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Wikipedia article
'Otru' (Tamil: ) is a 2021 Indian Tamil drama thriller film written and directed by Mathivanan Sakthivel. The film features music composed by S. P. Venkatesh, and editing by Suresh Urs.
Plot
The hero, Indran (Mathivanan Sakthivel) is a writer who meets a blind girl, Pramila (Mahashri). Indran uses the issues that Pramila have as a plot for his novel. In this journey he explores some thrilling events.
Cast
* Mathivanan Sakthivel as Indran
* Mahashri as Pramila
* Indira as Bavitha
* Mahalakshmi as Mala
* Uma as Sujima
* Vany as Ratnam
* Siva Arasakumar as Vasi
* Dilip as Ajay
* Karunakaran as Prabhu
* Dinesh Raveendran as Senthil
* P. Panchadcharam as Sekhar
* R. Sivasubramanian as Sekhar
* Manimaran as Sekhar's son
* Prakalya Kugananthan as Baby Dharshini
* Mandas Ramesh Jesudas as Lawyer
* Marion Fernandez as Sister Julie
* Deepan Sugumaran as Inspector Maran
* Manu Joseph as Constable
* Surya Kaivaram as Doctor
* Suganty Palanisamy as Doctor
* Naresh Kumar as Psychiatrist
* Sefath as Teacher
* Christopher Manu as Young Indran
* Jayashri as Young Pramila
Production
The film is produced by Sakthi Screens and it is written and directed by Mathivanan Sakthivel. Filming was done during COVID lockdown in Australia with Indian Backdrop and also in India.
Release and reception
The film was released on 8 July 2022.
In July 2022, "Otru" was ranked 9 in the top 10 best indian movies.
CinemaInbox appreciated Mathivanan Sakthivel's and Mahashri's performance in the movie. It reviewed that Mathivanan Sakthivel was very natural in his acting as a novel writer and Mahashri performed the strong character as a blind girl very easily portraying as a real blind girl. The movie has lots of suspense in the search for unanswered thoughts and questions, tempting the audience to expect what comes next in the movie. The main drawbacks of the movie relates to the fact there were lots of new casts in the movie and the story revolving around similar locations.
Tamil2day News commented that a nice story has been filmed with a very small budget. Mathivanan Sakthivel's acting was extraordinary, escpecially his acting on sad seems are exemplary. Mahashri's acting doesnt show that this is her first movie, she has acted as an experienced actress.
In her review Malini Mannath, said that the director has given a thriller like knot with couple of twists and turns. The knot has potential to be a better thriller, however the screen play has failed with too many issues pushed in the script. Mathivanan Sakthivel looks suitable for his role as a writer and Mahashri has done a fairly competent job as the blind girl. Mathivanan should be appreciated for not turning Mahashri's character as a stereotype.
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