{"id":4884,"date":"2019-02-14T19:15:07","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T19:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesica.in\/?p=4884"},"modified":"2019-02-15T02:58:25","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T02:58:25","slug":"yatra-sathyan-sooriyan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesica.in\/ta\/yatra-sathyan-sooriyan\/","title":{"rendered":"Yatra: Sathyan Sooriyan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yatra is a recent Telugu film, a\u00a0 biographical representation of\u00a0 YS Rajasekhar Reddy\u00a0 fondly called as YSR and the most significant moment of his political career \u2013 the padayatra which changed the course of politics in Andhra Pradesh ,it\u2019s an extraordinary story of one man\u2019s vision and how it made him a messiah of sorts for the poor and underprivileged.<\/p>\n

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Cinematographer for Yatra\u00a0 – Sathyan Sooriyan a fine Arts student assisted P C Sreeram for seven years in ten films. His cinematography was commendable right from his first film Yudham Sei and his previous Tamil film ”Theeran Adhigaram Ondru” had captivating visuals which received huge appreciation from all quarters.<\/p>\n

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Speaking to SICA\u00a0 Sathyan informs that\u00a0 he was well aware about\u00a0 background of the story and the challenges would be to\u00a0 bring the period which is only few years back with Nostalgic touch.<\/p>\n

When he heard films narration his mind was filled with visuals of scorching sun and dry vast landscape, but when shooting happened every thing was different what he had in mind…especially the village locations had some green references and most important was climate was all overcast.<\/p>\n

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Sathyan\u00a0 elaborates that his fine arts background helped him to bring the right color palette, while composing every frame he decided not to use any additional lights during outdoor sequences of Yaatra, he kept frames with Dominant whites, overall bathed with desaturated Amber\/ tobacco.<\/p>\n

YSR\u00a0 through his Yatra touched the lives of suffering people, through visuals Sathyan tried to keep things very simple and also powerful, he decided not to bring grandeur instead concentrate on emotional impact\u00a0 so Sathyan opted for\u00a0 Jimmy jib, flycam and regular crane moves.<\/p>\n

Sathyan says ”We headed the film with\u00a0 large landscape shots. When we hold a shot past when you would expect a cut, it makes you go deeper into that moment. This film really strains to create a consciousness that does not tell the story as much as observe it. And these landscapes \u2014 very specifically in terms of the colors and the composition, and how they are held \u2014 they charge the atmosphere with a kind of consciousness and therefore a context with which to experience this story. [These shots] create a stillness, a soberness, as if nature is at work”.<\/p>\n

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Sathyan compliments Mammooty who held the film together with taking audience close to the soulfulness of YSR , as an actor he didnt try to imitate instead he followed his own instincts.<\/p>\n

Coming to equipment part<\/p>\n

Camera : ARRI ALEXA SXT<\/p>\n

Lenses : Cooke S 5i primes \/ Arri Allura zoom<\/p>\n

Yatra film is almost an outdoor film which has only few interior sequences\u00a0 Sathyan\u00a0 manages to give a break from the white, puts up retro things like cupboards, teak wood in sand colour in the interior.<\/p>\n

Sathyan Sooriyan himself a traveler he adds “because\u00a0traveling<\/b>\u00a0is an\u00a0experience<\/b>\u00a0 It equips you with necessary lessons in life and sets you on the path where you\u00a0experience<\/b>\u00a0life like never before.<\/p>\n

SICA\u00a0 wishes Sathyan Sooriyan and the crew of Yaatra for documenting the monumental part of Late Shri YS Rajasekhar Reddy LIFE that was a game changer in political era.<\/p>\n

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youtube link of trailer :<\/p>\n