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]
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Directed by | Suresh Krissna |
Written by | Gopu Babu (dialogues) |
Story by | Suresh Krissna |
Produced by | V. Swaminathan G. Venugopal K. Muralidharan |
Starring | Sarath Kumar Pooja Batra Devayani |
Cinematography | S. Saravanan |
Edited by | Suresh Urs |
Music by | Deva |
Production company | Lakshmi Movie Makers |
Release date | 25 June 1999[1] |
Running time | 153 mins[2] |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
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]
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 |
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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 |
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]
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