Kandittund! (Seen it!) | Indian Short Film from Studio Eeksaurus

Mr. P. N. K. Panicker's account of his terribly real, horribly frightening and completely true ghost sightings!

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Kandittund!
Directed by Adithi Krishnadas
www.studioeeksaurus.com

"Myths, legends, folktales…whatever you want to call them, communities around the world have a rich tradition of sharing sinister stories surrounding unusual beasties. You would have already heard of the Loch Ness Monster and Bigfoot, but what about Eenam-Pechi and its appetite for pregnant women? Or Thendan the giant deity? In Kandittund! (Seen it!), Adithi Krishnadas and her Studio Eeksaurus team take their audience on an insightful tour of some local Indian spirits, guided by the voiceover of 89yr-old storytelling expert Mr Panicker.

Originating as a home video shot by creative director Suresh Eriyat (Tokri), who was on holiday with his parents and recorded his father’s tales of these homegrown legends (you can see some of that original footage in this behind-the-scenes video), the Studio Eeksaurus team had originally planned to create a film that used the original live-action recording as part of their story. With Krishnadas and Eriyat finally deciding to present their narrative through traditional hand-drawn animation, an aesthetic that feels perfectly suited to the storyline, Kandittund! also employs regional language and music to create a film steeped in local tradition.

During the 12-minute short, we follow its elderly protagonist on his daily routine of wandering his neighbourhood, spreading tall tales to anyone who will listen. Explaining, in often chilling detail, the unique characteristics of each supernatural being, Eriyat reveals that he believes these stories are “rare gems that are vanishing from the society as urbanization is rapidly erasing all the old generation myths”.

Despite the spooky nature of the story and Eriyat describing the aesthetic as “an extension of a black and white graphic novel based on a horror theme” there’s an accessible feel to the film that means it should appeal to both young and old. There are of course some darker moments running through Kandittund! but the fun visual approach means you never take them too seriously and the tone always feels light-hearted and never too spooky.

[Continue reading on shortoftheweek.com]”.- S/W Curator Rob Munday

Director : Adithi Krishnadas
Based on the stories by Mr. P.N.K Panicker as interviewed by Suresh Eriyat
Creative Director : Suresh Eriyat
Executive Producer : Nilima Eriyat
Original Background Score : Nandhu Kartha
Sound Design : Resul Pookutty ( CAS,MPSE) , Vijaykumar (MPSE)
Re- Recording Mixer : Bibin Dev
Sound Editor : Vijaykumar ( MPSE)
Additional Sound Editing : Krishnanunni k.j

Storyboards, character design and Art : Adithi Krishnadas
Animation : Adithi Krishnadas, Vibha Rao, Oorjit B.S.
Backgrounds : Adithi Krishnadas, Sankha Mazumdar, Sushrita Bhattacharjee
Clean-up and Color : Vibha Rao, Oorjit B.S, Amey Dhamanaskar, Nijin Nazeem, Piyush Kumar, Swathy Pramod T, Vicky Raut, Shubham Ghumare, Sanjay Patkar, Sankha Mazumdar, Riddhiban Burman, Shrobontika Dasgupta, Anand Babu
Compositing: Shrobontika Dasgupta, Sankha Majumdar, Rajib Mandal
Editing : Adithi Krishnadas

Foley Studio : YRF Studio
Foley Artist : Shankar Singh, Raashid Khan, Rahul Kunkerkar
Foley Editor : Raashid Khan
Foley Supervision: Foleywood
Foley Engineer : Prasad Chavan
Sound post work done at Canaries Post Sound

Musicians : Hari Tripunithura, Kalamandalam Vineeth, Prince Abraham
Voices : Suresh Eriyat, Resul Pookutty, Sabari Das T.K, Oorjit B.S , Adithi Krishnadas
Music Production, Vocals and Mixing : Nandhu Kartha at Nfactor Music Productions
Recorded by : Shree Shankhar at Muzik Ministry, Kochi
Additional Music Courtesy : Wilson Audio and Videos
(For the Original Track composed by Johnson from ‘Perumthachan’,1991)

Technical Support : Satish Gautam
In- house Support Staff : Shubhangi,Reshma, Kalpesh
Account : Chetan Varia, Shailesh Patel , Harshada
Special Thanks :
Krishnadas K, Mini R, Arundathi K, Vaibhav Kumaresh, Anand Babu, Asha Susan Alex, Priyansh Gupta, Balaram J Warrier, Aishwarya Rammohan , Anju Abraham, Anwesha Das, Deepti Sharma, Ayisha Nishara

Reproduced on this channel with the permission of the filmmakers.