''Odu Raja Odu'' () is a 2018 Indian

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directed by duo Nishanth Ravindaran and Jathin Sanker Raj in their directorial debuts. Nishanth Ravindaran has also written the screenplay and handled editing. The film stars

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alongside

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, while

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play pivotal and supportive roles in the film. The film also marks the comeback of veteran actress

in a cameo role and also marked the acting debut of her husband Deepak Bagga who played the antagonist role. The movie is produced and distributed by Vijay Moolan through his production company Vijay Moolan Talkies. The music is scored by debutant Tosh Nanda. The film had its theatrical release on 17 August 2018.

Plot

Manohar (Guru Somasundaram) is a jobless struggling writer whose wife pressurises him to get a set top box for her and he goes out with his friend who is a drug peddler, Peter (Venkatesh Harinathan) to fulfill her wish for their wedding anniversary. But to their misfortune, both Manohar and Peter are threatened by gangster Veerabadhran (Deepak Bagga) and his sidekick to close a deal for them. However things go awry for them as they land in a retired gangster Kali Muthu's (Nassar) place for help, but it only lead to another mishap.

Cast

as Manohar *

as Meera *

as Nakul *

as Kali Muthu * Ashiqa Salvan as Mary * Deepak Bagga as Veerabhadran *

as Mythilli *

Ravindra Vijay Ravindra Vijay is an Indian actor who primarily appears in Tamil and Telugu films. After beginning his career as a theatre actor, Ravindra had a career breakthrough with appearances in ''Odu Raja Odu'' (2018) and '' Uma Maheshwara Ugra Roopasya ...

as Chella Muthu * Abhishek K.S. as Imran * Melvin M. Rajan as Gajapathy *

as Peter * Joel Nigli as Sundar * Vinu John as Gunnie * Harini R. as Malar * Rahul J. as Sathya *

as Kala Bhairavi (cameo appearance) *

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as Peria Thevar (cameo appearance) *

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(cameo appearance)

Production

Nishanth Ravindaran who primarily worked as post production supervisor in films including ''

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'' joined hands with cinematographer Jathin Sanker Raj for their maiden directorial venture with the film titled as ''Odu Raja Odu''. The film was produced by Vijay Moolan under his production company Vijay Moolan Talkies and was co-produced by Rajendran EM and Varghese Moolan. Tosh Nanda who worked as a part of sound department in few Malayalam films was roped in as the music director for the film and also made his debut as a full time music composer. The official trailer of the film was released on 5 August 2018. The first look poster of the film was released by actor Madhavan on 23 September 2016.

Music

The official Promo Song ''Bum Ha Rum'' was released by

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on his Facebook page on 4 March 2017.

Release

The film had its theatrical release on 17 August 2018, clashing with another black comedy film ''

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'' which stars

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in the prominent role, at the box office. The film received mixed reviews from critics.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=tt8731842 2010s Tamil-language films 2018 directorial debut films Hyperlink films Indian black comedy films Indian crime thriller films 2018 black comedy films 2018 crime thriller films