With media becoming a popular tool that anybody can access and grab people’s attention, even doctors now opt for short films to convey their messages effectively.

Jayasekar, a doctor from Tiruvarur, who has been penning his experiences of treating patients as short stories and has released few as books, has now chosen short films as an effective medium to showcase real life incidents that focuse on many societal and medical issues.

Oru Pudhu Ulagam is one such short film that talks about early marriage and society’s attitude towards the girl child and education in a town called Thirukannapuram. Derived from one of his short stories called Theeranadhi, Jayasekar made this short film with the help of people with media exposure like M J Prakash, who directed the movie in just three days on a low budget casting people from NGOs in that region.

“All my short stories are real life incidents that happen in my patients’ lives. The people’s thoughts are still backward in places like tiruvarur, Tanjai and many districts down South. I wanted to bring these issues out into thepublic and create awareness about how they will affect the society. And films are one such medium to do so,” said Jayasekar who has written nearly 40 short stories to his credit and is confident about transforming his stories into films, in future.

This maiden attempt of the doctor and crew members was appreciated by K Bhagyaraj, renowned film director, who released the short film DVD on Sunday.

“Beyond all those technical issues in the 10 min short film about the girl child, there is a genuine message which must be appreciated.This medium must be utilised in the right manner to convey the right message,” said Bhagiaraj.

Besides the short film, a book for pre-diabetic patients, Neerizhivai vella Eliya Vazhigal, was released on the occasion.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Chennai / by Express News Service – Chennai / April 01st, 2014