Osthe

Osthe (transl. Brawler) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film directed by S. Dharani, starring Silambarasan. A remake of 2010 Hindi film Dabangg, directed by Abhinav Singh Kashyap and written by Dileep Shukla, it featured Jithan Ramesh, Richa Gangopadhyay, Sonu Sood, reprising his role from the original, Nassar, and Revathi in supporting roles.[1][2] The film released worldwide on 9 December 2011 and opened to generally mixed reviews from critics.[3][4] The Telugu dubbed version was released as Thimmiri on 25 April 2015.[5]

Osthe
Promotional poster
Directed byS. Dharani
Produced byThandra Ramesh
Written byBharathan (dialogues)
Screenplay byS. Dharani
Story byDileep Shukla
Abhinav Kashyap
Based onDabangg
by Abhinav Kashyap
Starring
Music byS. Thaman
CinematographyGopinath
Edited byV. T. Vijayan
Production
company
Balaji Real Media
Distributed byReliance Entertainment
Release date
  • 9 December 2011 (2011-12-09)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budgetest.₹15 crore (US$2.1 million)
Box officeest. ₹36 crore (US$5.0 million)

Plot

As the film starts, Velan (Silambarasan) settles down in few minutes as 'Osthi' Velan, a stylish cop, and his travel begins. He is the police inspector in Kattupakkam in Thirunelveli district. With his subordinates Selva (Santhanam), Maasaana Moorthi (Thambi Ramaiah), Saravan (Mayilsamy), and Vaiyapuri, he has a gala time in town.

Then comes Boxer Daniel (Sonu Sood), a corrupt man with a sole motive to win the election. He uses his power and influence and goes hammer and tongs to win the polls. Osthi Velan becomes his nemesis. He plays spoilsport on all the plans of Daniel.

Meanwhile, Osthi Velan has a half brother named Balan (Jithan Ramesh), and there is a love-hate relationship between them. His mother (Revathi) tries to ensure that both meet eye-to-eye, while his father (Nassar) takes Balan's side.

Velan comes across Neduvali (Richa Gangopadhyay), the daughter of a drunkard (VTV Ganesh) in the village, and it is romance straightaway. As it happens, Velan's mother dies with a promise from him that he would take care of his brother.

Meanwhile, Daniel decides to take on Velan. A series of conspiracies are hatched by him in the form of Balan. Finally, it ends with a one-to-one brawl where Daniel is killed by 'Osthi' Velan .

Cast

Production

Casting

After considering Bollywood actresses Sonakshi Sinha and Sonam Kapoor,[8] Bengali actress Richa Gangopadhyay, who had starred in a number of Telugu ventures before, was cast as the lead female character.[9] Jithan Ramesh was chosen to play the lead character's brother, while Sonu Sood would reprise his role from the original.[10] Reports indicating that Madhu Shalini was signed to play Ramesh's pair in the film, were dismissed by Silambarasan, who clarified that Saranya Mohan had been finalised for the role.[11] Producer-turned-actor VTV Ganesh, following collaborations with Silambarasan in Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa and Vaanam was signed to portray the father of the female lead character, played by Mahesh Manjrekar in the original version.[12] The team took considerably more time to finalise the actress to perform the item number in the film. Sources reported that several actresses including Nayantara, Shriya Saran,[13] Zarine Khan,[14] Katrina Kaif, Bipasha Basu,[15] Deepika Padukone,[16] Mallika Sherawat and Vidya Balan[17] were considered or even approached, with Sherawat eventually being selected.[18]

Filming

The film was officially launched with a pooja held at the AVM studios in Chennai on 10 May 2011,[19] while filming commenced on 26 June in Mysore.[20] Almost the entire film was shot in and around Mysore in a single schedule,[21][22] which was completed by mid-August.[23] Silambarasan started a fitness regime with workouts at the gym,[24] on the contrary to Salman Khan who had undergone a special diet to shed his six pack abs.[25] The final schedule of the film was completed with a song shot in Dubai.[26] Mallika Sherawat shot the anticipated item number "Kalasala" during late September and the first week of October in Chennai.[27]

Soundtrack
Osthi
Soundtrack album by
S. Thaman
Released19 October 2011
Recorded2011
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length20:40
LabelSony Music India
ProducerS. Thaman
S. Thaman chronology
Dookudu / Power
(2011)		 Osthi
(2011)		 Mouna Guru
(2011)

The soundtrack of Osthi was scored by S. Thaman. Silambarasan revealed that composer Yuvan Shankar Raja, who he generally collaborates with, had suggested to sign Thaman as the music director.[28] Initially planned to be released on 6 October,[29] the audio launch was pushed to 19 October 2011.[30] The lyrics were written by Vaali and Yugabharathi, while Silambarasan penned the lyrics for the song "Pondaati", which would revolve around a "husband's praises for his wife."[31] The equivalent version to the chartbusting "Munni Badnaam Hui" from the original was named "Kalasala".[29] Shruti Haasan was reported to have rendered her voice in "Kalasala",[32] but the rumours were denied and instead veteran singer L. R. Eswari had sung the song.[33] "Osthi" was Thaman's first combo with Dharani who usually collaborates with Vidyasagar. "Neduvaali" and "Vaadi Vaadi" has been reused from Thaman's own compositions from Telugu film Mirapakaay.

Elements of "Kalasala Kalasala" were also sampled in the song "Don't Sell Out" by rapper Tinie Tempah.[34]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Kalasala Kalasala"VaaliL. R. Eswari, T. Rajendar, Solar Sai4:12
2."Pondaati"SilambarasanSilambarasan4:26
3."Osthi Maamey"VaaliVineeth Sreenivasan, Baba Sehgal, Rahul Nambiar, Ranjith, Naveen Madhav3:54
4."Unnale Unnale"YugabharathiThaman, Rita3:47
5."Neduvaali"YugabharathiRahul Nambiar, Mahathi4:21
Total length:20:40

The soundtrack generally received mostly positive reviews from music critics and became a commercially successful album. P.G Devi from Behindwoods gave 3 out of 5 and stated that "Osthi lives up to its huge expectations with generous mass entertainers like 'Kalasala Kalasala', 'Pondatti' and 'Neduvaali'. It will be a top musical grosser, alluring listeners with its hits".[35] Prakash Upadhyaya from Oneindia.in praised Thaman's music sense and claimed that it is Simbu's Diwali treat.[36] Indiaglitz also gave a positive verdict writing that "'Kalasala' the Tamil equivalent of Bollywood chartbuster 'Munni' fulfills all expectations, and even exceeds at some places. If your choice is an album that is a collection of mass numbers, there can't be better pick than Osthi. Go and grab it".[37] Pavithra Srinivasan from Rediff also complimented the soundtrack's "mildly appealing combination of masala beats", giving 2.5 out of 5.[38]

Release

The satellite rights of the film were secured by Sun TV. The film was given a "U" certificate by the Indian Censor Board. Osthi, released in more than 110 screens overseas in December 2011[39] and it was the biggest ever overseas release in Silambarasan's career, with the actor naming it the "biggest action film that he has done so far".[40]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Rediff
Deccan Chronicle

Osthi opened to mixed reviews. The New Indian Express said "unfortunately it's unable to recreate the same magic of the earlier version, the film a passable routine masala entertainer" and stated the movie lacked the punch in original.[41] Deccan Chronicle rated the film three stars commenting "Osthi is worth watching once."[42] Malathi Rangarajan of thehindu.com said "If Dabangg could make it, Osthe should! And if Salman could do it, so can STR."[43] Pavithra Srinivasan of Rediff rated it 2/5 complaining "Osthi lacks the magic that made Dabangg work."[44] IndiaGlitz.com opined "Osthi ends up as an entertainer."[45] Behindwoods rated it 2.5/5 stating that it entertains.[46] Sify called it a "time-pass entertainer."[47] Rohit Ramachandran of Nowrunning.com gave 2/5 and termed the movie "a snoozefest."[48]

Box office

Osthi collected 7 crores worldwide on the first day.[49] The film was reported to have got a "flying start at the box Office".[50] The total worldwide gross is 36 crores at the box office. The film was a profitable venture. The film satellite rights was sold for ₹4.50 crore (US$630,000) to Sun TV. The film was declared Moderate Hit at the box office. Though the Telugu dubbed version Thimmiri couldn't beat the popularity of the original Telugu version Gabbar Singh.

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