Oruvan

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Oruvan
Oruvan 1999 poster.jpg
Poster
Directed bySuresh Krissna
Written byGopu Babu (dialogues)
Story bySuresh Krissna
Produced byV. Swaminathan
G. Venugopal
K. Muralidharan
StarringSarath Kumar
Pooja Batra
Devayani
CinematographyS. Saravanan
Edited bySuresh Urs
Music byDeva
Production
company
Release date
25 June 1999[1]
Running time
153 mins[2]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Oruvan (transl. One Man) is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Suresh Krissna. The film stars Sarath Kumar and Pooja Batra while Devayani, Raghuvaran and Anandaraj play supporting roles. Produced by Lakshmi Movie Makers, the film had cinematography handled by S. Saravanan and music composed by Deva. It had a theatrical release across Tamil Nadu on 25 June 1999.[3][4]

Cast[]

Production[]

Suresh Krissna and Sarath Kumar decided to collaborate again after the relative commercial failure of their previous project, Vedan (1993).[5] Hindi film actress Pooja Batra played her first lead role in Tamil cinema through the project.[6][7][8][9][10]

While the film was in the post-production stage, Suresh Krissna moved on to begin work on two other projects starring Karthik and Vijay. Neither film later materialised.[11]

Soundtrack[]

The music for the film was composed by Deva.[12][13] The song "Chandamama" from Telugu film Auto Driver was reused as "Chinna Roja".

No. Song Singers Lyrics
1 "Chinna Roja" Hariharan Pazhani Bharathi
2 "Gopala Gopala" Deva, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sujatha Kalaikumar
3 "O Nandini" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sujatha Ra. Ravishankar
4 "Vaarevaa" Vandemataram Srinivas Pazhani Bharathi
5 "Vandhachu Vandhachu" Mano, Sujatha Kalaikumar

Release[]

The film had a theatrical release across Tamil Nadu on 25 June 1999. Usha Gopalakrishnan of the film portal Indolink praised the performance of Sarathkumar, but added "compared to director Suresh Krishna's earlier movies, this one is not so good. No need to watch in the theater. Can see in video tape."[14] Thamarai Manalan of Dinakaran also gave the film a positive review, noting Suresh Krishna "has extracted hard and good work from the artists. The way in which he has conceived as well as picturized the passionate and emotive scenes connected with the small boy Vikky has earned the former our great appreciation."[15] Film critic Balaji Balasubramanian wrote "inspite of the cliched and predictable storyline, the movie is fairly engaging due to some deft handling". He added "dialogues are short and crisp and things are kept moving along at a fairly good pace. The director relies on comedy to sail through the first half and for once, the comedy is actually funny. The script sparkles at several places."[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "டோடோவின் ரஃப் நோட்டு — Tamil Kavithai -- தமிழ் கவிதைகள் - நூற்று கணக்கில்!". டோடோவின் ரஃப் நோட்டு.
  2. ^ "Oruvan | Flixster". www.flixster.com.
  3. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAvdUbn2mlo
  4. ^ Arvind, T. (2 November 2017). "The numbers game: Tamil cinema's numerical titles" – via www.thehindu.com.
  5. ^ a b http://www.bbthots.com/reviews/1999/oruvan.html
  6. ^ "Archived copy". www.dinakaran.com. Archived from the original on 27 April 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Thala Ajith's costar gets married secretly! - Tamil News". IndiaGlitz.com. 12 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Rediff On The NeT, Movies: Gossip from the southern film industry". www.rediff.com.
  9. ^ @iampoojabatra (10 April 2014). "#throwbackthursday #Oruvan #movie #still #awesome #costar #superstar @realsarathkumar #director #sureshkumar" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ^ "rediff.com, Movies: The Rediff Interview -- Pooja Batra". www.rediff.com.
  11. ^ "Archived copy". www.dinakaran.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ^ "Oruvan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Deva" – via music.apple.com.
  13. ^ "Oruvan Songs Download, Oruvan All MP3 Songs, Raaga.com All Songs". www.raaga.com.
  14. ^ "Archived copy". www.indolink.com. Archived from the original on 1 June 2000. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. ^ "Archived copy". www.dinakaran.com:80. Archived from the original on 9 October 1999. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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