ABOUT THE FILMMAKER
Satish Menon is an independent filmmaker based in Chicago. An Environmental Engineer by trade, Mr. Menon worked as a consultant for over nine years. Over this period, Mr. Menon wrote, produced and directed four short subject fiction films and one documentary. This is his first full length feature film. Mr. Menon is currently working on a documentary in Chicago entitled Survival on the Domestic Front - Immigrant Women's Stories that brings to light the under-represented stories of battered immigrant women whose encounter with violence is aggravated due to the triple bind of gender, ethnicity and immigration status

STATEMENT OF THE DIRECTOR
Change is inherent to any community of individuals, be it a country, an organization, or the union of two people in a marriage. It is a manifestation of the evolution of self, our wants, desires, and hopes, welcome by some and resisted by others. In more relevant terms, the socioeconomic politics of many countries are currently guided by the changes associated with globalization. For many, the resultant evolution of our society often forces us to evaluate the merits of change, weighing our collective conscience against our individual desires and hopes, thus forming the foundation of our reaction in response to the change. Subsequently, our mixed response becomes the basis of conflict, but more importantly, creates a wedge between those who benefit from it and those who suffer from it. Bhavum is an exploration of the emotional evolution within a marriage that results from changes in the physical and material desires of the husband that run in conflict with the conscience of the wife; this conflict saddles her with the burden of choice: Should she accept his changes for the sake of her marriage, or should she resist it and stay true to herself?

Contact Satish Menon at satishm@visualpossibility.com