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Five years aft making Mohandas (2021) based on Bolwar Mammad Kunhi’s publication Papu Gandhi, Bapu Gandhi Aada Kathe arsenic good arsenic My Experiments with the Truth, filmmaker P Seshadri is engaged with Ruby Cube. Based connected a abbreviated communicative of the aforesaid sanction and written by his lad Pratham Seshadri, it centres astir present-day nine and relationships.
The Hindu caught up with Seshadri connected the determination successful the Western Ghats wherever helium talked astir his crushed for utilizing the Rubik’s Cube arsenic a metaphor to research quality relationships. “I was an mean pupil successful schoolhouse and erstwhile idiosyncratic suggested I effort moving with a Rubik’s Cube arsenic it could marshal my reasoning and comprehension, I bought one. However, I failed to lick it; adjacent now, it is simply a analyzable puzzle for me,” says Seshadri.
“When my lad Pratham penned Ruby Cube, I told him to crook it into a diagnostic film, but helium admitted helium didn’t person the maturity to envision it. He said the Cube includes a assortment of shapes and sizes; it represents analyzable mathematical concepts and is a metaphor for life’s challenges. That is erstwhile I decided to marque a movie based connected his abbreviated story”.
When asked if his inability to lick the Cube challenged him to research the anticipation of harmonising breached relationships, Seshadri admits, “Yes, successful a mode it did. I structured a non-linear communicative without being preachy. The complexities of immoderate narration should beryllium visualised with the enactment of conversation, not done debates. I judge introspection volition facilitate reconciliation.”
During the shooting of Ruby Cube | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
“I judge cinema should question, not preach. My narratives seldom extremity with closure; instead, they permission the assemblage reflecting connected their ain complicity successful societal evils. I effort to alteration societal issues with philosophical mediation — a recurring signifier successful my work.”
“Ruby Cube has been narrated utilizing the watercourse of consciousness method, with ambivalence alternatively than the ambiguity of meditative reflection. I person tried my champion though, I don’t cognize if I person succeeded successful my attempt.”
Unfolding process
Keeping successful caput budgetary limitations, Sheshadi opted for caller exertion and changeable Ruby Cube in 15 days. “Much similar Munnudi, we made the movie connected a cooperative ground under the banner of Pratham Films and Mitra Chitra. Mahen Simha suggested shooting with 3 cameras and synchronised sound, which offers greater authenticity and realism arsenic good arsenic a consciousness of originality and naturalism.”
According to Seshadri, sync dependable involves signaling dialog and ambient audio simultaneously with the visuals connected the set. “This captures the actor’s earthy voice, cadence, and affectional look astatine the infinitesimal which tin beryllium much authentic than erstwhile recorded aboriginal successful a studio.”
He adds,”Capturing visuals with 3 cameras provides 1 with creator freedom. Mahen not lone suggested these method notes, but besides proved their value during the filmmaking process.”
A inactive from Ruby Cube | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Kemparaju BS handled the spot editing for the film. “We would ticker the effect and travel of the communicative instantly aft shooting,” says Seshadri, crediting Mahen and Kemparaju for its palmy completion.
Flautist Pravin Godkindi, who composed the euphony for Seshadri’s earlier films, Beru, Vimukti and Mookajjiya Kanasugalu is besides scoring the euphony for Ruby Cube. “I cannot hide the enactment extended by seasoned actors Dattanna, Vidya Murthy and 2 young protagonists Raadhya and Devaiah for their practice successful adapting to caller technology.”
Past and present
Ruby Cube comes 25 years aft Seshadri made his archetypal film Munnudi, which explored the oppression of women wrong spiritual orthodoxy and is considered a critique of gendered unit wrong a blimpish milieu. Munnudi won the National Film Award for Best Feature movie successful Kannada successful 2000, establishing Seshadri arsenic a filmmaker unafraid to face delicate subjects.
Quarter of a period later, Seshadri’s bequest endures successful the quiescent powerfulness of his images. “For me, filmmaking is not astir popularity, but astir bearing witnesser to the motivation trials of my time, to the fragility of humanity that inactive breathes beneath societal conformity.”
During his hiatus, Seshadri mulled implicit visuals. “I spent astir of my clip introspecting implicit the ocular medium, adjacent though I was engaged successful penning scripts.”
While Sati Sulochana 3-3-34 centred connected the archetypal Kannada talkie, was shelved, Uttarayana based connected a abbreviated communicative by Sridhara Balagara with Ananth Nag and Naseeruddin Shah successful the pb is ready. “I whitethorn instrumentality that up arsenic my 14th film. I had besides planned to marque Munde Tiruvide Echarike based connected a abbreviated communicative and Alida Mele based connected a caller by Shivaram Karanth. Every task had its ain problems, truthful I decided to spell up with Ruby Cube with the enactment of my friends connected a cooperative basis, the mode we did with Munnudi.”
Post accumulation enactment connected Ruby Cube is presently underway and is looking astatine a tentative merchandise day successful January 2026
