Orissa (film)

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Orissa
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Directed by M. Padmakumar
Written by G.S Anil
Produced byMadhavan Chettikkal Edappal
Starring Unni Mukundan
Nedumudi Venu
Sanika Nambiar
Swasika
Cinematography Vinod Illambally
Music by Ratheesh Vegha
Distributed byHeera Films
Release date
  • 17 May 2013 (2013-05-17)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Orissa is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language romance film directed by M. Padmakumar. While Unni Mukundan and Sanika Nambiar appear on screen as the lead pair, Kaniha and Tanusree Ghosh also play key characters in the film. [1] Made under the banner of Heera Films, Orissa is the story of a girl called Suneyi — played by Sanika Nambiar — her trials and tribulations. [2] G.S. Anil has scripted the film that has been shot by Vinod Illambally. Music has been composed by Ratheesh Vega. [3] The film released on 17 May 2013. [4]

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Plot

The film was based on a Malayali constable Christhudas loving an Odia girl Suneyi.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of this film was composed by Ratheesh Vegha. The music is owned by Manorama Music.

SongLengthSinger(s)Lyricist(s)Picturization
"Meghame" Haricharan Prakash Marar
"Parayumo" Rahul Nambiar & Thulasi Yatheendran Alankkode Leelakrishnan
"Pidayuka" P. Jayachandran Prakash Marar & Alankkode Leelakrishnan
"Janmandarangalil"Pradeep Chandrakumar [6] Alankkode Leelakrishnan
"Jhum Thana"GangaShankar
"Oriya Keerthanam"Pradeep Chandrakumar

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. [6]

Production

The film is produced by Chettikal Madhavan Edappal, and directed by M. Padmakumar who has previously directed movies like Vaasthavam, Shikar - The Hunt, Ithu Pathiramanal etc.

Reception

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

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