''Orissa'' is a 2013 Indian

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directed by

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. While

Unni Mukundan Unnikrishnan Mukundan (born 22 September 1987), commonly known as Unni Mukundan, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Telugu and Tamil films. Unni Mukundan made his acting debut with the ...

and Sanika Nambiar appear on screen as the lead pair,

Kaniha Divya Venkatasubramaniam, better known by her stage name Kaniha or Kanika, is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema along with a few Tamil, Telugu and Kannada movies. Kaniha made her debut in the 2002 Tamil film '' Fiv ...

and Tanusree Ghosh also play key characters in the film. Made under the banner of Heera Films, ''Orissa'' is the story of a girl called Suneyi — played by Sanika Nambiar — her trials and tribulations. G.S. Anil has scripted the film that has been shot by Vinod Illambally. Music has been composed by Ratheesh Vega. The film released on 17 May 2013.

Plot

The film was based on a

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constable Christhudas loving an Odia girl Suneyi.

Cast

as Christhudas * Sanika Nambiar as Suneyi *

Nedumudi Venu Kesavan Venugopal (22 May 1948 – 11 October 2021), better known by his stage name Nedumudi Venu, was an Indian actor and screenwriter from Kerala, who predominantly worked in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 500 films, primarily in Ma ...

as Chandrabhaga * Tanushree Ghosh as Meerabhai * Sudheesh * Swasika *

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* Shari as Christhudas's Mother *

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as Kamadeva PradhanInterview: Nigel Akkara
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''. 2013-01-06. * Ganja Karuppu * Sanjeev Chakraborty

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of this film was composed by

Ratheesh Vegha Ratheesh Vega ( ml, രതീഷ് വേഗ) is a composer, singer, and musician who works in Malayalam films. His debut as a film music composer was in the 2010 hit film ''Cocktail''. Career Ratheesh completed his degree in music from Madra ...

. The music is owned by Manorama Music. 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.

Production

The film is produced by Chettikal Madhavan Edappal, and directed by

who has previously directed movies like

Vaasthavam ''Vaasthavam'' () is a 2006 Indian Malayalam-language romance (love), romantic political thriller, political crime drama film written by Babu Janardhanan and directed by M. Padmakumar. The film revolves around a youth Balachandran Adiga (Prithv ...

, Shikar - The Hunt,

Ithu Pathiramanal ''Ithu Pathiramanal'' (English: ''Sands of Night'') is a 2013 Malayalam action film directed by M. Padmakumar starring Unni Mukundan in the lead role with Jayasurya and Ramya Nambeeshan . The shooting locations are in Marayur, Pathiramanal and ...

etc.

Reception

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

References

External links

* {{M. Padmakumar 2013 films Indian romance films Films directed by M. Padmakumar 2010s Malayalam-language films Films set in Odisha Films shot in Odisha Fictional portrayals of the Kerala Police