Padam - The Film(2022)
Tamil10 mins
Three sets of college students react to a pending film assignment
Director:Adithya Muthukumar
Mood:
funnyemotionaluplifting
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Quick Facts
- Theatrical Release
- 19 August 2022
- Director
- Adithya Muthukumar
- Language
- Tamil
- Runtime
- 10m
Storyline
Three groups of college students find out they have a film project due. They each have to figure out how to handle the assignment and get it done. The story follows their different approaches and the funny or dramatic situations that come up.
“Three students. One assignment. Zero plans.”
Film Details
10Minutes
TamilLanguage
Release Date19 August 2022
Parental Guide
Violence
Low
Language
Low
Sex / Nudity
Mild
Drugs
Mild
Intensity
Low
Vibe & Tags
Mood
funnyemotionaluplifting
Themes
friendshipidentitylove
Tonewhimsical
Pacingepisodic
Complexitylight
Audiencemultiplex
Best Withfriends
Violence1
Emotion3
Humor4
Rewatchability3
Cast & Crew
#1
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Shreyas SubramanianLazy Hosteller
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D Sachin AbhishekPuluthi Director
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Lokesh AdithyaPuluthi Actor
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Santhosh SKHopeful Nerd
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Amirdha AKadala Podra Heroine
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Adithya MuthukumarDirector
→Trivia
- The film was shot in just 18 days on a very low budget.
- Director Adithya Muthukumar also wrote the story and acted in a small role.
- It was filmed entirely at a single college campus in Chennai.
- The movie's title is a playful nod to the Tamil word for 'film' itself.
- Many actors were newcomers, with some being real-life college students.
- The plot was inspired by the director's own film school experiences.
- It had a limited theatrical release but gained attention through word-of-mouth.