Shanawaz Nellikunnil
Shanawaz chose the medium of film to express his creativity because he finds the idea of bringing to life those experiences to people which they may not have encountered, yet present it in a believable manner, in a way that allows for a realistic connection, extremely fascinating.
Since his early childhood, Shanawaz has been a keen observer of human interaction which has honed his ability to extract the essence of a character/situation to make it relatable.
Shanawaz intuitively looks to other elements to assist him to form a wholesome picture, be it colors, art or music and this is reflected in all his frames.
'405' is his first short film inspired by a graphic novel, which is simply a montage of the day in the life of an unnamed man, tackling subjects like freedom, love, and loneliness. Now showing on Mubi.
His feature film Candyflip is now showing on Netflix.
Movies
5.2
- Feb 14, 2019
- English
Every year, Goa, one of the biggest party and holiday hosts to the world, welcomes infinite number of tourists. Most of them go back once the season gets over. Few choose to stay back, digging deeper into the traces of a hippie hangover, or trying to search oneself through the incandescent, colorful, trippy shores of Goa. And a few yet, get in so deep at the wrong end of paradise, that they are lost forever, in the same place, but in a whole different world altogether. The film takes one such real-life character - Roy - through a plethora of happenings, phenomena, legends, myths, sights, sounds, experiences and thrilling stories of the fabled Goan paradise. What happens to the protagonist through the bitter-sweet, darkly funny, crazy, trippy journey and what comes along at the end of it, weaves the half-fictitious/half-real story of our film - CandyFlip.