| Ottran | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| 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 | 24 October 2003 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
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. The score and soundtrack was composed by Pravin Mani.[1][2]
Plot
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
- 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
After the success of Arjun-directed Ezhumalai, the Arjun-Simran pair come together in yet another film titled Ottran. Directing the film is first-timer Ilankannan, who had apprenticed with director Shanker. Arjun plays a secret agent in the film, which gives him scope for enough of action scenes. Shooting commenced in Chennai in a forty-day schedule.[3]
Soundtrack
| Ottran | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 2003 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Label | Hit Musics Bayshore Ayngaran Music |
| Producer | Pravin Mani |
These 6 songs in Ottran are composed by Pravin Mani.[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
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]
References
- ↑ "The Hindu : "Ottran"". www.thehindu.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2003. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ↑ Pillai, Sreedhar (29 December 2003). "Reel of fortune". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 6 May 2004. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
- ↑ "Ottran". 10 February 2003. Archived from the original on 10 February 2003. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
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- ↑ "Ottran". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 24 October 2003. Archived from the original on 28 July 2004.