Autobiography of a stray dog
Autobiography of a Stray Dog
Feature Length Documentary/ Malayalam with English subtitles/ India/ Dir. Sohan Lal/ 2016
Autobiography of a stray dog/ ABSD is a 2016 Indian documentary film directed by Sohanlal. It tells the story of a Stray Dog in Kerala. The documentary film is in Malayalam with English subtitles and is of 50.mins duration. The documentary film is about the life of stray dogs in Kerala, a southern state of India.
Synopsis
In Kerala, the problem of stray dogs is the most controversial issue now. Recently, an old lady was killed by stray dogs in a coastal village and bites and attacks by stray dogs on bike riders, street walkers and pets are also reported from different locations. After the killing of the old lady, the mindset of the majority turned against Stray Dogs. When the Kerala government decided to kill stray dogs because of the increasing threat they posed to human lives, Animal Rights campaigners are up in arms against the state. Faced with criticism, the government was forced to drop the plan. However, a few people started killing stray dogs and started showing their dead bodies publicly, even though it is against the existing law based on 'Prevention of cruelty to animals act.' Such incidents are increasing day by day. Even dog lovers are not getting enough space to make their voices heard.
Content
In this documentary, we are analyzing the reasons and causes which make the dog violent and we are suggesting that these human generated reasons and causes should be remedied instead of killing the dogs. ABSD portrays the struggles of a stray dog who lives in Kerala.
In this documentary we can also see a couple from United Kingdom who are staying in Kerala and spending their life to protect stray dogs. There is one more lady in the film who is of Indian origin living with stray dogs and treats their wounds with abundance of compassion. The documentary has been made in consultation with Dr. V George Mathew, Former Professor & Head of the Dept. of Psychology, University of Kerala.
Team
This feature length documentary has been directed by the acclaimed filmmaker Sohannlal and produced by a dog lover Byju John who is working at the Air force of United States. The whole documentary is being presented as a monologue of a stray dog. A celebrity film actor- Ravi Vallathol who is in almost all films of Adoor Gopalakrishnan is handling the narration part.
Highlights
The documentary film has been shot using two cameras rolling at the same time. One camera captured the point of view shots of the dog. The film also depicts the street life of Kerala through the eyes of a stray dog.
==External Links ==
Dog’s life, in its own words IMDb FaceBook Page Website of the Director