Tamil film Pebbles, directed by Vinothraj PS, wins Tiger Award at International Film Festival Rotterdam Nayanthara and filmmaker Vignesh Shivan have produced Tamil film Pebbles, which follows a poverty stricken father-son duo. FP Staff February 08, 2021 11:00:20 IST A still from Pebbles. Twitter @Binged
Tamil film
Pebbles (
Koozhangal), written and directed by Vinothraj PS, was announced as the winner of the prestigious Tiger Award at this year s edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Actor Nayanthara, filmmaker Vignesh Shivan, Sai Devanand S are the producers of the feature.
Pebbles chronicles the story of Ganapathy (Karuththadaiyaan), poverty-stricken father and his young son (Chellapandi) as they wander a southern Indian landscape where anger and frustration burn hotter than the sun.
Pebbles Aka Koozhangal Bags Tiger Award At IFFR 2021; Karthik Subbaraj Congratulates Vinothraj PS
News
Today is a proud moment for the entire Tamil film industry! Director Vinothraj PS film
Pebbles aka
Koozhangal in Tamil, recently won the top prize at the 50th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), the Tiger Award for best film. For the unversed, the film is the story of an alcoholic abusive husband, who is in search of his wife and son, who ran away from him due to his behaviour. Well, the news has indeed made Tamil Nadu audience proud.
IFFR shared this delightful news on its official Twitter handle. They tweeted, IFFR 2021: Tiger Award This edition s Tiger Award, IFFR s most prestigious prize, goes to Pebbles by #VinothrajPS. #IFFR2021 #TigerAward.
Koozhangal Is a Masterful Film About the Mutation of Misery
The film, which won the top prize at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, unfolds as a day in the life of a village, where rains have evaporated, turning farmers into hunters.
A still from Koozhangal.
Film08/Feb/2021
A drunk man, a bleak village, a reluctant son â and a long journey to the wifeâs home, asking her to return. The first half on a local bus, the other half on foot â barefoot, in punishing heat, a journey that doesnât seem to end. The father and son barely talk; they walk, and walk, and walk some more. The setting, a hamlet in Tamil Nadu, resembles a desert: barren lands, despairing trees, stale trails. Vinothraj P.S.âs debut,