I'M. (2021)
General Information
Completed On: 10 Oct, 2021
Duration: 8 min 1 sec
Genres: Fiction, Short
Language: Malayalam
Country: India
Submitted By: Nitin Thomas
Festival Rating
Manu is a 31-year-old techie, who lives with his wife and 6 months old son. For the past few
months, he is going through depression and owing to this Manu often fights with his wife.
One day without any reason he started arguing with wife and asked her to get out of the
house with the son. The next day he called the HR manager and informed her that he needs
leave for two days. Two days extended to weeks and months. His situation became worse,
he couldn’t sleep properly and was bedridden. All these made him more addicted to alcohol
and cigarettes.
After a few months, he got a call from HR by asking for the explanation why he is not coming
to the office even after the leave period and the reason why he is responding to the calls and
emails As her conversation made him more frustrated, he scolded her and disconnected the
call.
At this point he lost his control over the mind and decided to committee suicide. He wrote a
suicide note and get ready to hang himself. Suddenly his phone begins to ring!!! It ringed
continuously which made him attend the call. It was his Ex who was on the other side. By
hearing her voice, it made a big emotional breakdown on Manu and he screamed loudly for
her help!!
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DirectorsNitin Thomas
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ProducersAnnie Sofia
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Film TypeFiction, Short
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GenresPsychological Drama
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Runtime8 minutes 1 seconds
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Completion Date10 Oct, 2021
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Production Budget132 USD
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Country of OriginIndia
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Country of FilmingIndia
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Film LanguageMalayalam
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Shooting FormatDigital
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Aspect Ratio
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Film ColorColor
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Student ProjectNo
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First-time FilmmakerNo
Director's Biography
Actor, Director, born Cochin (Kerala) March 01st, 1989. I'm a trained actor from Koothu P Pattarai, Chennai. I have received best actor award conducted by Manorama Online in 2013. So far I have acted in 6 feature films (Malayalam & Tamil), advertisements & short films as well.
Director's Statement
I directed this film (I'M.) because we are going through a difficult situation past two years. Some are careless in this pandemic situation. I believe that, surely, should have been an eye-opener to many people.