Soorarai Pottru

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Soorarai Pottru
Soorarai Pottru.JPG
Official release poster
Directed bySudha Kongara
Screenplay by
Story bySudha Kongara
Based onSimply Fly: A Deccan Odyssey
by G. R. Gopinath
Produced bySuriya
Guneet Monga
Starring
Narrated byR. Madhavan[1]
CinematographyNiketh Bommireddy
Edited bySathish Suriya
Music byG. V. Prakash Kumar
Production
companies
Distributed byAmazon Prime Video
Release date
  • 12 November 2020 (2020-11-12)
Running time
149 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Soorarai Pottru (transl. Praise the brave) is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Sudha Kongara and produced by Suriya and Guneet Monga, under their respective banners 2D Entertainment and Sikhya Entertainment.[2] The story was conceptualised and written by Kongara. The screenplay was written by Kongara and Shalini Ushadevi, with an additional screenplay by Aalif Surti and Ganesha, and Vijay Kumar writing the dialogue. The film stars Suriya, Paresh Rawal, and Aparna Balamurali with Urvashi, Mohan Babu, and Karunas amongst others in supporting roles.

The film was partly inspired by events from the life of Simplifly Deccan founder G. R. Gopinath. While the project was announced in mid-2018, under the working title Suriya 38, the official title Soorarai Pottru was announced on 13 April 2019. Principal photography began the very same month and ended that September. Filming took place across Madurai, Chennai, and Chandigarh. The film features music composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, while cinematography and editing were handled by Niketh Bommireddy and Sathish Suriya respectively.

The theatrical release of the film suffered due to post-production delays and the COVID-19 pandemic. The film released digitally through Amazon Prime Video on 12 November 2020, coinciding with the eve of Diwali festival. It was released simultaneously with its dubbed versions in Malayalam and Kannada under the same title and in Telugu as Aakasam Nee Haddu Raa (transl. The sky is the limit). A Hindi dubbed version titled Udaan (transl. Flight) was released on 4 April 2021.[3]

Soorarai Pottru received acclaim from critics, who praised the major technical aspects of the film, while also appreciating the writing, Suriya's performance and Sudha's direction.[4][5] It was selected as one among ten Indian films to be screened under the Best Foreign Film category at the 78th Golden Globe Awards.[6] The film was made available for screening at the 93rd Academy Awards,[7] but was not nominated.[8] The film also entered the Panorama Section of the Shanghai International Film Festival.[9]

Plot[]

Nedumaaran Rajangam, nicknamed "Maara", is a former Indian Air Force captain who dreams of starting a low-cost carrier airline. He idolises Paresh Goswami, the owner of Jaz Airlines who achieved great success in the airline industry through hard work. One day, Maara is visited by Sundari alias Bommi, whose family is looking for a suitable groom for her. Maara is impressed by Bommi's nature and agrees to marry her. He tells her that he grew up as a rebellious boy, much to his father's dismay, and had a strained relationship with him. Later, he joined the Air Force where he excelled. He was often reprimanded by his superior, M. Naidu due to his rebellious nature. When his father was on his deathbed, Maara tried to book a flight home but found that he did not have enough money. He requests many people to help him out financially, to no avail. By the time he reached, his father had already died. This launched his ambition for starting a low-cost carrier. Bommi, however, feels that he would not give much attention to her post-marriage and rejects him.

Maara visits Naidu to ask for the ex-serviceman loan so that he can start his airline but Naidu refuses. With no other option, Maara travels on the same flight as Paresh. He proposes they work together and start a low-cost carrier. Paresh however, believes that the poor should not travel with the rich and humiliates Maara. Prakash Babu, the head of a venture capitalist firm overhears Maara's conversation with Paresh and asks him to explain his business plan to the board members of the firm. Meanwhile, Maara and Bommi start meeting each other frequently and eventually get married. He plans to lease Boeing aircraft from PlaneAm who have agreed to lease them at low prices. After his funds get sanctioned, Maara tries to meet the DGCA officials to acquire the licence but they fail to give him any importance. Maara meets the President of India and requests his help in getting the licence.

Irked by his progress, Paresh uses his power to pass a law that requires Boeing to submit its airline blueprints to fly in the Indian airspace. This leads to PlaneAm cancelling the lease and demanding a penalty fee. Maara requests Prakash to loan him money to pay the penalty but he is denied. Prakash reveals he was working with Paresh and had conspired with him to bring Maara down. He also reveals the Boeing planes were acquired by Jaz Airlines instead. Infuriated, Maara storms into Paresh's office but is tackled by the guards. He becomes short-tempered and often quarrels with Bommi but later apologises. He realises that he can fly smaller aircraft and strikes a deal with a Turboprop aircraft manufacturer. Paresh, fearing his rise can affect his business decides to take matters into his own hands. Meanwhile, Maara's entire village comes to help him financially by donating as much money as they can. He plans to commence flight operations from abandoned airstrips since the major airports come under Paresh's control. He names his airline Deccan Air and sells tickets at railway stations and petrol pumps hoping to get customers. Retired Air Force pilots are hired to fly the planes and Bommi is made in-charge of the in-flight catering.

On the day of the delivery of the aircraft, Paresh uses his influence to restrict the flight's landing at Chennai, forcing the flight to crash land at the Air Force base due to lack of fuel. Maara is called by Naidu to explain for the emergency landing and lets him off with a fine after hearing about his ambitions. On the day of the maiden voyage, the flight catches fire and is forced to cancel take-off. It is revealed that Paresh had bribed the captain to sabotage the flight. The captain owns up to his mistakes in front of the inquiry. A prominent businessman offers to buy Deccan Air but Maara refuses citing differences in their vision. Paresh starts a smear campaign against Deccan Air in the hopes of ending Maara's dreams but Maara ensures everyone that his flights are safe and cost-effective. On the day of the start of operations, however, no one turns up for one of the flights. Just when Maara is about to give up, he is informed that a technical glitch occurred due to which the tickets for that particular flight did not get booked. But all other flights get completely booked. With tears of happiness in his eyes, Maara watches the other flights touch down. Paresh accepts defeat as Deccan Air becomes a success.

Cast[]

Production[]

Development[]

Sudha Kongara Prasad at Irudhi Suttru Thanks Giving Meet
Sudha Kongara wrote the script of Soorarai Pottru, in late-2009 before her directorial debut Drohi (2010).[24]

A film based on the novel Simply Fly: A Deccan Odyssey by Simplify Deccan founder-and-entrepreneur G. R. Gopinath was concpetualised in late-2009 by Sudha Kongara, when she assisted Mani Ratnam during the production of Raavanan (2010).[25] Sudha went on an extensive research work for the script for more than ten years, while also became busy on the direction of Drohi, Irudhi Suttru and its Telugu remake Guru.[24] During the audio launch of Irudhi Suttru, Sudha met Suriya, who attended the event as one of the chief guests and narrated the one-line of the script. However, Suriya decided to start working on the film after his acting commitments in 24 and Singam 3, while Sudha started working on Guru.[24]

Post-completing Guru, Sudha again met Suriya in his residence in February 2017, to handover the half-completed script. Impressed by the narration and story, Suriya agreed to act as well as producing the project, as Suriya wanted no one to interfere on how much would be spent on the film or to change any sequence.[26] He was also concerned on the final product and the quality of the film, so he believed that producing the project, could let him handle the supervision.[24] Since the proposed budget was considerably higher, Suriya approached producer Guneet Monga to substantially fund the film under the Sikhya Entertainment banner, the company was known for producing critically acclaimed films such as The Lunchbox (2013), Masaan (2015) and the Academy Award-winning Documentary film Period. End of Sentence. (2018).[27] The company agreed to fund the project, thus becoming their first South Indian film.[28] The film was officially announced in April 2018 with the tentative title Suriya 38.[29]

The pre-production work of the film was kick started in June 2018,[30] and was speculated to be launched in November,[31] but the delay in pre-productions pushed the film's launch further. G. V. Prakash Kumar was selected to work on the film's music, collaborating with director Sudha and actor Suriya for the first time.[32][33] The technical crew of the film comprises Niketh Bommireddy as the cinematographer,[34] Sathish Suriya who worked on director's Irudhi Suttru and Guru as film editor and Jacki as production designer.[34][35] Sudha confirmed the film is not a biopic of Gopinath,[36] but was only inspired by certain events from his life.[37] Kongara had made changes in the script and screenplay to suit the real life events took place in the film.[38] On 13 April 2019, the title was revealed as Soorarai Pottru with a poster release.[39]

Casting[]

Sudha wanted to bring out my personal emotions and my personal experiences while we were talking about script, and then talked about it from her point of view [...] The way she was able to visualise the fights and chases, the energy that she was expecting out of everyone and matching her energy was a challenge [...] I had a learning experience while making Nandha. I had it when making Pithamagan and Kaakha Kaakha. This one, too, was not just like going for work, but also a learning and working experience. Doing certain things out of my comfort zone felt new. For example, when I speak, I pause a lot and speak, thinking through the sentence and then uttering it. But Sudha gave me dialogues that should be uttered continuously. I believe I smile a lot. And she'd ensure I didn't do that. Every sentence had a rhythm that was set. Eventually, I became more like Maara and not Suriya.

 – Suriya in an interview with The Times of India.[40]

Suriya played the role of Nedumaaran Rajangam (Maara), who is considered as an ambitious man hailing from Madurai, though, loosely adapting from G. R. Gopinath's character.[41] Sudha had hired 2-3 assistant directors and writers from Madurai, to speak in Madurai dialect.[42] Suriya said of his character, "He is prone to anger [...] Even in anger, he is able to think of why certain people are coming from a different perspective. He knows how to behave with his wife, his friends and others". Sudha fixed these elements prior to the shoot, to make the performance look consistent.[40] He also did few physical transformations;[43][44] for his younger portions, he had lost more than 20-30 kilograms to gain physique for the role,[45] and had also maintained a strict diet regime by having cucumber diet.[46]

Suriya plays the protagonist Nedumaaran Rajangam and Aparna Balamurali (in her first collaboration with the actor), played Sundari Nedumaran.[47] Their characters were loosely adapted from Simplify Deccan founder G. R. Gopinath and Bhargavi, Gopinath's wife.[48]

The film had a total of 96 characters as the storyline tracks the protagonist's life from the beginning and may have importance at many junctures despite their limited duration on-screen.[49][47] Aparna Balamurali was signed to play the lead actress, pairing with Suriya for the first time.[50][48] Her character Sundari was modelled on Gopinath's wife Bhargavi.[51][52] Aparna also learned the Madurai slang of Tamil for the film.[53] Telugu actor Mohan Babu was signed to play a senior officer named as Bhakthavatsalam Naidu.[54][55][56] Urvashi joined the film's cast in August 2019, where she played the role of Nedumaaran's mother.[57] Karunas, Vivek Prasanna, Achyuth Kumar, Kaali Venkat, Krishnakumar and Vinodhini Vaidyanathan amongst others were also included to the film's cast.[58]

Bollywood actor Paresh Rawal was cast as the antagonist making his Tamil debut.[59] His character Paresh Goswami, a ruthless aviation tycoon, was modelled on Naresh Goyal, CEO of Jet Airways.[60] Dan Dhanoa appeared in a short pivotal role as Vinod Bhalayya, which inspired from the controversial Indian businessman Vijay Mallya.[citation needed] Som Shekhar, who appeared as a contestant in the fourth season of Bigg Boss Tamil, has been cast in an uncredited role as IAF cadet.[61] Sheik Maideen, who had a close resemblance to former president and scientist A. P. J. Abdul Kalam played that character in this film,[62] with the voice being dubbed by Naveen Muralidhar.[63] However, he died in July 2020, months before the film's release.[62]

Filming[]

The film began production with a principal photography on 8 April 2019.[64] The team began shooting for the first schedule of the film, which was completed within 16 April 2019,[65][66] where they shot across certain parts of Tamil Nadu, during this schedule.[67] The second schedule of the film was kickstarted on 23 April 2019 at Chandigarh and wrapped up on 6 June 2019.[68][69] During this schedule, an action sequence was filmed with the help of multiple cameras fitted in a car, and this sequence was choreographed by Hollywood stuntman Greg Powell.[70] Scenes were shot using a specially constructed set resembling an interior and exterior of an aircraft was headlined by art director Jacki.[71] Cinematographer Niketh Bommireddy revealed that the team had made use of hand-held cameras during the principal shooting session as most of the film were shot in the closed interiors.[72][73]

The third schedule of the film kick started during 14 June 2019, with scenes featuring Mohan Babu and Paresh Rawal were first canned.[74][75] Rawal completed her portions during July 2019.[76] During the same month, the team headed to Hyderabad for shooting major sequences.[77] A month long schedule took place in August 2019, with some important scenes needed to be canned in Madurai and surrounding locations.[78][79] It marked Suriya's return to film shooting in Madurai, after Pithamagan (2003), and during the schedule, the actor organised a fans meet with 800 of the actor's fans met the actor during the shoot.[80] The team later returned to Chennai, where they erected a building at a nearby location in the Chennai International Airport as the runway would be visible for viewing.[81][82]

After months of shooting, the film was successfully wrapped on 27 September 2019, except for patchwork scenes.[83][84] Suriya, delivered gold coins to the film's crew members after completing the shoot.[85][86] During the patchwork schedule, the team had to hire a real aircraft, in which an amount of ₹47 lakh (US$62,000) was spent by the producers per day to rent an aircraft for filming.[87][88] The entire film was completed within 60 working days.[89]

Post-production[]

The post-production activities kick-started soon after completing the film's shoot in January 2020; however, it was suspended in March 2020, following the COVID-19 pandemic.[90] The activities were resumed on 11 May 2020, after Tamil Nadu government had granted permission to resume post-production abiding COVID-19 guidelines.[91] In early June 2020, the Central Board of Film Certification granted U certificate for the film without any cuts,[92][93] and further praised Suriya's performance.[94] The censor board report was revealed on August, with the film's final runtime of 153 minutes and the offensive words used in the film were muted.[95][96] When the film was scheduled for a direct-to-digital release, the official runtime was trimmed to 149 minutes, with the cuss words not getting bleeped.[97] The deleted scenes of the film were released on 19 February 2021 (coinciding the film's 100th day run) by the production house through YouTube.[98]

Music[]

Main article: Soorarai Pottru (soundtrack)

G. V. Prakash Kumar worked on the film's score and soundtrack, in April 2019, before the start of its shoot, by recording a song in collaboration with the band Thaikkudam Bridge for a rock number in the film.[99] Singers Dhee,[100] Senthil Ganesh[101] and Harish Sivaramakrishnan[102] of the Agam band, too contributed to the album. Prakash worked on the film's background score in October 2019.[103][104] In November 2019, Prakash announced that, Suriya will croon the rap versions for the film's theme music, which was titled as "Maara Theme".[105] The song marked his third stint as a singer after he sung for a song in Anjaan (2014) and the unreleased film Party.[106] The film's soundtrack album was released by the Sony Music India label on 24 July 2020.[107]

Release[]

Streaming[]

I cannot expect my fans to go to the theatre when I don't want my family members anywhere near a closed space during the pandemic. This call was the smartest thing to do, given the circumstances [...] I am an individual, not a corporate with hundreds of crores as buffer. I am trying to safeguard my directors and projects and actors. Even then, I had to drop a big film to save the others. I see myself as the crab that’s trying to climb up a well, so that I can haul the others out with me. I am able to maintain all the families of those working in those projects because I took the OTT route. That cheque saved families, and that’s all I see right now.

 — Suriya, in an interview with HuffPost.[97]

Soorarai Pottru was earlier scheduled to release on the occasion of Christmas (25 December 2019)[108] and later to Pongal (15 January 2020).[109] Due to pending post-production activities, the film's theatrical release was delayed and later scheduled for release on 1 May 2020,[110][111] which was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[112] Suriya eventually stated, that the film will be scheduled for a theatrical release, in an online interaction with his fans through social media.[113] However, on 22 August 2020, coinciding with the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi,[114] Suriya announced that the film would have a direct-to-digital release on Amazon Prime Video on 30 October 2020,[115] and the theatrical release was cancelled.[116][117] Suriya stated that this decision was made as his production house 2D Entertainment had been facing financial difficulties due to the pandemic and had 8-10 projects to be produced, further adding that he took his decision as a producer, not as an actor and had to safeguard his projects and the crew working in the films.[117]

The direct-to-digital release announcement disappointed many of Suriya's fans who wanted to watch the film in theatres, and requested him to reconsider his decision.[118] Suriya faced a similar controversy when he released his film Ponmagal Vandhal (2020), starring Jyothika, in the same streaming platform, which became the first Tamil film to be digitally released during the pandemic, and had received backlash from theatre owners and exhibitors for his decision.[119][120] Director Hari, too wrote a letter to Suriya to reconsider the decision of releasing the film digitally, while Bharathiraja defended him and welcomed his decision, stating that it is the right move for the current situation.[121] In addition to the digital release, Rajasekar Pandian, the executive producer of 2D Entertainment stated that the film will be premiered across 200 countries.[122] Suriya further announced that ₹5 crore from the film's profit, will be donated to the film industry workers and frontline workers who made necessary efforts to control the pandemic.[123][117]

A week prior to the film's release date, on 21 October 2020, Suriya announced that the film will be postponed due to the delay over obtaining the NOC, from the Indian Air Force.[124][125][126] The makers announced that the film will be released on 12 November 2020, coinciding with the eve of Diwali festival.[127] Soorarai Pottru released in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada languages, with the Telugu version titled as Aakasam Nee Haddhu Ra,[128][129] and Satyadev Kancharana provided voice-over for Suriya's character in the film.[130] A Hindi dubbed version titled Udaan was released on 4 April 2021.[3]

Marketing[]

As part of the film's promotional strategy, the production company announced that they will collaborate with SpiceJet as their official partner. The chairman of SpiceJet, Ajay Singh launched his company's Boeing 737 plane with a poster from the film branded on it on 13 February 2020, the same day where the second single of the film was launched inside on the company's Boeing 737 plane during mid-air flight. This will be the third time a passenger jet had been wrapped for advertising an Indian film, after AirAsia India for Kabali (2016) and SpiceJet for Darbar (2020).[131][132] The making of Soorarai Pottru was released on 14 April 2020, on the occasion of Tamil New Year's Day.[133] Suriya's dedication and hard work for the film featured in the making video was appreciated by fans.[134]

Prior to the release of the film, Suriya launched a huge space balloon with a special poster at the highest possible altitude.[135] The poster, which also featured the signature of over 10,000 fans, was launched at 34,000 ft above the sea level by a German crew. The first-of-a-kind promotional activity went viral through social media platforms and internet.[136] A Twitter emoji for the film was launched prior to its release.[137]

Home media[]

The satellite rights of the film for its Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada versions were sold to the Sun TV Network.[138][139] The film's television premiere took place on Sun TV on 14 January 2021, coinciding with the occasion of Pongal.[140][141]

Cancelled theatrical plans[]

Soorarai Pottru was planned for theatrical re-release on 23 August 2021, when theatres were allowed to resume operations after closure due to surge in COVID-19 cases in Tamil Nadu.[142] This decision was planned earlier after the film was screened at Sathyam Cinemas in Chennai on the occasion of Chennai International Film Festival during February 2021.[143] After the positive response during its first screening in theatre, the makers planned for a theatrical re-release.[144] 2D Entertainment had planned to screen the film on free-distribution basis where the profits earned will be handed to theatre owners in entire cost.[145] However, the plan was later called off as Tamil Nadu Theatre Owners Association (TNTOA) had decided not to screen films which were released through digital platforms.[146]

Reception[]

Soorarai Pottru received positive reviews from critics.[147] Writing for The Hindu, Srinivasa Ramanujam wrote: "Director Sudha Kongara delivers a well-knit cinematic tale that urges us to follow our dreams."[148] Ranjani Krishnakumar from Firstpost gave the film a rating of 4.5 out of 5, stating, "Sudha Kongara, Suriya tell a moving, poetic biopic without deifying the leading man."[149] A reviewer from The Quint gave the film a rating of 3.5 out of 5, writing, "Suriya soars in Sudha Kongara's inspiring movie" and further writes that it is "A comeback for Suriya after the atrocious NGK and Kaappaan."[150] M Suganth of The Times of India gave a rating of 3.5 out of 5, stating, "Soorarai Pottru is an inspiring tale with robust performance from Suriya."[151] A reviewer from The New Indian Express wrote, "Suriya delivers an ace performance in this soaring, sensitive drama."[152] India Today gave 3.5 out of 5 stars and stated, "Soorarai Pottru was made for the theatrical experience and would have been an amazing watch on the big screen. However, the OTT release has given the makers of the film a wider reach."[153] Gauthaman Bhaskaran of the News18 gave 2.5 out of 5 and stated, "Soorarai Pottru could have been far more inspiring and even engrossing had director Sudha Kongara done away with unnecessary songs and emotions. Her plane would have had a smoother flight sans the turbulence."[154]

Sify gave the film, 4 out of 5 stars and stated, "Soorarai Pottru stands out with its fine writing and outstanding performance of Suriya. It is undeniably another good film from Sudha Kongara. On the whole a solid and satisfying watch."[155] Sowmya Rajendran, editor-in-chief of The News Minute gave 4 out of 5 and stated, "Soorarai Pottru is easily Suriya's best outing in a long time. Suriya is in fine form, switching between angry young man to conflicted son, romantic husband and cussing businessman. It's a pleasant flight even if there's some turbulence along the way."[156] The Indian Express gave 2 out of 5 and stated, "Soorarai Pottru is marred by the high-pitched melodrama whistled up every time the script needs to create fan-pleasing moments. Given Suriya's mega popularity, that is an always present temptation, and the film gives in, much too often."[157] Writing for Hindustan Times, Haricharan Pudipeddi wrote: "Soorarai Pottru, which will go down as one of the best films of the year, is Suriya's return to form (after a few mediocre films) and it's quite gutsy of a mainstream hero to produce and star in a film that doesn't tick all those boxes of a typical commercial entertainer."[158] Baradwaj Rangan wrote in Film Companion, "In terms of sheer professionalism, the film is the best thing that's come on the southern OTT space."[159]

Accolades[]

Main article: List of accolades received by Soorarai Pottru

Soorarai Pottru was selected as one among ten Indian films to be screened under the Best Foreign Film category at the 78th Golden Globe Awards.[6][160] On 26 January 2021, the film's executive producer, Rajasekar Pandian announced that the film made an official entry to the 93rd Academy Awards,[161] for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Original Score and other categories.[162] He further added that the film has been made available to the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for votes and nomination at the Academy Screening Room.[163] The film found a place among the 366 films eligible for nomination,[164] but was eventually not nominated.[8] Soorarai Pottru was also screened at the Chennai International Film Festival.[165] The film also entered the Panorama Section of the Shanghai International Film Festival.[9]

Impact[]

Soorarai Pottru received positive response from celebrities with director Shankar,[166] actors Mahesh Babu,[167] and Samantha Akkineni amongst others praising the film.[168][169] The film became the second most tweeted hashtag of the year in entertainment section,[170][171] according to a survey report by Twitter.[172][173] The film also became the second most searched topic in Google Trends,[174] thus becoming the only South Indian film to feature in this list.[175][176] Soorarai Pottru also became the most watched regional language film in the history of Amazon Prime Video in India.[177] It is currently the fourth highest rated film on IMDb and has a rating of 9.1, only behind Suriya's own Jai Bhim (2021), The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and The Godfather (1972).[178][179]

Remake[]

The film is set to be remade in Hindi by Sudha Kongara.[180] The remake will also be produced by 2D Entertainment, together with Vikram Malhotra's Abundantia Entertainment.[181]

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