naalaya Iyakkunar - Finals 3rd Part (Final Part) 11th July 2010

All right! The three part final of Naalaya iyakkunar wound to a close on July 11th 2010. Here is a rundown of the important moments.
The remaining two short films were screened. Awards were given for the best film, actor.actress,director from the preliminary rounds. Finally the awards of the finals itself was given.

Oru shot by Tamilarasan
genre: Drama
The claim to fame of the movie was that a long single shot sequence forms the major part of the movie where the fate of the four protagonists unfold.
You have four abductors on the run with the kidnapped girl. The long shot captures their run and their encounter with police. If you expect a nerve wracking Bourne identity kind of gripping sequence you will be disappointed. The long shot was underwhelming to be frank. All four characters were talking at the same time for an extended amount of time. If it was to convey tension, all it did was to convey confusion.
Anyway, Pratap remarked that it looked like the climax of a movie and not a movie by itself.

Kathi by Sengottai Mohan
genre: Drama
The movie opens in a rural fair. Through some long shots and good aerial shots the ambiance is set and then the camera closes up on the item of real interest. The hero is demonstrating his skills at throwing knife. He has his girl friend (and adulteress) tied against the board. He methodically impales the board just near wrist, hip, knee, and even the rose as it drops from her lips. But when it comes to aiming a spot just by her neck, he misses it.
The camera cuts to a court scene and they try him on murder charge. They acquit him as the court concludes it was an accident.

This movie had its brilliant and not so brilliant parts. The opening shot and aerial shots set the ambiance very well. But it was tad too long. The knife throwing scene didn't get to the pulse-racing stage as soon as possible. It did manage to reach there eventually. But it was too little too late and the audience ( at least I) felt that I have been watching the movie for a long time without anything happening.
The court scene was the biggest letdown. You have witnesses coming and vomitting all the background information. If this scene had been improved a bit the movie could have done much better.

Naalaya Iyakkunar Awards
Best supporting Actor - Senrai of Color (a worthy award, I believe)
Best Supporting Actress - Baby of color
Best Actor - Bobby
Best Actress - Neelima
Best Film - Thabela vaasitha kazhuthai
Best Director - Karthik and Balaji ( A tie)

Naalaya iyakkunar Finals - Best short film awards
Third place - Oru shot by Tamilarasan
Second Place - neer by karthik
First Place - nenjukku needhi - nalan

I thought Balaji deserved an award despite his film in the finals being a little repetitive. But I was in full agreement on Nenjukku needhi being awarded the first prize.