I’ve always described myself as the girl equivalent of the Pillsbury doughboy — remember that ad? I’ve never had much by way of core strength, so I never could do a push up. Until this year. The first half of 2024 has been about learning that my soft, squishy body is capable of more than I ever dared to imagine. So here’s a little celebratory carousel of the progress I’ve made so far: Video 1: Pistol Squat Video 2: Hanging Knee Raise Video 3: My first ever full push up Thanks to the coaches at @liftwithajith and @combatfitnesscult for setting me on this path of joyful discovery. I know there’s a long way to go in terms of correcting form etc but it has been lovely to surprise myself 😊 #workinprogress #pillsburydoughgirl
I’ve always described myself as the girl equivalent of the Pillsbury doughboy — remember that ad? I’ve never had much by way of core strength, so I never could do a push up. Until this year. The first half of 2024 has been about learning that my soft, squishy body is capable of more than I ever dared to imagine. So here’s a little celebratory carousel of the progress I’ve made so far: Video 1: Pistol Squat Video 2: Hanging Knee Raise Video 3: My first ever full push up Thanks to the coaches at @liftwithajith and @combatfitnesscult for setting me on this path of joyful discovery. I know there’s a long way to go in terms of correcting form etc but it has been lovely to surprise myself 😊 #workinprogress #pillsburydoughgirl
I’ve always described myself as the girl equivalent of the Pillsbury doughboy — remember that ad? I’ve never had much by way of core strength, so I never could do a push up. Until this year. The first half of 2024 has been about learning that my soft, squishy body is capable of more than I ever dared to imagine. So here’s a little celebratory carousel of the progress I’ve made so far: Video 1: Pistol Squat Video 2: Hanging Knee Raise Video 3: My first ever full push up Thanks to the coaches at @liftwithajith and @combatfitnesscult for setting me on this path of joyful discovery. I know there’s a long way to go in terms of correcting form etc but it has been lovely to surprise myself 😊 #workinprogress #pillsburydoughgirl
Exactly 3 months ago, on my birthday, my dad woke up in the ICU after an emergency bypass. The first thing he said when he saw me was: I’m sorry you’re spending your birthday in a hospital. Sweet… And kinda funny because my family has never been big on birthdays. Birthday gifts were uncommon, a birthday party was a rarity, and the number of birthdays that have simply been forgotten felt like a shameful secret that made me question if we were falling short in some way as a unit. I chuckled and said that his waking up in good spirits was my birthday present. And it truly was. Three months later, it’s my brother’s birthday today. Another quiet day, except there’s some cake in the fridge, and Achan just got back from the hospital after acing his follow up review. To say we are grateful would be an understatement. I took this photo of my parents a few days after the bypass while they were doing their daily round of short walks along the hospital corridor. Achan amazed the staff with his quick recovery, and this photo should tell you why. There are few people more resilient than Achan, but I don’t know of anyone who is stronger than my Amma. While he was in the ICU, she stayed her cheery self and took everything in her stride, only focusing on what needed to be done next. And once he was in surgery, she played sudoku and crossword with my brother until the nurses wheeled him out. When Achan opened his eyes, the first thing he said to Amma was: You are a midukki (an endearment for someone who is charmingly capable and confident). She came out beaming, and I couldn’t help but admire how he had made her heart smile even in his groggy state. For a family that doesn’t really do birthdays, maybe we have found our own ways of celebrating each other… To the wonderful team at Lisie Hospital, my deepest gratitude for looking after the most important man in my life as if he were yours. #santhygivesthanks
A little shout out and a whole lot of love to @alexanderkaleekal for making me this beautiful dress I wore to the opening night of LIFF, and the delicate overlay I wore to our second screening. The dress had a simple and elegant cut that is surprisingly hard to get right, with lovely sheer panels along the sleeves and the sides that added a special something to the fit. The organza overlay had a sculptural quality to it and was like a life-sized origami puzzle that took me two days to figure out. I guess one has to earn the right to wear an original @kaleekal 🤓 I paired it with a basic crop top and black trousers from Uniqlo. Alan was the costume designer of Ennennum, and wearing his designs to the festival felt like a full circle moment. Thank you for making me clothes that felt like me while still pushing me out of my comfort zone, Alan 😊 #kaleekal #ennennum #liff
A little shout out and a whole lot of love to @alexanderkaleekal for making me this beautiful dress I wore to the opening night of LIFF, and the delicate overlay I wore to our second screening. The dress had a simple and elegant cut that is surprisingly hard to get right, with lovely sheer panels along the sleeves and the sides that added a special something to the fit. The organza overlay had a sculptural quality to it and was like a life-sized origami puzzle that took me two days to figure out. I guess one has to earn the right to wear an original @kaleekal 🤓 I paired it with a basic crop top and black trousers from Uniqlo. Alan was the costume designer of Ennennum, and wearing his designs to the festival felt like a full circle moment. Thank you for making me clothes that felt like me while still pushing me out of my comfort zone, Alan 😊 #kaleekal #ennennum #liff
A little shout out and a whole lot of love to @alexanderkaleekal for making me this beautiful dress I wore to the opening night of LIFF, and the delicate overlay I wore to our second screening. The dress had a simple and elegant cut that is surprisingly hard to get right, with lovely sheer panels along the sleeves and the sides that added a special something to the fit. The organza overlay had a sculptural quality to it and was like a life-sized origami puzzle that took me two days to figure out. I guess one has to earn the right to wear an original @kaleekal 🤓 I paired it with a basic crop top and black trousers from Uniqlo. Alan was the costume designer of Ennennum, and wearing his designs to the festival felt like a full circle moment. Thank you for making me clothes that felt like me while still pushing me out of my comfort zone, Alan 😊 #kaleekal #ennennum #liff
A little shout out and a whole lot of love to @alexanderkaleekal for making me this beautiful dress I wore to the opening night of LIFF, and the delicate overlay I wore to our second screening. The dress had a simple and elegant cut that is surprisingly hard to get right, with lovely sheer panels along the sleeves and the sides that added a special something to the fit. The organza overlay had a sculptural quality to it and was like a life-sized origami puzzle that took me two days to figure out. I guess one has to earn the right to wear an original @kaleekal 🤓 I paired it with a basic crop top and black trousers from Uniqlo. Alan was the costume designer of Ennennum, and wearing his designs to the festival felt like a full circle moment. Thank you for making me clothes that felt like me while still pushing me out of my comfort zone, Alan 😊 #kaleekal #ennennum #liff
A little shout out and a whole lot of love to @alexanderkaleekal for making me this beautiful dress I wore to the opening night of LIFF, and the delicate overlay I wore to our second screening. The dress had a simple and elegant cut that is surprisingly hard to get right, with lovely sheer panels along the sleeves and the sides that added a special something to the fit. The organza overlay had a sculptural quality to it and was like a life-sized origami puzzle that took me two days to figure out. I guess one has to earn the right to wear an original @kaleekal 🤓 I paired it with a basic crop top and black trousers from Uniqlo. Alan was the costume designer of Ennennum, and wearing his designs to the festival felt like a full circle moment. Thank you for making me clothes that felt like me while still pushing me out of my comfort zone, Alan 😊 #kaleekal #ennennum #liff
What I wore to Ennennum’s Swiss premiere at NIFFF: an ice blue organza saree hand-embroidered with the Edelweiss — the Swiss National Flower. Thank you again, @sreejithjeevan and @roukabysreejithjeevan — the nod to Switzerland was met with bemused approval by my wonderful hosts 😊 As it turns out, the Edelweiss is not only associated with legends of love and devotion, it is also known as the everlasting flower — particularly apt given the themes Ennennum explores. I was also told that the Edelweiss is a lucky charm — from here on, a talisman of the alpine magic we experienced all the way to our win on closing night 😊 Photographs by the talented @kirtanarajeev ✨ Thank you, @editedsunlight and @steelysan for letting us shoot in your lovely garden 😊 #sareebutmakeitswiss #roukabysreejithjeevan #ennennum #nifff
What I wore to Ennennum’s Swiss premiere at NIFFF: an ice blue organza saree hand-embroidered with the Edelweiss — the Swiss National Flower. Thank you again, @sreejithjeevan and @roukabysreejithjeevan — the nod to Switzerland was met with bemused approval by my wonderful hosts 😊 As it turns out, the Edelweiss is not only associated with legends of love and devotion, it is also known as the everlasting flower — particularly apt given the themes Ennennum explores. I was also told that the Edelweiss is a lucky charm — from here on, a talisman of the alpine magic we experienced all the way to our win on closing night 😊 Photographs by the talented @kirtanarajeev ✨ Thank you, @editedsunlight and @steelysan for letting us shoot in your lovely garden 😊 #sareebutmakeitswiss #roukabysreejithjeevan #ennennum #nifff
What I wore to Ennennum’s Swiss premiere at NIFFF: an ice blue organza saree hand-embroidered with the Edelweiss — the Swiss National Flower. Thank you again, @sreejithjeevan and @roukabysreejithjeevan — the nod to Switzerland was met with bemused approval by my wonderful hosts 😊 As it turns out, the Edelweiss is not only associated with legends of love and devotion, it is also known as the everlasting flower — particularly apt given the themes Ennennum explores. I was also told that the Edelweiss is a lucky charm — from here on, a talisman of the alpine magic we experienced all the way to our win on closing night 😊 Photographs by the talented @kirtanarajeev ✨ Thank you, @editedsunlight and @steelysan for letting us shoot in your lovely garden 😊 #sareebutmakeitswiss #roukabysreejithjeevan #ennennum #nifff
What a day! In the space of an hour I had the ultimate thrill of calling up @shaliniusha and @rahulchittella and breaking the news that they had won at the State and National awards respectively. Clichés be damned, I am over the moon, and so so proud of these two fine human beings who also happen to be among the best filmmakers I have worked with. Thank you @shaliniusha and @rahulchittella for giving me Devi and Reshma. Thank you for writing stories with depth and nuance. Thank you for ensuring that everyone on set had a happy and safe environment to work in 🤍 I can not overemphasise what a pleasure it was to collaborate with you, and your big wins today have made my heart brim over with joy ❤️ Thank you for giving all of us something to celebrate — these moments are precious and give us the strength to carry on during bleak times. Hearty congratulations also to @pita625 and Rahul for the National Award for Best Dialogues and to the maverick @bajpayee.manoj Sir for the Special Mention in the Best Actor category ✨ Congratulations to all the winners today! May the joy of creation ever be with you ✨ #ennennum #keralastateaward #gulmohar #nationalaward
What a day! In the space of an hour I had the ultimate thrill of calling up @shaliniusha and @rahulchittella and breaking the news that they had won at the State and National awards respectively. Clichés be damned, I am over the moon, and so so proud of these two fine human beings who also happen to be among the best filmmakers I have worked with. Thank you @shaliniusha and @rahulchittella for giving me Devi and Reshma. Thank you for writing stories with depth and nuance. Thank you for ensuring that everyone on set had a happy and safe environment to work in 🤍 I can not overemphasise what a pleasure it was to collaborate with you, and your big wins today have made my heart brim over with joy ❤️ Thank you for giving all of us something to celebrate — these moments are precious and give us the strength to carry on during bleak times. Hearty congratulations also to @pita625 and Rahul for the National Award for Best Dialogues and to the maverick @bajpayee.manoj Sir for the Special Mention in the Best Actor category ✨ Congratulations to all the winners today! May the joy of creation ever be with you ✨ #ennennum #keralastateaward #gulmohar #nationalaward
What a day! In the space of an hour I had the ultimate thrill of calling up @shaliniusha and @rahulchittella and breaking the news that they had won at the State and National awards respectively. Clichés be damned, I am over the moon, and so so proud of these two fine human beings who also happen to be among the best filmmakers I have worked with. Thank you @shaliniusha and @rahulchittella for giving me Devi and Reshma. Thank you for writing stories with depth and nuance. Thank you for ensuring that everyone on set had a happy and safe environment to work in 🤍 I can not overemphasise what a pleasure it was to collaborate with you, and your big wins today have made my heart brim over with joy ❤️ Thank you for giving all of us something to celebrate — these moments are precious and give us the strength to carry on during bleak times. Hearty congratulations also to @pita625 and Rahul for the National Award for Best Dialogues and to the maverick @bajpayee.manoj Sir for the Special Mention in the Best Actor category ✨ Congratulations to all the winners today! May the joy of creation ever be with you ✨ #ennennum #keralastateaward #gulmohar #nationalaward
What a day! In the space of an hour I had the ultimate thrill of calling up @shaliniusha and @rahulchittella and breaking the news that they had won at the State and National awards respectively. Clichés be damned, I am over the moon, and so so proud of these two fine human beings who also happen to be among the best filmmakers I have worked with. Thank you @shaliniusha and @rahulchittella for giving me Devi and Reshma. Thank you for writing stories with depth and nuance. Thank you for ensuring that everyone on set had a happy and safe environment to work in 🤍 I can not overemphasise what a pleasure it was to collaborate with you, and your big wins today have made my heart brim over with joy ❤️ Thank you for giving all of us something to celebrate — these moments are precious and give us the strength to carry on during bleak times. Hearty congratulations also to @pita625 and Rahul for the National Award for Best Dialogues and to the maverick @bajpayee.manoj Sir for the Special Mention in the Best Actor category ✨ Congratulations to all the winners today! May the joy of creation ever be with you ✨ #ennennum #keralastateaward #gulmohar #nationalaward
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BEYOND proud of this superstar. And I don’t use the term lightly. She not only wrote and directed Ennennum, but is also its Producer and Production Designer — to name just a few of the myriad roles she donned through the years she has journeyed with the film. Shalini began writing Ennennum in 2011 — a remarkably different era, technologically-speaking. However, the themes she explores in the film have a timeless quality that I am sure will resonate beyond advancements we are yet to see. I auditioned for Ennennum in 2019, and have since watched at close quarters the challenges she faced to mount the project, to execute it under extreme constraints, and then to find festivals which were open to an Indian film that belied typical expectations with regard to content and aesthetics. I’m in awe of her resilience through this difficult journey, and am thrilled that her efforts have been recognised by the International Critics Jury at a prestigious platform like @nifffestival ♾️ Onwards and upwards, Shalu! ✨ I think I can speak for everyone from the cast and crew when I say we are grateful to have been brought on board to bring this intelligent, emotionally compelling story to life. Thank you 🤍 #ennennum #nifff
BEYOND proud of this superstar. And I don’t use the term lightly. She not only wrote and directed Ennennum, but is also its Producer and Production Designer — to name just a few of the myriad roles she donned through the years she has journeyed with the film. Shalini began writing Ennennum in 2011 — a remarkably different era, technologically-speaking. However, the themes she explores in the film have a timeless quality that I am sure will resonate beyond advancements we are yet to see. I auditioned for Ennennum in 2019, and have since watched at close quarters the challenges she faced to mount the project, to execute it under extreme constraints, and then to find festivals which were open to an Indian film that belied typical expectations with regard to content and aesthetics. I’m in awe of her resilience through this difficult journey, and am thrilled that her efforts have been recognised by the International Critics Jury at a prestigious platform like @nifffestival ♾️ Onwards and upwards, Shalu! ✨ I think I can speak for everyone from the cast and crew when I say we are grateful to have been brought on board to bring this intelligent, emotionally compelling story to life. Thank you 🤍 #ennennum #nifff
Of course, the best part of the night was having my tribe present in full attendance — dear friends I hadn’t seen in eight years turning up to cheer and deliver bone-crushing hugs. It’s hard to put into words what the presence of these beautiful souls who have watched me transition from academia to films meant to me. Let’s just say I was overwhelmed with gratitude and took turns beaming and tearing up. It’s been a while since I’ve felt so loved. Thank you for making me feel like I still belong. I love you all and have missed you more than you know ❤️
Four beautiful days in Neuchâtel ✨ @ennennummovie ♾️ @nifffestival 2024 #ennennum #nifff #neuchatel
WE WON! ✨ Over the moon to announce that Ennennum written, directed and produced by @shaliniusha has won the International Critics Award at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival @nifffestival ♾️ We are overwhelmed with gratitude and thank the festival, the jury and the audience for the love with which our film was received. We also take this opportunity to thank the committed and passionate team behind the film who stood by us through thick and thin and made this moment possible! ✨
In the words of Ard Vijn, member of the International Critics Jury and the Editor of Screen Anarchy, Ennennum “beat my initial expectations of it and it’s hard to leave a cinema more satisfied than that.” Thank you, @ardvijn, @norabzh and @leon_cattan for championing Ennennum and appreciating a film that while modest in its canvas, has always been ambitious in scope ♾️ And thank you @nifffestival for this distinguished platform to showcase genre films, and for your unmatched hospitality ✨ Full review linked in stories. 📷: Miguel Bueno #ennennum #nifff
In the words of Ard Vijn, member of the International Critics Jury and the Editor of Screen Anarchy, Ennennum “beat my initial expectations of it and it’s hard to leave a cinema more satisfied than that.” Thank you, @ardvijn, @norabzh and @leon_cattan for championing Ennennum and appreciating a film that while modest in its canvas, has always been ambitious in scope ♾️ And thank you @nifffestival for this distinguished platform to showcase genre films, and for your unmatched hospitality ✨ Full review linked in stories. 📷: Miguel Bueno #ennennum #nifff
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