Oliyum Oliyum (film)
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| Directed by | Shakthi Chellam |
| Produced by | Sivakumar Rajeev Venkataraman |
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| Music by | Yanidesh |
Production company | Dandini Creations |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Oliyum Oliyum (transl. Light and sound) is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Shakthi Chellam and starring Prabha, Aswati, Anand Babu and Pragathi. The film was released to extremely negative reviews.
Cast
[edit]- Prabha as Ramu
- Aswati as Selvi
- Anand Babu as Ramu's elder brother
- Pragathi as Ramu's sister-in-law
- Mohan as Gopal
- Palam Kalyanasundaram as Constable Govindaswamy
- Scissor Manohar as Mookuthi and Pannari
- Geetha as Poonkodi
Production
[edit]Shakthi Chellam previously directed the documentary titled The Real Salute based on police officer Kiran Bedi.[1] The film is set in pre-Independence India and is produced by NRIs Sivakumar and Rajeev Venkataraman.[2] The film marks the return of Anand Babu in the lead role after a hiatus. The film features social worker Balam Kalyanasundaram and was shot at Ramoji Film City.[3]
Music
[edit]The music for the film was composed by Yanidesh. The lyrics were penned by Sakthi Chellam.[4]
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Intro" | Sakthi Chellam | 0:40 |
| 2. | "Yelavadhu Pondatiye" | Tambi, Mimicry Senthil | 2:10 |
| 3. | "Maattikkitaanda Raamu" | Sai | 0:40 |
| 4. | "Kadhalika Porendi" | Tippu | 2:14 |
| 5. | "Paithiyam Pidikidu" | Madhu Balakrishnan | 3:50 |
| 6. | "Mukka Mozham" | Tippu | 1:22 |
| 7. | "Machakari" | Sai | 0:48 |
| 8. | "India India" | Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram | 1:44 |
| 9. | "Bambarakattai" | Tippu, Sai | 2:52 |
| 10. | "Engadi Pona" | Madhu Balakrishnan | 0:31 |
| 11. | "Paithiyam Pidikidu (short)" | Madhu Balakrishnan | 0:50 |
| Total length: | 17:41 | ||
Reception
[edit]Pavithra Srinivasan from Rediff.com rated the film zero out of five stars and opined that "With all these ingredients, you're definitely guaranteed a riot of humour with a production like this".[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Kiran Bedi-The Real Salute". www.the-south-asian.com.
- ^ "Oliyum Oliyum movie directed by Shakthi Chellam". southdreamz. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Film with a patriotic theme". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ^ "Oliyum Oliyum 2009 Download Mp3 Songs". www.bollygane.com. Archived from the original on 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ Srinivasan, Pavithra. "Oliyum Oliyum: Big fat fiasco". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.