It’s certainly the era of short formats of storytelling — whether it is short films or web-series. Filmmaker Ravie Ravan Kathuria has come up with a short film The Long Drive with an interesting message.
“This is the era of digital medium and short films are in demand. Everybody wants to tell a story in a short span of time and what could work better than short films? With feature films, you can’t just give out messages, it also has to be entertaining. Short films have opened doors in a big way,” Ravie said. Speaking on the impetus that drove him to make The Long Drive, he explains, “I heard an interesting story. One of my friend’s brother is deaf and he drives. This made me curious on how he must be driving, so I did my research and got enough material on it.” Unlike other filmmakers, Ravie did not rope in stars for the film.
Filmmaker Ravie Ravan Kathuria
However, the filmmaker confesses, initially it wasn’t the plan. “We were tempted to approach a star, but we decided against it and wanted to see where we stand with the concept.”
Currently, the film has been sent to various film festivals. The actress of the film Raushni Srivastava says, “I have sent out the film to many places and they are considering it. We are soon to get a notification from the Goa Film Festival. In addition, we are expecting 30 other notifications. We have sent our film to the Manhattan short film festival too.”
