EMOTIONS OF BEING

Joy, a journalist, goes through a severe emotional turmoil after his wife?s mysterious sister, Subhadra, arrives on a surprise visit and decides to stay on.

EMOTIONS OF BEING
Original Title:Bhavum
India, 2002
Director: Satish Menon

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Joy, a journalist, goes through a severe emotional turmoil after his wife’s mysterious sister, Subhadra, arrives on a surprise visit and decides to stay on.

His struggle, seeking to reconcile his desires with the realities in his life, results in the gradual deterioration of his relationship with his wife, Lata. This is played out as a metaphor for a society where individuals are moving away from each other intellectually and emotionally in an environment where society itself has splintered under the effects of globalisation and the influence of the media.

So irreconcilable is this wedge that it precipitates the gradual disintegration of ties, leading to degradation and chaos.

Script:
Satish Menon

Cinematography:
Sunny Joseph

Editing:
B Ajith Kumar

Music:
Isaac Thomas Kottukapally

Production: Satish Menon / 35mm / colour / 111 mins

Principal Cast:
Mita Vasisht, Murali Menon, Jyothirmayee, Siddique, Koottatukulam Leela, Irshad, Vijayan Peringode

Director's bio-note:
Satish Menon, an independent filmmaker based in Chicago, graduated with a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering and, until recently, worked as a field consultant.

He has written, produced and directed four shorts fiction films and one documentary, and is one of the founders/managing partners of Visual Possibility Inc. Emotions of Being is his first full length feature.

It has won three awards presented by the Kerala Film Critics, including one for Best Debut Director, as well as the Aravindan Puraskaram award for Best Debut Director for 2002.