ravi Varman |
| Edited by | S. Satheesh J. N. Harsha |
| Music by | Yuvan Shankar Raja |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | English |
Five by Four is a 2003 Indian English film written and directed by Roopa Swaninathan.[1] It stars VJs Cary Edwards, Sapna and Usha Seetharam, Eashwar Rao, television artistes Venkat, Preetha Raaghav and Divyadarshini and popular Kannada model Hardeep Minhas.[2] The music was by Yuvan Shankar Raja and cinematography by Ravi Varman.[3] The film in English was produced by the National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC).[4] It did not get a theatrical release,[5] but was screened at the Shanghai International Film Festival, the Writers market at Santa Monica, and other venues.[6]
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Cast
- Cary Edwards as Nayan
- Eashwar Rao as Ajay
- Venkat as the stranger
- Divyadarshini as Namitha
- Hardeep Minhas as Aishwarya
- Preetha as Shruti
- Sapna as Shikha Iyer
- Usha Seetharam as Meera
- Sujata Panju as Meenakshi
- Biniu Jha as Renu
- Prabhu as Martin
- Amar as Abhijeet
Production
Roopa Swaminathan signed up with Penguin and was writing short stories for a book. She thought the stories could be made into a feature films and approached the National Film Development Corporation of India.[4] The film consists of four stories about a gang of five girls.[7] She first named the film "Five String Quartet".[2] The film was shot entirely in Tamil Nadu.[8] The director planned to shoot the whole film in 25 days, but completed it in 18 days as she had rehearsed with the actors for nearly four months.[2] Swaminathan also wrote about her experience making the film in her book Stardust: Vignettes from the Fringes of Film Industry, which won the National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema.[9]
References
- ^ "Cinemas of India, Videos, Festival Participation & Awards, National Award, Regional Cinema, Independent Cinema, Art House Cinema, Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda". Nfdcindia.com. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^ a b c "NFDC produces English film". The Hindu. 26 September 2003. Archived from the original on 3 January 2004. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^ "NFDC's English venture". The Hindu. 4 June 2004. Archived from the original on 25 June 2004. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^ a b "A tale of two stories". The Hindu. 23 February 2004. Archived from the original on 24 August 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^ "I want to write Rajnikant's biography..." Rediff.com. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^ "Department of English". Al.odu.edu. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^ "Tamil Nadu News : She beat Adoor Gopalakrishnan for the prize for the best book". The Hindu. 21 July 2005. Archived from the original on 22 October 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^ "'Five by Four' for Shanghai fest". The Hindu. 26 May 2004. Archived from the original on 1 September 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^ "Five By Four". Flipkart.com. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
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