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 free-ranging dog issue of 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.

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