Coimbatore: Now that the poll mood has set in , a new political party from the city is silently looking to enter the fray, albeit on silver screen. A city-based team has shot a feature-length political film titled ‘Neela Manjal Katchi’ (Blue Yellow Party), which they are planning to screen before the general elections. The team members said they have been working on the movie on and off for the past two and half years and attributed the delay to fund crunch. Having completed the post production of the movie, they are now awaiting certificate from the censor board which is likely in a week. “We are planning to have a business promo of the movie coming week,” said Krish Bala, writer-director of the movie.He said the film was inspired by chitchats at a political party office at Vadavalli, where he lives. “There was a DVD rental shop near the party office which I frequented. I listened to the conversation of party people and that’s how the idea to make a political movie struck me.”Neela Manjal Katchi, however, doesn’t refer to or criticise any political party, Bala said. “We have portrayed the internal workings of a party, which has to choose a candidate in the last minute before a byelection to Coimbatore East constituency. The party has just eight hours to do so. The movie depicts how it unfolds in the backdrop of infighting among the 12 committee members of the party.”The team has ensured that the ‘Blue Yellow Party’ has no similarities with any real-life party. “None of the political parties have in their flag the combination of blue and yellow. So, we chose that as the party’s name and flag,” Bala said.The entire cast comprises amateur theatre artists in the city. “We have 120 artists. Working with them was smooth as they were professional, and I also learnt a lot from them,” said Bala, who made his debut film ‘Meipporul’ in 2008.Artists, meanwhile, said while the theatre experience did help them, there were crucial differences between the two media. “In theatre, the expressions need to be strong enough to reach the last-row audience members. But, in front of the camera, it has to be subtle,” said ‘Thalabathi’ N Kumaresan, founder of the city-based theatre troupe Vannamayil Desiya Kalaikuzhu. “The director moulded us to suit the camera.”The team plans to release the movie, which runs for 1 hour and 52 minutes, before the Lok Sabha elections.

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