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HAKAMARI (SHORT)
By Wardan Tiple

GENRE: Mystery, Animation
LOGLINE:

In an Indian village, rumor spreads about a deadly spirit HAKAMARI. When his only SON fails to return home; an elderly FARMER struggles between his wife's blind belief and the parental duty.

SYNOPSIS:

A rumor spreads in a village about HAKAMARI. As per old superstition, villagers believed that she is a spirit who calls you by your name, from outside of your house and if you reply to her call, you will die instantly and she will take your soul with her.

CHINTU is a primary school boy who didn’t show up at home till evening. His mother MANORAMA is much concerned about him because of this rumor. She grieves herself with various thoughts while waiting for him.

In the evening, MANOHAR comes home. He finds his wife MANORAMA in a distracted situation. He is a farmer and an intelligent man, who does not believe in such superstitions. He tries to convince & console her.

When MANORAMA tells him about HAKAMARI he gets astonished and angry of his wife’s belief in such a blind superstition. He ignores his wife’s futile talk and rests to make her understand that there is no such thing.

She pleads him to go out and search for CHINTU but he doesn’t budge until he hears CHINTU’s voice in trouble.

-9- This will be good in 3D animation.

HAKAMARI (SHORT)

Screenplay will be made available on request ;-)

Andy Froemke

I like the examination of a superstition. Intriguing idea.

Diane Wing

Always intrigued by cultural superstitions and spirits. You may want to tighten the logline to include the protagonist, his/her ultimate goal, and the challenges faced in doing so.

Wardan Tiple

Thanks Andy and Diane, I will incorporate your suggestions soon.

Cathren Housley

It's good to see depth and the old ways incorporated into a screen play.

Ria Flack

sounds good, would be interesting to see how it develops.

Harun Shah

Its great Wardan...would love to see the screenplay. Do you have anyone looking into this one. I love paranormal and horror, and always looking for materials for a company I have just started working for. Who knows...but if you have someone in mind or need my help in anyway...let me know Harun Shah www.harunshah.net

Sarah Walker

Sounds interesting, I would rewrite the logline: An Indian farmer must face the deadly spirit, Hakamai, in a bid to find his young son

Rayne Reilly

interesting... makes me wonder if the village was haunted by some spirit, why the villagers wouldn't have abandoned it and moved elsewhere. Sounds interesting though, I'm curious about your story.

Wardan Tiple

Thank you so much!

Oriel Kerr

I second what Aarthi said; I also think your logline is too long. Try to see if you can keep the basics of your story in the logline. Forget about adding too many details which aren't necessary; save that for your synopsis. I don't know too much about your story's plot...as in the depth of it. I played with a concept and wrote a logline reflecting it here: The evil spirit could be psychological in nature almost like the farmer’s own manifested guilt from some past event that happened years ago which weighs heavily on his subconscious secluding him from the village. Maybe his son could also be a manifestation where the audience thinks he’s alive in the beginning only to find he died years ago in that event that haunts the dad. LOGLINE: When a young boy is kidnapped by a demonic entity haunting a village, his father—a guilt-ridden farmer, must journey to save his son while confronting his past. I hope this helps!

Wardan Tiple

Hi Aarthi & Oriel, now you can take a look at it... I just corrected it.

Arnaud Talaia

I like both of Oriel and Aarthi's loglines. They are much clearer. Use one of them ;-)

Wardan Tiple

Yeah Arnaud, but non of them reflect the exact story what I have written. I think Logline should be true to the script and not otherwise.

Bhavana Goparaju

Logline is not sounding proper according to the synopsis Wardan! Can you improve it

Wardan Tiple

Hi Bhawna, yes, here is the new one. Actually I changed it thrice. No one knows earlier Loglines. This is the new one :-)

David Chester

This is not as clear as the "HANDS" one. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to focus on.

Linda Scarlett

I like this one!

Stuart Land

My comment is the same as the one I gave above.

Lara Kossover

Sounds like a movie I'd watch

Desiree Argentina

Very interesting idea! I am intrigued!

Renais Sance

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S.J. Robinson

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S.J. Robinson

Sounds interesting Wardan, like the conflict of pragmatic vs. superstitious

Wardan Tiple

Hey many thanks SJ ;-)

Jalleh Doty

interesting story, But you reword stuff to hook people. I mean what happened to chintu? does he have a story to tell? Do people go out and look for him?

Egi David Perdana II

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Nathaniel Baker

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Dunya K. Ibrahim

I liked this. But I think films like this need a good director in order to maintain the beauty of the story. I wish you success.

Jason Gonsalves

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DeShawn Buckner

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