Summary
Ottran (transl. A Spy) is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language spy thriller film starring Arjun, Simran, Manorama, Vadivelu, Tejashree, Sarath Babu and directed by Ilankannan in his debut. The score and soundtrack was composed by Pravin Mani. The film was a success.[1]
| Ottran | |
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| Directed by | Ilankannan |
| Written by | Ilankannan |
| Produced by | Gandhilal Bansali |
| Starring | Arjun Simran |
| Cinematography | K. S. Selvaraj |
| Edited by | P. Sai Suresh |
| Music by | Pravin Mani |
Production company | Popular Movies |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot edit
Karthik is an upright RAW agent who is on the trail of an anti-national group who are out to destabilise the country. He lives in a palatial house with his mother in New Delhi. The police in Chennai nab Ali, a terrorist behind the Parliament and temple attack. Sudha and Shiva are the children of Manikkavel IPS, IG-Prisons, police officer who is in charge of bringing Ali to court.
Now Ali's people kidnap Sudha and blackmail her brother to bring home three terrorists and give them shelter. So he is forced to introduce them as his friends and keep them in his father's official bungalow.
Karthik saves Sudha from the terrorist and comes to Chennai to uncover the ISI plan to rescue Ali and create communal tension in the state. How Karthik emerges winner single-handedly forms the rest of this predictable yarn.
Cast edit
- Arjun as Karthik, a RAW agent
- Simran as Sudha
- Sarath Babu as Manikkavel IPS, IG-Prisons
- Vadivelu as Maadasaamy chettiar
- Manorama as Karthik's mother
- Ambika as Sudha's mother
- Shyam Ganesh as Shiva, Sudha's brother
- Gaurav Chopra as Ghazi Baba
- Hari Nair as Terrorist
- Riyaz Khan as Beer Mohammed
- Ajay Rathnam as SP Saran IPS
- Pyramid Natarajan as Kumara Saamy chettiar
- Chitti Babu as Marriage Broker
- Tejashree as Azhagi
- Mahanadi Shankar
- Anu Mohan
- Singamuthu
- Rajeev as Commissioner Rajasekhar IPS
- Sathya Prakash
- Hemanth Ravan
- Dharmesh
- Vimal Raj as Jail Superintendent
- Chitra
- Vishal
- Satheesh
- Ambareesh
- Baby Rani
Production edit
After the success of Arjun-directed Ezhumalai, Arjun and Simran came together again for Ottran. It is the directorial debut of Ilankannan, who earlier apprenticed under S. Shankar. Shooting commenced in Chennai in a forty-day schedule.[2]
Soundtrack edit
These six songs in Ottran are composed by Pravin Mani.[3] The song "Chinna Veeda" became popular.[4]
- "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 edit
Malathi Rangarajan of The 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".[5] Visual Dasan of Kalki called it a combination of patriotism and screen masala.[6]
References edit
- ^ Pillai, Sreedhar (29 December 2003). "Reel of fortune". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 May 2004. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
- ^ Manath, Malini (3 February 2003). "Ottran". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 10 February 2003. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Ottran (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Gaana. Archived from the original on 29 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "Manikka Vinayagam Memorial Day: கண்ணுக்குள்ள கெளுத்தி முதல் நாலுகாலு பாய்ச்சலுல வரை பாடகர் மாணிக்கவிநாயகத்தின் நினைவலைகள்". Hindustan Times (in Tamil). 26 December 2023. Archived from the original on 29 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ Rangarajan, Malathi (24 October 2003). "Ottran". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 July 2004. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
- ^ தாசன், விஷுவல் (9 November 2003). "ஒற்றன்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 80. Archived from the original on 29 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
External links edit
- Ottran at IMDb
