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RUNTIME
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Tight 14-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Kali Ma
"Hurt the mother, the wounds she'll take, but hurt the child, and Kali awakes"
2007 0h 14m EN
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4.5
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6.6
IMDB
★4.5TMDB · 11★6.6IMDB · 434
Comedy
Synopsis
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When an Indian mother finds out her son is the victim of a vicious bully, she delivers her own brand of vigilante justice.
“Hurt the mother, the wounds she'll take, but hurt the child, and Kali awakes”
Cast
Kamini Khanna
Kali Ma
Brendan Bradley
Peter King
Manish Dayal
Santosh
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Soman Chainani
- Writers
- Soman Chainani, David Grois
- Languages
- English, Hindi
- Countries
- India, United States of America
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ERA
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Released 19 years ago.
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Hindi.
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WORLD
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International production across 2 countries: India, United States of America.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Soman Chainani, shot by Stuart Hall. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Chris Bove shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Kamini Khanna and Brendan Bradley and Manish Dayal carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "Hurt the mother, the wounds she'll take, but hurt the child, and Kali awakes".
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Soman Chainani directs. Stuart Hall behind the camera. Chris Bove cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in India, United States of America. Dialogue in English, Hindi.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 14-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 2Released 19 years ago.
- 3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Hindi.
- 4International production across 2 countries: India, United States of America.
- 5Directed by Soman Chainani, shot by Stuart Hall. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 6Editor Chris Bove shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 7Kamini Khanna and Brendan Bradley and Manish Dayal carry the top of the cast.
- 8Marketing tagline: "Hurt the mother, the wounds she'll take, but hurt the child, and Kali awakes".
- 9IMDB entry: tt1015994 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 10Only 11 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
- 11Classified under 12 themes, including "parent child relationship", "cooking", "bullying", "swimming pool".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Stuart Hall
- Editing
- Chris Bove
- Production design
- Art Arnone
- Costume design
- Erin Chainani
- Makeup / hair
- Mandy Bisesti
- VFX supervisor
- Afif Heukeshoven
- Sound
- Norm Scott
- Runtime
- 14 min · 0h 14m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- IMDB
- Kali Ma (2007)
- IMDB rating
- 6.6/10 · 434 votes
Awards
1 win
Also by
Soman Chainani
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
- NO
No Pressure Productions
Key crew
- ProducerJennifer Handorf
- Visual Effects SupervisorAfif Heukeshoven
- MusicLuciano Storti
- Makeup ArtistMandy Bisesti
- Special Effects CoordinatorRon Keller
- EditorChris Bove
- Production DesignArt Arnone
- Executive ProducerSunil Sadarangani
- Sound DesignerNorm Scott
- GripCory Black
- Sound RecordistMatt Cook
- GafferStephen Irvine
- ElectricianKevin Morris
- GripMario Colli
- GripEddie Diaz
- Boom OperatorIvan Lopez
- ElectricianJeremy Moldonado
- ElectricianNicholas Morris
- Costume DesignErin Chainani
- ChoreographerMoriah Evans
- Fight ChoreographerRon Keller
- Location ManagerCasey Stewart
- Script SupervisorMeshelle Diment
- Best Boy GripJoseph Olandese
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- parent child relationship
- cooking
- bullying
- swimming pool
- vigilante
- overbearing mother
- lgbt
- brawl
- permanent marker
- indian
- gay theme
- short film
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical (limited)2007-05-25
