Rahul Riji Nair's Kalla Nottam selected for NYIFF

Filmmaker Rahul Riji Nair's (Ottamuri Velicham) new film, Kalla Nottam, has been selected to premiere in the competition of the upcoming edition of the New York Indian Film Festival.

The experimental film, which has a runtime of around 75 minutes, features three child actors -- Vasudev Sajeesh Marar, Suryadev Sajeesh Marar, and Ansu Maria Thomas -- aside from Renjith Sekhar Nair, Vinitha Koshy, Vijay Induchoodan, PJ Unnikrishnan and others.

Kalla Nottam, which was completely improvised, revolves around two cinema-obsessed kids who steal a digital camera to make a film but stumbles upon a moral policing situation that reveals a few harsh truths about some of the grown-ups.

Rahul said the team had completed the post-production work and was waiting to premiere the film before the pandemic hit. This year, the festival will take place online, between July 24 to August 2.