The film club of GCTE, Thycaud, had presented before the student teachers two short films as a part of "Film Festival & Best Film Critic Competition" on 23rd November 2022 at the UGC hall. The two short films displayed were originally made in Tamil and provided with English subtitles. Both the films, 'Aasai' directed by Sam and 'Tippen Box' by Karthik Gopal are open ended and conclude with notes of hope. 'Aasai' centres around a poor and deprived child Selvam who works in a grocery shop to eke out a living. The setting, much like the hueless life of the child protagonist, is rather dull. The film throws light upon the social issue of child labour only in a peripheral manner with Selvan asserting at one point in his soliloquy that his boss treats him well. Still the treatment meted out to him by the society at large is to be analysed and questioned, given that in the first place, he is made to toil for a living at a very young age. 'Aasai' ,...
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