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O2 (2022 film)
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Wikipedia article
'O2' is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language survival film directed by GS Viknesh and produced by Dream Warrior Pictures, starring Nayanthara and Rithvik.
Plot
A private travels bus enroute Cochin from Tamil Nadu was forced to stop midway due a massive rock obstructing the way. When the cleaner boy gets down to examine the way, a rock that rolled down from the hills crushes him to death. When the overwhelmed driver tries to move the bus backwards, the road collapses, trapping the bus along with the driver and nine passengers including Parvathy and her 8 year old kid Veera with cystic fibrosis, under soil. A passenger was killed immediately by the impact while the other suffers from fractured ribs. Tension arise, when the passengers realize the dropping 02 level inside the trapped bus may be life-threatening. Things get complicated when a brutal passenger, the drug-addicted police officer, turns the passengers against Parvathy and the kid to take over his Oxygen support cylinder for themselves. Continuous rains and frequent landslides stal the rescue team and the fate of the passengers is captured in the rest of the movie.
Cast
* Nayanthara as Parvathy
* Rithvik as Veera
* Barath Neelakantan as Police officer
* Aadukalam Murugadoss as Bus Driver
* R. N. R. Manohar as Ex-MLA
* Lena as Manorama
* Sha Ra as Parvathy's Brother
* Rishikanth as Rafiq
* Arjunan
* Jaffar Idukki as Bus Passenger
*Pankan as Adheera Vavachi
*Tharani Sureshkumar as Mitra
Production
Development
Casting
Rithvik, who is popular under his sketch-comedy YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5wuaJnklgYnbJIeTVhPWug Rithu Rocks] , was selected to play Nayanthara's son Veera.Music
The music is composed by Vishal Chandrasekar with lyrics written by Rajesh Giriprasad and Mohan Rajan. The first single "Swasamae", sung by Brindha Sivakumar, was released on 26 May 2022. The second single "Vaanam Yaavum", sung by Pradeep Kumar, was released on 14 June 2022.
Release
The film was digitally released on 17 June 2022 through Disney+ Hotstar.
Reception
O2 got mixed reviews from the critics. O2 is a pretty engaging survival drama which distinguishes between brute force and real heroism. Manoj kumar from 'The Indian Express' gave 3 out of 5. Nayanthara pulls off a splendid performance in this largely engaging thriller Priyanka Thirumurthy from 'The News Minute'. gave 3.5 out of 5 and wrote it is actor Nayanthara who shoulders this weight splendidly and credit must be given to the director GS Viknesh for writing a role where a women can be unapologetically selfish, self-serving and downright violent to protect her own. Nayanthara skilfully shoulders O2. Logesh Balachandran from 'The Times of India' rated the film 3 out of 5 and wrote Debutant director GS Viknesh's O2 may not be an edge-of-the-seat thriller, but its powerful enough to keep you hooked throughout with distinct characters. An engaging survival thriller, India glitz rated the movie 3 out of 5. Nayanthara's film O2 is a decent survival thriller uplifted by good performances. Haricharan Pudipeddi from 'Hindustan Times' wrote. He also added Nayanthara's film is a race against time survival thriller set inside a bus. Nayanthara - Rithvik chemistry is the highlight Latha Srinivasan from 'Moneycontrol' wrote 'O2' has a good concept. It somewhat falters in execution. but despite that, it's the performance of Nayanthara and Rithvik that keep you engaged. Ashameera Aiyappan of 'Firstpost' rated the film 2 out of 5 stars and wrote "O2 falls flat despite convincing performances from Nayanthara and Ritwik". Vignesh Madhu of 'Cinema Express' rated the film 2 out of 5 stars and wrote "Director GS Viknesh's debut attempt had the potential to be something brimming with life but uninventive writing and resorting to cliches buries it". Janani K of 'India Today' rated the film 1.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "The film falters to a larger extent because of its uninteresting screenplay". A critic for 'Pinkvilla' rated the film 1.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Films on natural disasters were made earlier too but nothing seems as improper as O2. The director should have reworked the story to make it better". Gautaman Bhaskaran of 'News 18' rated the film 1.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Technically, there are lip-sync flaws, and logic has been shown the door".
References
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