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Satish Babusenan
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Credits
15 titles
Satish Babusenan is an MDes in Visual Communication from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He published his first book 'Fool's Pool - A Composition for the Violin' in 1988. Since the early 90s he has been working as a cinematographer, director and writer. He is partner in Fifth Element, a production house in India. His 1997 short film 'Twilight Dream', co-directed with his brother Santosh Babusenan (aka The Babusenan Brothers) was selected to the Mumbai International Film Festival and the Split Film Festival, Croatia. Chaayam Poosiya Veedu is the first feature by the Babusenan Brothers. Here is what the brothers, who work on their films together, have to say about what inspires the…
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3.6An old and lonely writer's life is turned around when a young woman comes into his life and one day a uninvited guest comes and makes things more complicated.
The Painted House
2015
NRSiddharth (Sidhu) has invented the key to happiness: a machine which generates dreams of joy. But someone is out to steal his invention. He runs for his life with Maya, his girlfriend. On the road he is met by The Fool, an old tramp who shows him that it is all just a dream and that he only needs to wake up.
Maya
2021
NRSunetra is a migrant cook from far away Bengal working in Kerala. To celebrate her birthday Adi, the young poet she loves, steals a car and takes off with her to a beach. The two lovers do not realise that the car belongs to a thug who is following them - a thug who will not hesitate to kill. SUNETRA can be seen as a metaphor for life itself, where death is always hiding behind the trees. As always, the Babusenan Brothers are exploring their philosophical concerns here through the medium of the film story.
The Pretty Eyed Girl
2019
NRRamdas, a left-leaning retired university professor is interviewed by Nilima, a young research scholar, about his political activities.
Darkness
2020
NRYoung Akhil lives with his old and crippled father. The two share a difficult relationship. Akhil has decided to run away with his girlfriend Nina to another city and he is keeping this a secret from the old man. But his last day at home doesn’t turn out the way he had planned it.
The Narrow Path
2016
NRAnand Gautaman, a vlogger, gives dating and lifestyle advice. But the dark times of today force him to address Death.
Anand Monalisa Waits for Death
2023
Behind the camera
3.6An old and lonely writer's life is turned around when a young woman comes into his life and one day a uninvited guest comes and makes things more complicated.
The Painted House
2015
NRSiddharth (Sidhu) has invented the key to happiness: a machine which generates dreams of joy. But someone is out to steal his invention. He runs for his life with Maya, his girlfriend. On the road he is met by The Fool, an old tramp who shows him that it is all just a dream and that he only needs to wake up.
Maya
2021
NRSiddharth (Sidhu) has invented the key to happiness: a machine which generates dreams of joy. But someone is out to steal his invention. He runs for his life with Maya, his girlfriend. On the road he is met by The Fool, an old tramp who shows him that it is all just a dream and that he only needs to wake up.
Maya
2021
NRSunetra is a migrant cook from far away Bengal working in Kerala. To celebrate her birthday Adi, the young poet she loves, steals a car and takes off with her to a beach. The two lovers do not realise that the car belongs to a thug who is following them - a thug who will not hesitate to kill. SUNETRA can be seen as a metaphor for life itself, where death is always hiding behind the trees. As always, the Babusenan Brothers are exploring their philosophical concerns here through the medium of the film story.
The Pretty Eyed Girl
2019
NRSunetra is a migrant cook from far away Bengal working in Kerala. To celebrate her birthday Adi, the young poet she loves, steals a car and takes off with her to a beach. The two lovers do not realise that the car belongs to a thug who is following them - a thug who will not hesitate to kill. SUNETRA can be seen as a metaphor for life itself, where death is always hiding behind the trees. As always, the Babusenan Brothers are exploring their philosophical concerns here through the medium of the film story.
The Pretty Eyed Girl
2019
NRRamdas, a left-leaning retired university professor is interviewed by Nilima, a young research scholar, about his political activities.
Darkness
2020
NRRamdas, a left-leaning retired university professor is interviewed by Nilima, a young research scholar, about his political activities.
Darkness
2020
NRYoung Akhil lives with his old and crippled father. The two share a difficult relationship. Akhil has decided to run away with his girlfriend Nina to another city and he is keeping this a secret from the old man. But his last day at home doesn’t turn out the way he had planned it.
The Narrow Path
2016
NRYoung Akhil lives with his old and crippled father. The two share a difficult relationship. Akhil has decided to run away with his girlfriend Nina to another city and he is keeping this a secret from the old man. But his last day at home doesn’t turn out the way he had planned it.
The Narrow Path
2016
NRAnand Gautaman, a vlogger, gives dating and lifestyle advice. But the dark times of today force him to address Death.
Anand Monalisa Waits for Death
2023
NRAnand Gautaman, a vlogger, gives dating and lifestyle advice. But the dark times of today force him to address Death.
Anand Monalisa Waits for Death
2023
NROne morning, Rajendra Prasad, a retired cop, disappears from home. His daughter Anu, accompanied by her boyfriend Vinod, goes out in search of him. The story rolls along through luscious Keralan landscapes when she gets a call from her father.
Lost
2017
NR“The Looking Glass” is a reflective journey through the eyes of Kaladharan, an aging filmmaker confronting his past. As he grapples with the consequences of altering his characters’ fates, particularly Sreeram’s, the film questions the nature of art and love.
The Looking Glass
2024
NR“The Looking Glass” is a reflective journey through the eyes of Kaladharan, an aging filmmaker confronting his past. As he grapples with the consequences of altering his characters’ fates, particularly Sreeram’s, the film questions the nature of art and love.
The Looking Glass
2024
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Husband, The Wife and Their Two Dead Sons
2022
