Kootathil Oruthan

Kootathil Oruthan
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	T. J. Gnanavel
Produced by	S. R. Prakashbabu S. R. Prabhu
Written by	T. J. Gnanavel
Starring	Ashok Selvan Priya Anand Samuthirakani Anupama Kumar
Music by	Nivas K. Prasanna
Cinematography	P. K. Varma
Edited by	Leo John Paul
Production company	Dream Warrior Pictures Ramaniyam Talkies
Distributed by	Dream Warrior Pictures
Release date	28 July 2017
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Kootathil Oruthan (English: One Amongst The Crowd) is an Indian Tamil language romantic comedy film, written and directed by T.J.Gnanavel. The film features Ashok Selvan and Priya Anand in the lead roles. Featuring music composed by Nivas Prasanna, This movie is produced by Dream Warrior Pictures and Ramaniyam Talkies and will have theatrical release in 2017.^[1]

Cast

Guest appearance in promotional song

Plot

Arvind, an ordinary Joe who is not noticed by any, be it at home, school or among friends falls in love with Janani, a class topper and an all-rounder who excels in sports and extra-curricular activities. A loner by nature, he is smitten by Janani and in his quest to be closer to her, he even enrolls himself in the same college where she studies. But, sadly, Janani is neither able to recall his name nor remember them being classmates in school. And she rejects him when he expresses his love for her. Kootathil Oruthan captures the journey of Arvind, an ordinary middle-bencher, and his travails after being rejected by the love of his life.

Production

Initially director wrote the script with Navin Pauly in mind for the role of protagonist, though he's interested in the script, due to non-availability of dates, the actor could not sign this project. When Ashok Selvan learned that debut director Gnanavel was looking for protagonist through the music director Nivas K Prasdanna, he himself expressed his interest to the director and then Ashok Selvan and Priya Anand were signed in this project in early 2015 to play the lead roles in this college love story.^[2][3] Prior to this, director has written dialogues for Praksah Raj, Nagarjuna starring Payanam and Suriya's Raktha Charithiram.^[4] Pramodh is handling cinematography for this movie. The film began production during April 2015, most of the scenes were filmed at VIT University in Vellore.^[5][6] Award-winning actress Anupama Kumar joined the cast in a prominent role. Telugu actress Anisha Singh was signed for a role and this would be her debut movie for Tamil film industry, while Bala Saravanan and Sanjay Bharathi were also roped in to portray friends/classmates of the lead pair.^[7] Nasser is also doing a role in this film.^[8] In the audio release event, Director Gnanavel said the film will be the story of ‘Middle-benchers’. "Many people who have made huge achievements in the world have been middle-benchers in the past. But we never care about middle-benchers. This film will deal with this irony."^[9] After the critically acclaimed super hit Joker and the mega budget horror flick Kaashmora, the next venture of the Dream Warrior Pictures production banner is Kootathil Oruthan.^[9]

Promotion

The team has filmed a promotional song called Gift song, in which many leading actor from Tamil film industry were a part of it. This song portrays that hope and belief are very important and everyone in this world are a gift to themselves.^[10][11][12]

Release

Earlier, Dream Warrior Pictures, the production house of this movie has confirmed the theatrical release date as 14 July 2017.^[13][14] Due to the theatre owners strike to waive the state entertainment tax, the release of the film is postponed by the producers to 28 July 2017.^[15][16]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Nivas K. Prasanna and it was released on 29 November 2016.

References

External links

• Kootathil Oruthan Website Link
• Kootathil Oruthan IMDb