Five by Four
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{{Infobox film
| name = Five by Four
| image =
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| director = Roopa Swaminathan
| producer = Sunit Tandon
| story = Roopa Swaminathan
| screenplay = Roopa Swaminathan
| starring = Divyadarshini
Hardeep Minhas
Preetha
Eashwar Rao
Cary Edwards
Sapna
Usha Seetharam
| music = Yuvan Shankar Raja
| cinematography = Ravi Varman
| editing = S. Satheesh
J. N. Harsha
| studio = National Film Development Corporation of India
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2003}}
| runtime = 86 minutes
| country = India
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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Five by Four is a 2003 Indian English film written and directed by Roopa Swaninathan.{{cite web|url=http://www.nfdcindia.com/cinemasofindia/home-video-03.htm |title=Cinemas of India, Videos, Festival Participation & Awards, National Award, Regional Cinema, Independent Cinema, Art House Cinema, Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda |publisher=Nfdcindia.com |date= |accessdate=2013-09-01}} It stars VJs Cary Edwards, Sapna and Usha Seetharam, Eashwar Rao, television artistes Venkat, Preetha Raaghav and Divyadarshini and popular Kannada model Hardeep Minhas.{{cite web|url=http://hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/09/26/stories/2003092601510600.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040103151101/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/09/26/stories/2003092601510600.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2004-01-03 |title=NFDC produces English film |date=2003-09-26 |work=The Hindu |accessdate=2013-09-01}} The music was by Yuvan Shankar Raja and cinematography by Ravi Varman.{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2004/06/04/stories/2004060401770300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040625103425/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2004/06/04/stories/2004060401770300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2004-06-25 |title=NFDC's English venture |date=2004-06-04 |work=The Hindu |accessdate=2013-09-01}} The film in English was produced by the National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC).{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/lf/2004/02/23/stories/2004022308280200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120824233340/http://www.hindu.com/lf/2004/02/23/stories/2004022308280200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-08-24 |title=A tale of two stories |date=2004-02-23 |work=The Hindu |accessdate=2013-09-01}} It did not get a theatrical release,{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/nov/10roopa.htm |title=I want to write Rajnikant's biography... |publisher=Rediff.com |date= |accessdate=2013-09-01}} but was screened at the Shanghai International Film Festival, the Writers market at Santa Monica, and other venues.{{cite web|url=http://al.odu.edu/english/mfacw/pages/students.shtml |title=Department of English |publisher=Al.odu.edu |date= |accessdate=2013-09-01}}
Cast
- Cary Edwards as Nayan
- Eashwar Rao as Ajay
- Venkat as the stranger
- Divyadarshini as Namitha
- Hardeep Minhas as Aishwarya
- Preetha as Shruti
- Sapna as Shikha Iyer
- Usha Seetharam as Meera
- Sujata Panju as Meenakshi
- Biniu Jha as Renu
- Prabhu as Martin
- Amar as Abhijeet
Production
Roopa Swaminathan signed up with Penguin and was writing short stories for a book. She thought the stories could be made into a feature films and approached the National Film Development Corporation of India. The film consists of four stories about a gang of five girls.{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/07/21/stories/2005072104620200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022063811/http://hindu.com/2005/07/21/stories/2005072104620200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-10-22 |title=Tamil Nadu News : She beat Adoor Gopalakrishnan for the prize for the best book |date=2005-07-21 |work=The Hindu |accessdate=2013-09-01}} She first named the film "Five String Quartet". The film was shot entirely in Tamil Nadu.{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/lf/2004/05/26/stories/2004052609940200.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130901151655/http://www.hindu.com/lf/2004/05/26/stories/2004052609940200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-09-01 |title='Five by Four' for Shanghai fest |date=2004-05-26 |work=The Hindu |accessdate=2013-09-01}} The director planned to shoot the whole film in 25 days, but completed it in 18 days as she had rehearsed with the actors for nearly four months. Swaminathan also wrote about her experience making the film in her book Stardust: Vignettes from the Fringes of Film Industry, which won the National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema.{{cite web|url=http://www.flipkart.com/five-by-four/p/itmdkpvme7bgqczt?pid=AVMDKPVFA8RQAQFY |title=Five By Four |publisher=Flipkart.com |date= |accessdate=2013-09-01}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130913005847/http://www.cinemasofindia.com/movie/view/1800_Five-By-Four Five by Four at Cinemas of India]