Bench Talkies

Bench Talkies is a 2015 Indian Tamil language independent anthology film consisting of six short films directed by Karthik Subbaraj, Anil Krishnan, Gopakumar, Charukesh Sekar, Monesh and Rathna Kumar. The film was produced by Subbaraj's newly formed production house Stone Bench Creations and features an ensemble cast including Vijay Sethupathi, Guru Somasundaram, Sananth Reddy and Rishikanth. The film was released on 25 March 2015.^[2]

Bench Talkies
Directed by	Karthik Subbaraj Anil Krishnan Gopakumar Charukesh Sekar Monesh Rathna Kumar
Produced by	Kaarthekeyen Santhanam Kalyan Subramanian
Starring	Vijay Sethupathi Rishinanth Rajendran Guru Somasundaram Sananth Reddy Vijaymuthu Aravinnd Singh Harish Sharathkumar
Distributed by	Stone Bench Creations
Release date	25 March 2015 (2015-03-25) [1]
Running time	116 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Bench Talkies is a collection of six short films directed by six different directors, which will make you travel through different genres, emotions and experiences.

• Agavizhi by Gopakumar
• Madhu by Rathna Kumar
• Nallathor Veenai by Monesh
• Neer by Karthik Subbaraj
• Puzhu by Charukesh Sekar
• The Lost Paradise by Anil Krishnan

Cast

The Lost Paradise	Agavizhi	Puzhu
Guru Somasundaram as David	Aravinnd Singh as Anjan Nisha Krishnan as Zara Anukush Agarwal as Siddharth Sandeep Menon as Boss	Sarath Kumar Rishikanth
Nalladhor Veenai	Madhu	Neer
Harish as Karthi Prince Ranson Jonase as Tuition Teacher Saran Raghavan as Raghavan	Sananth as Kumar Vivek Prasanna as Vinodh Roshini Abraham as Madhumitha Vignesh as Kishore Deepak Paramesh as Amit Krishnan	Vijay Sethupathi as Mahesh Vijayamuthu as Selva Ravishankar as Siluvai

Release

The anthology film opened to limited screening in Chennai and Coimbatore on 25 March 2015 through Sathyam Cinemas and PVR Cinemas,^[1] and was released in Bangalore on 3 April 2015, through PVR Cinemas.^[3]

Reception

Bench Talkies opened to positive reviews from the critics. M. Suganth, editor-in-chief of The Times of India gave it 3 out of 5, stating that "The compilation of six films from six filmmakers in different genres makes it an entertaining experience."^[4] Baradwaj Rangan of The Hindu wrote "The key word is amateur, so it won’t help to go in expecting professional-grade acting or craft. What we can (must) do is see how these films fare in purely directorial terms."^[5] Behindwoods gave 2.5 out of 5 stars for the film stating "A little more concentration on the content would have justified the overall effort better."^[6] In contrast S. Saraswathi of Rediff gave 2 out of 5 stars stating "Bench Talkies is a very ordinary collection of short films. They fail to impress, leaving you with a sense of dissatisfaction."^[7]

References

1. "'Bench Talkies: The First Bench' hits screens today". The Times of India. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2021.^{[dead link]}
2. J.nath, Parshathy (24 March 2015). "Shortcut to success". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
3. Srinivasan, Sudhir (27 March 2015). "Short in the arm". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
4. "Bench Talkies Movie Review". The Times of India. 25 March 2015. Archived from the original on 13 March 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
5. Rangan, Baradwaj (26 March 2015). "Bench Talkies: An okayish showcase for amateur talent". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
6. "Bench Talkies - The First Bench (aka) Bench Talkies review". www.behindwoods.com. 25 March 2015. Archived from the original on 12 March 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
7. Saraswathi, S. (27 March 2015). "Review: Bench Talkies fails to impress". Rediff. Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2021.

External links

• Bench Talkies at IMDb