Ottran
Ottran | |
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Directed by | Ilankannan |
Produced by | Gandhilal Bansali |
Written by | Ilankannan |
Starring |
Arjun Simran |
Music by | Pravin Mani |
Cinematography | K. S. Selvaraj |
Edited by | P. Sai Suresh |
Release date | 24 October 2003 |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Ottran (English: A Spy) is a 2003 Tamil film starring Arjun, Simran, Manorama, Vadivelu, Tejashree, Sarath Babu and directed by Ilankannan. The score and soundtrack was composed by Pravin Mani. The film was a hit at the box office. The film was released in Telugu as Goodachari No. 1.[1]
Cast
- Arjun as Karthik, a RAW agent
- Simran as Sudha
- Vadivelu as Maadasaamy
- Manorama as Karthik's mother
- Ambika as Sudha's mother
- Sarath Babu as Manikkavel IPS, IG, Prisons
- Gaurav Chopra as Terrorist
- Hari Nair as Terrorist
- Riyaz Khan as Peer Mohammed
- Ajay Rathnam as Saran
- Pyramid Natarajan as Kumara Saamy
- Chitti Babu as Marriage Broker
- Tejashree
- Mahanadi Shankar
- Anu Mohan
- Shyam Ganesh
- Singamuthu
- Rajeev
- Sathya Prakash
- Hemanth
- Dharmesh
- Vimal Raj
- Chitra
- Vishal
- Satheesh
- Ambareesh
- Peer Mohammed
- Baby Rani
Production
After the Arjun-directed Ezhumalai, the Arjun-Simran pair come together in yet another film titled ‘Ottran’. Directing the film is first-timer Ilankannan, who had apprenticed with director Shanker. Arjun plays a secret agent in the film, which gives him scope for enough of action scenes. Shooting commenced in Chennai in a forty-day schedule.[2]
Soundtrack
Ottran | |
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Soundtrack album by Pravin Mani | |
Released | 2003 |
Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
Label | Hit Music |
Producer | Pravin Mani |
These 6 songs in Ottran are composed by Pravin Mani.[3]
- "Yeh Thiththippey" - Karthik, Suchitra
- "Oru Paarvai" - Srinivas, Sujatha
- "Chinna Veeda" - Manikka Vinayagam, Srilekha Parthasarathy
- "Kitchu Kitchu" - Shankar Mahadevan, Lavanya
- "Uttalangadi" - Manikka Vinayagam
- "En Kanave" - Srinivas, Sujatha
Critical reception
Hindu wrote:"first half of the film is the screenplay that allows no room for sluggishness or dampeners. The film moves on at breakneck speed and by the time you take a breather it's intermission".[4]
References
- ↑ Pillai, Sreedhar (2003-12-29). "Reel of fortune". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
- ↑ "Internet Archive Wayback Machine". 10 February 2003. Archived from the original on 10 February 2003. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ↑ "Join me on Raaga". Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ↑ "Ottran". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 2003-10-24.