Nirmal Baby Varghese’s time-loop horror film ‘Dreadful Chapters’ has been selected for the Ideal International Film Festival in Maharashtra. Actor Jeffin Joseph was nominated for the Best Actor Award for his performance in the film. The winners will be announced at a ceremony on the 8th of next month. The film, which previously won Best Experimental Film at the Hollywood Gold Awards, was also selected for the Reels International Film Festival.
Leading the film’s cast are Jeffin Joseph, Varun Ravindran, Arya Krishnan, Shyam Salash, Nibin Stany and Lasya Balakrishnan. For director Nirmal Baby Varghese, “Dreadful Chapters” marks his second spine-tingling horror feature following “Vazhiye”, Kerala’s first found footage horror flick. Nirmal is known for his award-winning documentary “Thariode” and is currently adapting it into a period feature titled “Thariode: The Lost City” starring international artists.
The crew behind “Dreadful Chapters” includes cinematographer Midhun Eravil, editor and sound designer Nirmal Baby Varghese himself, and composer Fazal Khais. The director himself handles the editing and director of audiography. Second unit cinematography: Shobin Francis. Jeese Joseph is the project designer and Arun Kumar Panayal and Saran Kumar Bare are the associate directors. Music director: Fazal Khais. Ranjith A is the art director and Sidharth Periyadath is camera associate. Still photography: M E Photography, Social media promotion: Infotainment Reels. Apart from Malayalam, this horror thriller will soon be released in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi languages.
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