The two overcome their differences in social status one night after their high school prom. Thirty-something Elizabeth must decide whether to salvage her relationship with Drew after much personal disappointment. Past and present collide as two couples explore love over the course of one night at a hotel. Written by Minhal Baig. Tamil actress one day datting rate in Chennai.

Oru Naal Iravil (In the night of one day) is a 2015 Indian Tamil languagethriller film edited and directed by Anthony in his directorial debut. A remake of Joy Mathew's successful Malayalam film Shutter (2012), the film stars Sathyaraj in the lead role. The film is presented by A. L. Vijay and produced by A. L. Azhagappan and Sam Paul. The film opened to rave reviews on its release.

Plot[edit]

Shekar (Sathyaraj) is an NRI working in Singapore. He comes to his hometown Chennai after completing his contract. He sees his daughter riding a bike with a male classmate. Fearing that she would stray, he arranges for her to get married as soon as possible and ends her college education. Shekar has invested in a commercial property next to his house which he has let out to store owners, except for one garage. Since he is home, he meets his friends here and they bond every night over a few peg of drinks. One of them is Suri (Varun), a young autorickshaw driver. Around the same time, Sethu (Yugi Sethu), a struggling former film director has written a script that is finally accepted by a producer. However, he leaves his bag by accident in Suri's rickshaw.

One day, Suri arranges for Shekar to rendezvous with a call girl in the unoccupied garage near his house to cheer him up after he has an argument with his family over his daughter's marriage and education. While getting some food, Suri bumps into Sethu who demands for his bag back. While traveling to get the bag, Suri is arrested by the police for driving under influence and is held at the local station for the whole night. Shekar and the call girl are left locked up in the garage for two nights in a row. During this time, Shekar convinces the call girl to remain quiet until Suri comes to get them since it would be embarrassing if anyone knows about why they are locked up there.

Shekar learns that the call girl was forced to stop college after getting married, but had to become a prostitute to feed her daughter after her husband left them. She only has one friend who she can call during emergencies, but she cannot call him now since he does not know she is a call girl. Shekar also explains that his house is nearby, which is why they cannot simply leave in broad daylight. The call girl also sees the bag with the script which Suri had left in the rickshaw. She reads the script and decides to take it with her. Meanwhile, they overhear Shekar's friends talking outside the garage and learn that one of them has ill intentions towards him.

When the coast is finally clear and Suri is released from the station, he comes to get Shekar out. However, Suri is shocked to see that the call girl had left, thinking that he had come to take her. Before leaving, she had told Shekar to call her Thangam. Suri takes the bag back to Sethu, who is shocked to see that his script is gone. Meanwhile, Shekar goes home and is welcomed by his family. It turns out that his daughter had arranged for her friend to unlock the garage. She had also realized the truth but lied to her family about her father leaving town for a few days to calm himself down. Following Thangam's advice, he calls off the engagement and allows his daughter to continue her education.

Meanwhile, Thangam goes to meet her only friend, who turns out to be Sethu. She gives him the script that she had taken, not realizing that it was originally his. Inspired by the sudden turn of events, Sethu decides to rewrite the script before directing his film.

Cast[edit]

• Sathyaraj as Shekar
• Yugi Sethu as Sethu Barathi
• Anumol as Thangam
• Kalyani Natarajan as Shekar's wife
• Varun as Suri
• Dikshitha Kothari as Varsha
• R. Sundarrajan as a film director
• Gautham Vasudev Menon as himself (guest appearance)
• Sathish Krishnan as himself (guest appearance)

Production[edit]

Editor Anthony revealed in August 2014 that he was set to make his first film, and it would be the remake of the Malayalam film Shutter (2012).^[2] In November 2014, he announced and began work on the venture featuring Sathyaraj in the lead role. The film also stars Anumol, Kalyani N and Dixitha Kothari, while debutant Varun, grandson of actor Isari Velan was also added to the cast.^[3][4] In November 2015, title of the film has been changed into Oru Naal Iravil.^[5]

References[edit]

1. ^'Oru Naal Iravil Movie Database'. tamilcinemainfo.com. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
2. ^'Editing happened by sheer coincidence, says Antony'. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
3. ^'Editor Anthony turns director'. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
4. ^'- Tamil Movie News - IndiaGlitz.com'. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
5. ^'Night Show Turns Oru Naal Iravil'. Retrieved 16 May 2018.

External links[edit]

• Oru Naal Iravil on IMDb

Peranbu (transl. Compassion), titled Resurrection in English, is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by Ram and produced by P. L. Thenappan. It features Mammootty, Anjali, Sadhana and Anjali Ameer in the lead roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. Peranbu premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam on 27 January 2018, and was later screened at the Shanghai International Film Festival, China on 17 June.^[2][3][4]

The film was also selected to be screened under the Indian Panorama category of 49th International Film Festival of India.^[5] The film released in theatres on 1 February 2019, receiving positive reviews from critics.

Plot[edit]

The story of a single father Amudhavan and his daughter Pappa is told in chapters.

Amudhavan works in Dubai while his wife Stella lives in India with their 14-year old daughter Pappa who has a muscular health condition making her dependent to carry out daily functions. One day, Stella writes to Amudhavan asking him to take care of their daughter and leaves her family and runs away leading to Amu moving back home after 10 years to raise Pappa as a single father.

Amu finds it difficult to connect with Pappa having lived abroad for so long. They are shunned by their neighbours because of Pappa's health condition. They move in to his brother's house to live with his family and Amu's mother but his sister-in-law, irrationally fearing her own child will catch Pappa's 'illness' asks them to move out. Amu returns home with Pappa where he continuously fights with some locals trying to force him to sell the house and leave the neighbourhood. Pappa and Amu slowly start bonding. One night when Pappa begins menstruation, Amu helps a panicked Pappa relax and seeks help from a woman named Vijaylakshmi. Vijaylakshmi (Viji) offers her help in return for basic needs and starts living with Amu and Pappa. Gradually, Viji and Amu become closer and marry. However, Viji's motives are revealed when she tries to kill Pappa by pushing her into a well only to be stopped by Amu. Amu discovers Viji is already married and was pretending to help them to gain ownership of his house. A dejected Amu leaves the house to Viji and moves away. Having received no money, he is forced to leave Pappa at home while he goes to work.

Pappa falls sick and the doctor diagnoses her with a fungal infection. She also refers Amu to Dr. Dhanapal who advises him to let Pappa stay at a special home for others with her health condition. Amu agrees with a heavy heart. On his way home he meets a woman named Meera and they develop a bond. Meera helps him find a house. A few days later, while visiting Pappa, Amu discovers that Pappa was beaten by some workers at the home. He brings her back and seeks Dr. Dhanapal to understand more about Pappa's condition and her needs.

Feeling helpless, Amu decides to end his and Pappa's lives and the two walk into the sea at night but are saved by Meera. The last chapter of Amuvadhan's story is about great love as he reveals that Meera taught him about love and the two are married. Pappa stays happily with her loving father and step-mother, Meera.

Cast[edit]

• Mammooty as Amudhavan 'Amu'
• Anjali as Vijayalakshmi 'Viji'
• Sadhana as Pappa, Amudhavan and Stella's daughter
• Anjali Ameer as Meera
• Lizzie Antony as Thangam alias Stella, Amudhavan's wife
• Samuthirakani as Dr. Dhanapal
• Vadivukkarasi as Amudhavan's mother
• Livingston as House owner
• Aruldoss as Amudhavan's friend
• Suraj Venjaramoodu as Murugan, Amudhavan's friend and a taxi driver (Malayalam version)
• Pavel Navageethan as Babu
• Shanmugarajan as Home in-charge
• P. L. Thenappan as Land mafia member
• G. R. Adithya as Amudhavan's brother
• 'Poo' Ram as David
• Nitish Veera as Call, taxi driver
• Arianna Romano as the Owner of the house

Production[edit]

Ram developed the script with Mammootty in mind six years before he narrated it to the actor during early 2015.^[6][7] His regular composer Yuvan Shankar Raja with cinematographer Theni Eeswar were confirmed from then.^[8] In July, Sadhana, the child artiste from his 2013 film Thanga Meengal, was cast.^[9] After P. L. Thenappan was signed on to produce the film under his banner Shree Raajalakshmi Films, and Anjali was cast for the female lead, Ram announced the title Peranbu in January 2016 beginning through a first look poster.^[10][11] Before filming, Ram stated that the film's theme is 'compassion' and Mammootty plays a family man who 'rediscovers himself,' while Sadhana plays his daughter, and Anjali the wife.^[12]

Principal photography commenced on 6 January 2016 in Kodaikanal and was planned to be shot in two schedules, with the next being in Chennai.^[13]Mammootty and Sadhana's scenes were shot in January end.^[14] A lead role is portrayed by Anjali Ameer, a transsexual model from Kerala, in her feature film debut. For the role, the makers searched until 1 March 2016. She was selected with an audition, after Mammootty noticed a television report about her and suggested her name to Ram.^[15][16] The second shooting schedule was held in and around Chennai from July to September.^[17] In mid-2016, the team planned to make a Malayalam version of the film on Mammootty's suggestion.^[6][18][19]Suraj Venjaramoodu joined the new version playing Mammootty's friend.^[20] The dubbing and other post-production began from January 2017.^[21][16] By September, Yuvan Shankar Raja composed all the songs and started working on the film score.^[22][23]

Music[edit]

The soundtrack album and film score are composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja.^[24] The audio was launched on 15 July 2018 at the Kalaivanar Arangam auditorium, Chennai. It received positive response.^[25][26]

Release[edit]

The trailer and poster for worldwide release launched on 5 January 2019.^[27][28] The film premiered at the 47th International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands on 27 January 2018.^[29][30] It was later screened at the 21st Shanghai International Film Festival, China on 17 June 2018.^[4]

In January 2018, Ram stated that the film would have theatrical release in the summer of 2018 after its film festival premiers, but it was delayed. It is scheduled to release on 1 February 2019, in theatres worldwide.^[31]

Reception[edit]

The film opened to positive responses from critics.^[32][33] Karthik Kumar of Hindustan Times rated the film 4.5/5 and called the film 'a devastatingly beautiful intense emotional drama' and was all praise about Ram's direction and performance by Mammootty and Sadhana. Peavey foundation serial number lookup. The critic also noted that Peranbu is Ram's 'quietest and most meditative and most rewarding film in years'.^[34] Sowmya Rajendran of The News Minute rated the film 4/5 and wrote that 'the film that takes Tamil cinema to uncharted territories.'^[35] Gautaman Bhaskaran rated the film 4/5 in his review for News 18 and described the film as an 'extraordinarily sensitive portrayal of a father-daughter relationship.' The critic however noted that the film 'could have been far more powerful if it had been shorter and tighter.'^[36] In his review for Film Companion, Baradwaj Rangan rated the film 3.5/5 and called the film Ram's 'Least Angry, Most Moving Drama, and 'in terms of tone, the closest he’s gotten to his guru, Balu Mahendra.'^[37] Padmakumar K. of Malayala Manorama described the film as 'a cinematic wonder that graces all aesthetics.'^[38] Rating the film 4/5, Haricharan Pudippedi from Firstpost called the film 'a devastatingly beautiful coming-of-age drama that is both poignant and equally depressing' and appreciated Mammootty's role as one of his most matured performances.^[39] Rating the film as 'Good', film critic Veeyen affirmed that '.brilliantly performed, visually striking and deftly structured, ‘Peranbu’ is an avowal of a fortune that we live with every day, and a prompt to remain forever thankful for the miracle called life.' ^[40]

References[edit]

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8. ^'Ram's next film is a different love story?'. Deccan Chronicle. 27 May 2015.
9. ^Janani Karthik (27 July 2015). 'Anjali does a special role in Ram's Taramani'. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
10. ^Indiatoday.in (3 January 2016). 'Peranbhu: Director Ram joins hands with Mammootty for his next'. India Today. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
11. ^'Mammootty to star in Ram's Tamil movie Peranbu with Anjali'. International Business Times. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
12. ^Logesh Balachandran (5 January 2016). 'Compassion is the theme of Ram's film with Mammootty'. Times of India. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
13. ^Sanjith Sidhardhan (9 January 2016). 'Mammootty begins filming his Tamil movie'. Times of India. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
14. ^Mythily Ramachandran (27 January 2016). 'Dubai girl stars with superstar Mammootty'. Gulf News. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
15. ^Nidheesh M.K. (27 October 2017). 'Meet Anjali Ameer, India's first transwoman star'. Livemint. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
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17. ^Anjana George. 'Mammootty to play an Idukkikkaran again this year'. Times of India. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
18. ^Deepika Jayaram. 'Mammootty's Tamil movie Peranbu is now bilingual'. Times of India. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
19. ^Sidhardhan, Sanjith (27 January 2017). 'Peranbu to be released in Malayalam'. The Times of India. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
20. ^Anjana George (28 July 2016). 'Suraj Venjaramoodu plays Mammootty's aide'. Times of India. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
21. ^Janani K (17 January 2017). 'The new entrant in Raam's 'Peranbu''. Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
22. ^S Subhakeerthana (15 September 2017). 'Ram not doing a film with Vikram'. The New Indian Express. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
23. ^'Director Ram's 'Peranbu' with Mammootty is ready'. Sify. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
24. ^Ashameera Aiyappan (16 July 2018). 'It took me 20 years to make a film with Mammootty: Ram at Peranbu audio launch'. Indian Express. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
25. ^LMK (16 July 2018). 'Yuvan Shankar Raja gets mass response at Mammootty's Peranbu audio launch'. In.com. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
26. ^'First-look promo of Mammootty-starrer 'Peranbu' out'. The News Minute. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
27. ^'Peranbu trailer: Mammootty's intense emotional drama keeps the audience hooked'. Indian Express. 6 January 2019.
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31. ^Rajendran, Gopinath (3 January 2018). 'Peranbu to get international premiere'. The New Indian Express. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
32. ^'Sarvam Thaala Mayam, Peranbu and Vantha Rajavathaan Varuven movie review and release highlights'. 1 February 2019.
33. ^Hooli, Shekhar H. (1 February 2019). 'Peranbu movie review and rating by audience: Live updates'. International Business Times, India Edition.
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35. ^'‘Peranbu’ review: Ram’s father-daughter tale is a delicately crafted must-watch film'
36. ^'Peranbu Movie Review: Mammootty-Starrer is Bound to Stay With You for a Long Time'. News18.
37. ^Rangan, Baradwaj (30 January 2019). 'Peranbu Movie Review: Mammootty Plays The Gentlest 'Ram Hero' In Ram's Least Angry, Most Moving Drama'.
38. ^'Mammootty's Peranbu review: A cinematic wonder that graces all aesthetics'. OnManorama.
39. ^'Peranbu movie review: Mammootty gives one of his most mature performances in a devastatingly beautiful film- Entertainment News, Firstpost'. Firstpost. 1 February 2019.
40. ^'Peranbu (2019) Tamil Move Review - Veeyen'. 2 February 2019.

External links[edit]

• Peranbu on IMDb