| About Arun |
Arun’s penchant for writing goes back to his high school days where he began writing poems and short stories for the local dailies and magazines. That passion combined with his skills as an entertainer soon lead him to a successful career in the regional Tamil (one of the southern languages in India) television industry. There, he wrote, directed and hosted more than 50 shows including ‘Hollywood Special’ for Raj TV that was highly rated by both the public and the critics. Arun was also popular for his engaging interviews with leading Tamil movie stars and singers through his |
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The filming of Arun's feature film 'Achchamundu! Achchamundu!' is scheduled for Summer, 2008
and things are shaping up well. More details will be given soon.
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'The Seance' is an official selection in Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey's Triggerstreet's third
online festival and excerpts of 'The Seance' were shown as part of 'Chiller's Dare to Direct contest
nationwide in NBC's Chiller TV.
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Arun's latest film 'One Soul' won 'Best cinematography' in Terror film festival Philadelphia and also
just finished festival rounds in Festivus Film Festival, Denver, Cape May NJ Film Festival and received
with very good feedback and applause. Cape May film festival invited Arun to present about the back ground
and making of the film 'One Soul' in front of film fraternity and media under their 'Visionary Experts program'.
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The director, Arun Vaidyanathan has been invited for a presentation about the film under
Cape May film festival's 'Visionary Experts program' on February 17th, 2008. Click here for details
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Weekly Nominee in Sci-Fi Channel/Sundance Channel's Exposure contest. Both channels teamed up together to find the world's next great filmmakers.
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Official Selection in Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey's Triggerstreet 3rd online film festival.
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Finalist in Second Hayden Films.
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Selected in Chicago Horror Film Festival, Terror Film Festival, UK Horror film festival, NJ state Film Festival, 6th Annual IAAC Film Festival, Germany Bollywood and Beyond Film festival and many more reputed film festivals all across the globe.
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