Vignesh KUMULAI (India) is a cinematographer and filmmaker whose work on the film&nbsp;Pebbles (2021) earned the Tiger Award at IFFR 2021 and a nomination for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. His directorial debut Karparaa was selected for IFFR 2023.

Vignesh Kumulai

Austere, richly atmospheric rural portrait of the cruelties of youth and the frailties of age.

An elderly bedridden couple lives apart under the begrudging care of different children. As seasons come and go, the drifting camera pores over their time-worn bodies, the textured landscapes and flourishing animal life around them.

IFFR 2023

Regular Programme

Karparaa, 

Bright Future

Karparaa

Vinothraj P.S.

A poverty-stricken father and son wander a southern Indian landscape where anger and frustration burn hotter than the sun.

A 13 km trek through the suffocating heat of the day brings the violent drunk Ganapathy and his son’s relationship to a head. They wander across a desolate landscape that symbolises their poverty and attendant emotional deprivation.

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

Vignesh Kumulai

Filmography

Vignesh Kumulai at IFFR

Pebbles

Karparaa