A YOUNG copywriter’s ability to conceptualise the feeling of frustration into music has won him the “Best Original Music Award” at Malaysia’s first international film festival for youths. Yaashdev Sasidharan, 26, who won the award at the Limkokwing International Youth Film Festival, said it was challenging to create music that conveyed something abstract like a specific emotion or thought. He said he was surprised by the win as he did not know that the video had been submitted for the film festival. It took him about two weeks to come up with the music for Peace Drop after his friend approached him with the idea for the video. The film festival saw film entries from 18 countries, namely, Brazil, China, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Laos, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Syria, Yemen, Iran, Botswana, Eswatini, Rwanda and Sierra Leone.

Source: The Star April 11, 2021 00:33 UTC