‘Bomb Katha 2: The Alien Saga’ is a spoof on society at large

  • | Friday | 21st September, 2018

Bomb Katha 2: The Alien Saga, a short film directed by Jophin Vargheese, should carry this disclaimer. The first part of the series, Bomb Katha 1, released last year, was a spoof on cyber warriors. It had won the award for the popular film at this year’s edition of Qissa, a short film fete for techies. A scene from Bomb Katha 2: The Alien Saga | Photo Credit: Speciala arrangement“We have several examples in our society to prove that it is easy to fool people in the name of faith,” says Jophin, the scenarist of the film. Jophin, working with an MNC in Technopark, takes a dig at the current socio-political-cultural scenario through his film.

All characters and events depicted in this film are real. Bomb Katha 2: The Alien Saga, a short film directed by Jophin Vargheese, should carry this disclaimer. Jophin, working with an MNC in Technopark, takes a dig at the current socio-political-cultural scenario through his film. The story, set in a small town, has two thieves planning their next heist. Things don’t work out, but they hatch another plan centred around an object found in the area. As word gets around, people flock in with offerings in cash to see and pray before the ‘alien’. There is unprecedented media coverage and political parties fight for the ownership of the ‘object’. A scene from Bomb Katha 2: The Alien Saga | Photo Credit: Speciala arrangement “We have several examples in our society to prove that it is easy to fool people in the name of faith,” says Jophin, the scenarist of the film. It had won the award for the popular film at this year’s edition of Qissa, a short film fete for techies. The first part of the series, Bomb Katha 1, released last year, was a spoof on cyber warriors. Jophin Vargheese | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The cast and crew has current and former employees of Technopark and artistes from Jophin’s native place, Elampal, in Punalur, where the film has been shot. It has Rajesh Madapara, Sarin, Sreejith Babu and Arun Punalur in the cast. The film is produced by Maju Elampal and Brothers Elampal.

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