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| image = Help (2011 film).jpg<br />
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| caption = Title card<br />
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| director = [[Pandiarajan]]<br />
| writer = Pandiarajan<br />
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| producer = Pandiarajan<br />
| starring = {{plainlist|<br />
*[[Delhi Ganesh]]<br />
*[[Mohan Raman]] <br />
*M. Devipriya<br />
*Kishore<br />
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| cinematography = Ashok Rajan<br />
| editing = [[B. Lenin]]<br />
| music = [[Srikanth Deva]]<br />
| studio = 24f Company<br />
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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2011|5|20|ArtDeco Film Festival|2018|7|14|YouTube}} <br />
| runtime = 11 minutes<ref name="H"/><br />
| country = India<br />
| language = English<br />
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'''''Help''''' is a 2011 Indian English-language short film directed by [[Pandiarajan]] and starring [[Delhi Ganesh]], [[Mohan Raman]] and Devipriya. The film was notably the only film from Asia amongst the 55 films showcased at the ArtDeco Film Festival 2011 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.<ref name="H">{{Cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2011/05/13/stories/2011051350590200.htm|title=Scoring with Help|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=13 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109112457/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2011/05/13/stories/2011051350590200.htm|archive-date=9 November 2012|access-date=23 November 2024}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
At the [[Chennai International Airport]], a security officer, Chiranjeevi, calls another officer working in [[International_airport#Customs and immigration|customs]] about a suspicious luggage. They stop the woman who owns the luggage. While searching through her luggage, they find a [[sex toy]] and mistake her for a sex addict and ask if she has a husband. She tells that they he died and that she is a mother. Her disabled son is shown in the background and the mother explains how she takes care of him and was unable to help him from his dissatisfaction from not being able to engage in any sexual activity and bought the sex toy for him.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
*[[Delhi Ganesh]] as an airport security officer<br />
*[[Mohan Raman]] as an airport security officer<br />
*M. Devipriya as the disabled man's mother <br />
*Kishore<br />
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== Production ==<br />
The short film was initially planned to be shot in Tamil but since some words sounded harsh, Pandiarajan decided to make it in English.<ref name="K">{{Cite web|url=http://www.kungumam.co.in/Articalinnerdetail.aspx?id=17179&id1=3&issue=20200830|title=இப்போ நான் டாக்டர் ஆர்.பாண்டியராஜன்|trans-title=Now, I am Dr. R. Pandiyarajan|work=[[Kungumam (magazine)|Kungumam]]|language=ta|date=30 August 2020|access-date=23 November 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250602175518/http://www.kungumam.co.in/Articalinnerdetail.aspx?id=17179&id1=3&issue=20200830|archive-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> This is his first short film in English as his previous short films (''Magan'', ''Iru Thuligal'') were in Tamil.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/pandiarajans-help-at-artdeco-film-fest/articleshow/8241438.cms|title=Pandiarajan's Help at ArtDeco film fest|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=11 May 2011|access-date=23 November 2024}}</ref> His assistant directors helped the actors with pronouncing the dialogues.<ref name="N">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2011/May/19/a-short-film-every-year-pandiarajan-254344.html|title=A short film every year: Pandiarajan|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=16 May 2012|access-date=23 November 2024}}</ref> For the role of the disabled man's mother, Pandiarajan asked several actresses who denied the role before Sakthivel Sarkar, who directed him in ''[[Mama Maaple]]'', suggested Devipriya.<ref name="K"/> [[Srikanth Deva]] composed the film's music in a single night while [[B. Lenin]] edited the film within 45 minutes.<ref name="N"/><br />
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== Release ==<br />
The short film was showcased at the ArtDeco Film Festival 2011 as part of the Digital Capture section on 20 May 2011 and competed in five categories: best short film, direction, screenplay, acting (male and female) and the audience's favourite film.<ref name="H"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/showbitz/article2015882.ece|title=PandiaRajan goes English|work=The Hindu|date=13 May 2011|first=S. R. Ashok|last=Kumar|access-date=23 November 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref> After the festival screenings, it was released on the Behindwoods YouTube channel in 2018.<ref name="K"/> As of 2020, the short film had 30 million viewers.<ref name="K"/><br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
Devipriya was nominated at the ArtDeco Film Festival 2011 for Best Actress.<ref name="K"/> She also received an award from a Bangalore film festival.<ref name="K"/><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Indian short films]]<br />
[[Category:English-language Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Pandiarajan]]</div>DemetriaMunro