Orissa is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language romance film directed by M. Padmakumar. While Unni Mukundan and Sanika Nambiar appear on screen as the lead pair, Kaniha and Tanusree Ghosh also play key characters in the film.[1] Made under the banner of Heera Films, Orissa is the story of a girl called Suneyi — played by Sanika Nambiar — her trials and tribulations.[2] G.S. Anil has scripted the film that has been shot by Vinod Illambally. Music has been composed by Ratheesh Vega.[3] The film released on 17 May 2013.[4]
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| Directed by | M. Padmakumar |
| Written by | G.S Anil |
| Produced by | Madhavan Chettikkal Edappal |
| Starring | Unni Mukundan Nedumudi Venu Sanika Nambiar Swasika |
| Cinematography | Vinod Illambally |
| Music by | Ratheesh Vegha |
| Distributed by | Heera Films |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Plot
editThe film was based on a Malayali constable Christhudas loving an Odia girl Suneyi.
Cast
edit- Unni Mukundan as Christhudas
- Sanika Nambiar as Suneyi
- Nedumudi Venu
- Kaniha as Chandrabhaga
- Tanushree Ghosh as Meerabhai
- Sudheesh
- Swasika
- Sadiq
- Shari as Christhudas's Mother
- Nigel Akkara as Kamadeva Pradhan[5]
- Ganja Karuppu
- Sanjeev Chakraborty
Soundtrack
editThe soundtrack of this film was composed by Ratheesh Vegha. The music is owned by Manorama Music.
| Song | Length | Singer(s) | Lyricist(s) | Picturization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Meghame" | Haricharan | Prakash Marar | ||
| "Parayumo" | Rahul Nambiar & Thulasi Yatheendran | Alankkode Leelakrishnan | ||
| "Pidayuka" | P. Jayachandran | Prakash Marar & Alankkode Leelakrishnan | ||
| "Janmandarangalil" | Pradeep Chandrakumar[6] | Alankkode Leelakrishnan | ||
| "Jhum Thana" | Ganga | Shankar | ||
| "Oriya Keerthanam" | Pradeep Chandrakumar |
Playback singer Karthik was mistakenly awarded the Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer for the song "Janmandarangalil" which was actually sung by Pradeep Chandrakumar. Music director Ratheesh Vegha has revealed that although Karthik was chosen to sing the song, his rendition did not reach perfection and was replaced by Pradeep Chandrakumar who was to sing the track for this song. Pradeep's version was only included in the film and audio CD which was however credited to Karthik for commercial purposes.[6]
Production
editThe film is produced by Chettikal Madhavan Edappal, and directed by M. Padmakumar who has previously directed movies like Vaasthavam, Shikar - The Hunt, Ithu Pathiramanal etc.
Reception
editThis movie received average response from the critics and eventually ended up as a box office disaster.
References
edit- ^ "Love in the Land of Jagannath". Archived from the original on 22 July 2013.
- ^ "From Kerala with reel love - Malayalam film Orissa to be screened in state in July". www.telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013.
- ^ Nagarajan, Saraswathy (16 May 2013). "Trigger for romance". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ "Four Malayalam films to release on May 17!". Sify. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013.
- ^ Interview: Nigel Akkara. Times of India. 2013-01-06.
- ^ a b "Latest Malayalam News And Live Updates - Breaking News - Madhyamam". www.madhyamam.com.