Can one shot measure three minutes?

20 January,2009 07:28 AM IST |   |  Manju Shettar

Debutant director Manju Swaraj's film Shishira has completed its pre-production shooting


High on energy: Ataib, Tenfinz, Yashas Surya and Ashish

Debutant director Manju Swaraj's film Shishira has completed its pre-production shooting. Actors Yashas Surya and Meghana play the lead roles and well-known actress Prema plays a supportive role. Santosh Kumar, who is all of 7'8", playsu00a0 anti hero and Sudan's Ataib, Meghalaya's Ashish and Tibet's Tenfinz act in this film.


Director Manju Swaraj says, "Shishira is not only a story-based movie but also a very technical film. We shot for around 30 days from 6 am to 2 am and slept for only four hours."

This is not all. Swaraj also says that a song measuring 3 minutes and 40 seconds was shot in a single complicated shot. "We have used more than 200 floodlights for this shot."

Actress Prema says, "I had decided not to act after marriage but Shishira's theme inspired me to act. I learnt something from this new team while shooting".
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Manju Swaraj debutant directors Shishira pre-production complete Ataib Tenfinz Yashas Surya Ashish