Featuring KK Menon, The Last Chapter is a perfect short highlighting the importance of a moral compass and how the lack of it can tear down others’ lives
Mumbai, September 10, 2019: Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films presents ‘The Last Chapter ’, which is a short story directed by critically acclaimed actor – Raj Singh Chaudhary. Starring K.K Menon in the lead role, the movie delves deep into the painful and complicated relationship between a father and his newly discovered biological daughter. K.K. Menon through his performance brings alive the protagonist’s agitation by guilt and anguish and leaves us with a thought on how our actions can effect individuals around us.
The plot of the story revolves around a writer who is nominated for this year’s Padma Shri Award and live blogs his inability to receive the award and unfolds the reason for the same in the ‘Last Chapter’, the book he is composing. The two central characters of the movie are Dr. Vinayak Satya, who has achieved fame and fortune as activist and is a voice on women issues, and Roshni, the woman who is his illegitimate daughter and is a sex worker. Set in flashback sequence, Roshni takes Dr. Satya through a series of life events, which display his lack of morality towards a Bangladeshi migrant house help, eventually leading Roshni to a life she didn’t deserve.
Commenting on the release, Kartik Mohindra, Chief Marketing Officer, Pernod Ricard India, said, “The short film industry has been growing dramatically with viewer habits evolving and our platform, Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films has been at the forefront of driving this change. By creating content across genres, which is original, powerful and perfect, we have been able to create a space for ourselves within the Indian short films industry. We are extremely excited about the release of The Last Chapter on our platform that involves critically acclaimed actor K.K Menon. In line with the brand’s philosophy we have and will continue to encourage and motivate talented film makers to showcase their creativity through our medium.”
Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films is one of the most influential and celebrated platforms for short films in India. Since its inception the platform has released some of the most prodigious and award winning short films with some of the renowned artists and directors from the industry which truly reflects originality, imagination and perfection. With slew of powerful films, Large Short Films is the perfect stage that provides a canvas to directors and actors to tell a compelling stories within 15-20 minutes. Through its original, creative and entertaining content, the property has successfully built a loyal community of enthusiasts.
Talking about the film, director Raj Singh Chaudhary said, “For every movie maker, in order to create a successful release, it becomes essential to dive deep into the life of the characters and feel the story personally and that is when you can make the others see things through your eyes. The Last Chapter is one of the closest movies to my heart and I am extremely excited to present my story through Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short films that has emerged as a synonym for short films in India. This platform truly encourages and motivates young filmmakers to exhibit their work perfectly.”
Centered around “Make it Perfect”, Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films has become the destination for Indian short films. The platform has collaborated with successful storytellers from Bollywood who truly stand for originality, creativity and Perfection. Large Short Films has evolved to create an ecosystem for aspiring directors to feature along mainstream Bollywood directors and still be able to create a niche for themselves in the industry.
Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films has released some of the most prodigious and award winning short films with some of the renowned artists and directors from the industry which truly reflects originality, imagination and perfection. ‘Ahalya’, ‘Interior Café – Night’, ‘Ouch’, ‘Chutney’, ‘Anukul’, ‘Mumbai Varanasi Express’, ‘Khool Aali Chithi’, ‘The School Bag’, ‘Bruno and Juliet’ and ‘Shunyata’, ‘Juice’, ‘Maa’, ‘Chhuri’, ‘Her First Time’ and ‘Iktarfa’ are some of the phenomenal films released in this platform. Barrel Select Large Short Films as the platform for original short films has been the pioneer in popularizing this genre of filmmaking.