Orissa (film)

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Orissa
Ratheesh Vegha
Distributed byHeera Films
Release date
  • 17 May 2013 (2013-05-17)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Orissa is a 2013 Indian

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]

Plot

The film was based on a

Malayali constable Christhudas loving an Odia
girl Suneyi.

Cast

Soundtrack

The 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

The 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

This movie received average response from the critics and eventually ended up as a box office disaster.

References

  1. ^ "Love in the Land of Jagannath". Archived from the original on 22 July 2013.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Nagarajan, Saraswathy (16 May 2013). "Trigger for romance" – via www.thehindu.com.
  4. ^ "Four Malayalam films to release on May 17!". Archived from the original on 27 June 2013.
  5. Times of India
    . 2013-01-06.
  6. ^ a b "Latest Malayalam News And Live Updates - Breaking News - Madhyamam". www.madhyamam.com.

External links

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