First Clap initiative for aspiring directors

First Clap is a talent initiative for aspiring filmmakers. They along with Suriya’s 2 D Entertainment and Movie Buff have launched their second edition of talent hunt now. It's a season where short filmmakers are rocking in mainstream cinema in K'town. The young short filmmakers who made their way to the silver screen in the recent times are Karthik Naren (Dhuruvangal Padhinaaru), Nithilan Swaminathan (Kurangu Bommai) and Arun Prabhu (Aruvi).

This year Knack Studios is supporting the initiative by extending its postproduction facilities free of charge for the contest 'Oru Kathai Sollunga' - tell a story, in 3 minutes for processing the Digital Intermediate and 5.1 audio mixes, to the top five winners prior to the theatrical screening.

Suriya who supports this venture said, “A platform like 'First Clap' helps us identify raw new talent and exposes us to various innovative stories. If scripts are finalized, we will be interested in working with this new class of creators”.