Certain Chapters
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| Directed by | Abbas Akbar |
| Produced by | Raj Maiden High Breed Media |
| Starring |
Abbas Akbar Elias Mikail |
| Music by | Shabir |
| Cinematography | Gopal K |
| Edited by | Praveen K. L. |
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28 minutes |
| Country | Singapore |
| Language | Tamil, Hokkien (Chinese Dialect) & Malay |
Certain Chapters is a short independent Tamil-Language film released in Singapore.
The film was Abbas Akbar's first attempt at directing and casting himself in front of the camera.
Inspired by a series of true events the film unveils the truth as it is, recreating the unforgiving and wanton world of Indian gangsters in Singapore.
The story revolves around Jegan (Abbas Akbar), who suffers from an identity crisis, unconsciously wanting an image in the eyes of others. He acts upon the words of his mentor and gang leader ‘Hougang’ Veera (Elias Mikhail) who imports radical ideologies into him.
Jegan’s ways lead him to destruction when he causes an innocent man’s death and bashes up a young school boy.
'Certain Chapters' was passed with a censors rating of R(21) in Singapore. This was largely due to the strong depiction of violence and frequent use of explicit coarse language.
R(21) - Restricted to Persons 21 Years and above.
Consumer Advisory - Gang Theme and Coarse Language. (குண்டர் கும்பல் பற்றிய கதை கரு, மற்றும் தகாத மொழி).
Several members of the cast were previously involved with gang activities and determined to portray their characters as real as possible to deter other young boys from the path of gangsterism.
The cast including director / lead actor Abbas Akbar consisted of 90% first-time actors.
Following the release of the film, Abbas Akbar is concentrating on directing TV programmes and commercials for MediaCorp TV channels.
Several members of the cast have gone on to take acting assignments with MediaCorp Vasantham TV productions.
The 'Certain Chapters' team wanted to create a short film that was both artistic and commercial. To do this the team incorporated soundtracks and background scores to the film so that it had elements similar to a regular feature film from India.
The background score and original soundtracks were composed and arranged by Shabir.
The track 'Atthiyayam' is featured on the film's 30sec trailer and is available as a Bonus Track on Shabir's TraffiQ Album.
‘Certain Chapters’ has been building a buzz on the international circuit, having been selected for several film festivals. The film has also been screened upon invitation at several curated film programmes and used as reference material for academic learning at institutions.
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