Short films make it big

When director Karthik Subbaraj of Stone Bench Creations produced Bench Talkies , an anthology of six short films, he wasn’t sure it would run to full house even twice. But to his surprise, the movie ran housefull in cinemas for around two weeks.

“When coming up with the project, we thought it would only cater to niche audiences. However, the response we received was so overwhelming, we got calls from places where the compilation wasn’t even released,” he says.

With films such as

Kerala Café ,

5 Sundarikal ,

Bombay Talkies , and the recent

Bench Talkies , all anthologies which have made it to the big screen, young filmmakers seem to have a found a stage that was earlier meant only for feature film makers.

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