Ooty (film)

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Ooty
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Title card
Directed byAnwar
Screenplay by
  • Anwar
  • Agasthya Bharathi
  • Manibharathi
  • Guhan Srivas
  • A. Zakir Hussain
  • T. Britto
  • Suryanarayanan [1]
Produced byR. M. Seth
Ansar Ali
Starring Murali
Roja
Ajay Kapoor
Cinematography M. V. Panneerselvam
Edited byRaghu Babu
Music by Deva
Production
company
Nikoba Films
Release date
  • 7 November 1999 (1999-11-07)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Ooty is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Anwar. The film stars Murali and Roja, while Ajay Kapoor, Rajesh and Chinni Jayanth play supporting roles. It was released on 7 November 1999. [2]

Contents

Cast

Production

The film was briefly delayed after actor Arvind Swamy filed a case against the producers, Nikaba Films, who failed to pay him for En Swasa Kaatre (1999). [3]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Deva. [4]

SongSingersLyricsLength
"India India" Hariharan Pulamaipithan 06:41
"Nee Armstrong" Srinivas Palani Bharathi 05:32
"O Lilly"Sabesh, Krishnaraj Na. Muthukumar 05:43
"O Vennila" Anuradha Sriram 06:56
"Ooty Malai" P. Unnikrishnan, Harini Pulamaipithan05:59

Reception

Tamilmovienow wrote, "Director Anwar has created an entertaining love story with plenty of thrilling moments and twists." [5] Chennai Online wrote, "Ooty has an interesting first half and a very slow paced second half. Murali performs the role of the despondent lover with conviction. Hasn’t he performed similar roles a hundred times before? Roja looks fetching". [6]

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