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Switch Off is a short film directed by Anoop Gangadharan. It is the first short film which features only gadgets and was selected for Limca Book of Records . [1]

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References

  1. "Short film 'Switch Off' in Limca book". The New Indian Express . 27 September 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2016.