Since its release last week, LSU students have been cheesed to see screen arts major Rajan Awasthi’s first feature film, "The Rat Man Movie."
Since its release last week, LSU students have been cheesed to see screen arts major Rajan Awasthi’s first feature film, "The Rat Man Movie."
The movie follows Rat Man, a hero whose power is... to rat on people. Awasthi, who wrote, directed, and starred in the movie, got the idea for the cheese-loving crime fighter in high school.
"It was an anti-bullying PSA we had to make, and we had this crazy comedy short (film) idea," Awasthi said.
The film takes a more cheesy approach than your average superhero flick, but Awasthi’s humorous writing has resonated well with the audience.
In addition to creating a more silly motif, Awasthi said that he was inspired by how the New York City environment was essential to the Spider-Man movies and decided that Baton Rouge should have their own hero, too.
"Because one of my biggest inspirations was 'Spiderman 2,' which was a very authentic New York movie, I thought it would be interesting to make a movie that's authentic to Baton Rouge," Awasthi said.
The unique movie features cheesy puns, Gordon McKernan, Dean Norris and Guantanamo Bay. The film can be viewed here for free.