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Oh My Friend is a 2011 Telugu-language musical film written and directed by debutant Venu Sriram.
) and Siri (Shruti Haasan
) as childhood friends. Their friendship remains intact even as they grow up. Chandu who was sent to mumbai to do MBA, instead learns music and returns home which leads to agony of his father. However, Siri convinces Chandu's father that it is her responsibility to take care of Chandu's career. Prior to that, Siri accepts the love proposal by Uday (Navdeep
), who lives in US after consulting Chandu. Later, Chandu and Siri accidentally meet their common friend in college, Ritu Sharma (Hansika Motwani
) and Chandu falls in love with her at first sight. Chandu starts spending time with Ritu to impress her, but Siri feels that she is being avoided. Siri decides to leave for a dancing School at Chennai. Meanwhile, Ritu accepts Chandu's love proposal. When Siri is about to leave, Chandu apologises her that he had not noticed that she was being avoided. At the same time, Uday comes back from US to suprise her. Hence, she decides not to leave.
Chandu decides to attend Airtel music competetion in Kochi as a lead guitarist in a band. Siri, Uday and Ritu accompany him to Kochi. They all stay in a hotel in Kochi, where Clarity Kanna Rao (Ali (actor)
) is the servant. Chandu wins the competetion with guitar gifted by Siri. However, the events in kochi displaying deep friendship between Chandu and Siri attracts jealousy of both Ritu and Uday. Finally Uday calls for break up by asking to decide between him and Chandu. Chandu's father defends Uday's opinion and asks Chandu and Siri to realise their love. But, Chandu insists that their friendship can't be turned into love and tells Uday to marry Siri, promising him that he will not be in touch with Siri. The movie ends with Uday and Siri giving birth to a child, while the married couple, Chandu and Ritu come to see them at the hospital.
plays the lead role, while actress Shruti Haasan
replaced Amrita Rao as the heroine. Earlier Ye Maya Chesave fame Samantha Ruth Prabhu
was planned as the female lead; but was later replaced by Amrita Rao
, since a Hindi dubbed version is probable; and then recently finalized to Shruthi Haasan. Hansika Motwani
has been roped in to play the second female lead. The film also had conducted photo shoots with actresses Amala Paul
and Nithya Menen, with the latter suggesting that Siddharth wanted Shruti Haasan in the role.
For the First time in the telugu film industry oh my friend movie has online piracy protection called ORNB's MovieGuard
The film score and soundtrack are composed by Kerala State Film Award
winner Rahulraj
, who makes his debut in Telugu cinema after an impressive 10 film stint in Malayalam cinema.
Several photo sessions held on January 17, 2011. The shooting commenced on February 21, 2011. The first audio teaser was released on August 6.
, except one song Sri Chaitanya which was composed by the late Anil R. The lyrics are written by Sirivennela Seetharama Sasthry and Krishna Chaitanya. The audio received overwhelming responses, and the song Maa Daddy Pockets became a rage among the youth immediately on release.
Telugu film portal kothimeer.com quoted that " Certain albums come with a 'guaranteed success' tag and no doubt 'Oh My Friend' is one of them. All the songs are extremely easy on ears with smooth flowing affect and focuses more on melody, lyrics and vocals. Malayalam music director Rahul Raj rightly acquires the tag of hit machine in the music industry with this album. Songs are the treat for all those in love as well as for them who believe in true friendship. Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry and Krishna Chaitanya came together to frame the best lyrics that compliments the tunes composed by Rahul Raj."
Another famous telugu film portal 123telugu.com concluded by giving the verdict "The album of ‘Oh my Friend’ feels fresh and youthful. There are some terrific tracks in the album. Malayalam music director Rahul Raj makes an impressive Telugu debut with this movie. ".
The audio went on to mark record sales of 3 lakh CDs within 9 days of release.
The cast and crew celebrated the Triple Platinum Disc celebrations on November 5th, 2011; six days prior to the film's release.
Critics reacted negatively as well. idlebrain.com said that Producer Dil Raju has made a brave attempt to make a film without any commercial padding.. B V S Prakash of Deccan Chronicle rated the movie 2 out of 5, calling it "just another run-of-the-mill film". Cinegoer.com's Y Sunita Chowdary called it a pretty average film, but also said that you could watch it for the star cast. Deepa Garimella of fullhyd.com praised the film's interplay of characters, and the visuals and the music, but found the ending "an ending a serious violation of audience expectations", besides calling the plot predictable. She rated it 5 out of 10. . Oneindia.com quoted the narration to be slow and subject to be cliched while praised the wonderful music and lead cast perfomances as saving grace.
Cast
- SiddharthSiddharth NarayanSiddharth Suryanaraynan , popularly known and credited as Siddharth, is an Indian film actor, playback singer and screenplay writer. After his business management studies, Siddharth chose to work in film making and worked as an assistant director before making his acting debut in the 2003 Tamil...
as Chandu - Shruti HaasanShruti HaasanShruti Haasan is an Indian actress, singer and music composer who has worked in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. Her parents are noted actors, Kamal Haasan and Sarika. As a child artiste, she sang in films and appeared in a guest role, before making her adult acting debut in the 2009 action drama,...
as Siri - Hansika MotwaniHansika MotwaniHansika Motwani is an Indian actress and a former child actress. She has worked in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada films.-Early life:Hansika Motwani was born in Mangalore, India. Her father Pradeep Motwani is a businessman, and her mother is Seema Motwani, a dermatologist...
as Ritu - NavdeepNavdeepNavdeep is a regional Indian actor.Navdeep has appeared in both Telugu and Tamil films in his career, portraying diverse characters.Navdeep's first major film appearance was in the 2004 Telugu romantic film, Jai, in which he played an Indian boxer fighting against Laskar-E-Taiba terrorists...
as Udai - Tanikella BharaniTanikella BharaniTanikella Bharani is a critically acclaimed, multi-faceted actor from Tollywood and a writer. He is a playwrighter, a dialogue writer, screen writer, poet, magazine editor, an actor and a director...
as Chandu's Father
Plot
The movie begins with Chandu (Siddharth NarayanSiddharth Narayan
Siddharth Suryanaraynan , popularly known and credited as Siddharth, is an Indian film actor, playback singer and screenplay writer. After his business management studies, Siddharth chose to work in film making and worked as an assistant director before making his acting debut in the 2003 Tamil...
) and Siri (Shruti Haasan
Shruti Haasan
Shruti Haasan is an Indian actress, singer and music composer who has worked in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. Her parents are noted actors, Kamal Haasan and Sarika. As a child artiste, she sang in films and appeared in a guest role, before making her adult acting debut in the 2009 action drama,...
) as childhood friends. Their friendship remains intact even as they grow up. Chandu who was sent to mumbai to do MBA, instead learns music and returns home which leads to agony of his father. However, Siri convinces Chandu's father that it is her responsibility to take care of Chandu's career. Prior to that, Siri accepts the love proposal by Uday (Navdeep
Navdeep
Navdeep is a regional Indian actor.Navdeep has appeared in both Telugu and Tamil films in his career, portraying diverse characters.Navdeep's first major film appearance was in the 2004 Telugu romantic film, Jai, in which he played an Indian boxer fighting against Laskar-E-Taiba terrorists...
), who lives in US after consulting Chandu. Later, Chandu and Siri accidentally meet their common friend in college, Ritu Sharma (Hansika Motwani
Hansika Motwani
Hansika Motwani is an Indian actress and a former child actress. She has worked in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada films.-Early life:Hansika Motwani was born in Mangalore, India. Her father Pradeep Motwani is a businessman, and her mother is Seema Motwani, a dermatologist...
) and Chandu falls in love with her at first sight. Chandu starts spending time with Ritu to impress her, but Siri feels that she is being avoided. Siri decides to leave for a dancing School at Chennai. Meanwhile, Ritu accepts Chandu's love proposal. When Siri is about to leave, Chandu apologises her that he had not noticed that she was being avoided. At the same time, Uday comes back from US to suprise her. Hence, she decides not to leave.
Chandu decides to attend Airtel music competetion in Kochi as a lead guitarist in a band. Siri, Uday and Ritu accompany him to Kochi. They all stay in a hotel in Kochi, where Clarity Kanna Rao (Ali (actor)
Ali (actor)
Ali is a South Indian actor who has acted in more than 800 films in Telugu, Tamil and Bollywood film industries. He is a regular actor in Puri Jagannadh's movies and pawan kalyan's movies...
) is the servant. Chandu wins the competetion with guitar gifted by Siri. However, the events in kochi displaying deep friendship between Chandu and Siri attracts jealousy of both Ritu and Uday. Finally Uday calls for break up by asking to decide between him and Chandu. Chandu's father defends Uday's opinion and asks Chandu and Siri to realise their love. But, Chandu insists that their friendship can't be turned into love and tells Uday to marry Siri, promising him that he will not be in touch with Siri. The movie ends with Uday and Siri giving birth to a child, while the married couple, Chandu and Ritu come to see them at the hospital.
Production
Siddharth NarayanSiddharth Narayan
Siddharth Suryanaraynan , popularly known and credited as Siddharth, is an Indian film actor, playback singer and screenplay writer. After his business management studies, Siddharth chose to work in film making and worked as an assistant director before making his acting debut in the 2003 Tamil...
plays the lead role, while actress Shruti Haasan
Shruti Haasan
Shruti Haasan is an Indian actress, singer and music composer who has worked in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. Her parents are noted actors, Kamal Haasan and Sarika. As a child artiste, she sang in films and appeared in a guest role, before making her adult acting debut in the 2009 action drama,...
replaced Amrita Rao as the heroine. Earlier Ye Maya Chesave fame Samantha Ruth Prabhu
Samantha Ruth Prabhu
Samantha Ruth Prabhu is an Indian film actress and model who appears in Telugu and Tamil films. Born to Malayali and Telugu parents, Samantha was brought up in Chennai and pursued a career in modeling during her late teens...
was planned as the female lead; but was later replaced by Amrita Rao
Amrita Rao
Amrita Rao is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films.Beginning her career as a model, Rao made her acting debut with Ab Ke Baras...
, since a Hindi dubbed version is probable; and then recently finalized to Shruthi Haasan. Hansika Motwani
Hansika Motwani
Hansika Motwani is an Indian actress and a former child actress. She has worked in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada films.-Early life:Hansika Motwani was born in Mangalore, India. Her father Pradeep Motwani is a businessman, and her mother is Seema Motwani, a dermatologist...
has been roped in to play the second female lead. The film also had conducted photo shoots with actresses Amala Paul
Amala Paul
Amala Paul is an Indian film actress, who works primarily in the Tamil film industry. After appearing in supporting roles in a few low budget ventures, she was acclaimed for the portrayal of a controversial character in the film, Sindhu Samaveli...
and Nithya Menen, with the latter suggesting that Siddharth wanted Shruti Haasan in the role.
For the First time in the telugu film industry oh my friend movie has online piracy protection called ORNB's MovieGuard
The film score and soundtrack are composed by Kerala State Film Award
Kerala State Film Award
The Kerala State Film Awards are the most prestigious film awards for a motion picture made in Kerala. The awards have been bestowed by Kerala State Chalachitra Academy since 1998 on behalf of the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala, India....
winner Rahulraj
Rahulraj
Rahul Raj is a South Indian composer, who composes mainly soundtracks for Malayalam movies.-Early life:Rahul Raj was born on March 17 in Cochin to Advocate E. Thankappan and N. S. Kunjoonjamma. His schooling was in Bhavans Vidya Mandir, Elamakkara, Cochin. He has one sister, Rehna Raj...
, who makes his debut in Telugu cinema after an impressive 10 film stint in Malayalam cinema.
Several photo sessions held on January 17, 2011. The shooting commenced on February 21, 2011. The first audio teaser was released on August 6.
Audio Release
The audio was released in a grand fashion at Hyderabad on 15th October, 2011. The function was broadcasted live on MAA TV, a regional telugu channel.The movie was released on the 11th of November, 2011.Music
All the music is composed, arranged and programmed by RahulrajRahulraj
Rahul Raj is a South Indian composer, who composes mainly soundtracks for Malayalam movies.-Early life:Rahul Raj was born on March 17 in Cochin to Advocate E. Thankappan and N. S. Kunjoonjamma. His schooling was in Bhavans Vidya Mandir, Elamakkara, Cochin. He has one sister, Rehna Raj...
, except one song Sri Chaitanya which was composed by the late Anil R. The lyrics are written by Sirivennela Seetharama Sasthry and Krishna Chaitanya. The audio received overwhelming responses, and the song Maa Daddy Pockets became a rage among the youth immediately on release.
Telugu film portal kothimeer.com quoted that " Certain albums come with a 'guaranteed success' tag and no doubt 'Oh My Friend' is one of them. All the songs are extremely easy on ears with smooth flowing affect and focuses more on melody, lyrics and vocals. Malayalam music director Rahul Raj rightly acquires the tag of hit machine in the music industry with this album. Songs are the treat for all those in love as well as for them who believe in true friendship. Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry and Krishna Chaitanya came together to frame the best lyrics that compliments the tunes composed by Rahul Raj."
Another famous telugu film portal 123telugu.com concluded by giving the verdict "The album of ‘Oh my Friend’ feels fresh and youthful. There are some terrific tracks in the album. Malayalam music director Rahul Raj makes an impressive Telugu debut with this movie. ".
The audio went on to mark record sales of 3 lakh CDs within 9 days of release.
The cast and crew celebrated the Triple Platinum Disc celebrations on November 5th, 2011; six days prior to the film's release.
| Song title | Singers | Length | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Oh Oh Oh My Friend " | Karthik Karthik (singer) Karthik is an Indian playback singer.Karthik started his professional singing career as a backing vocalist and has since been a playback singer in Tamil cinema while also single in other Indian languages for various composers... |
4:17 | |
| "Nuvvu Nenu Jattu" | Benny Dayal Benny Dayal Benny Dayal is an Indian singer. He is a member of the band S5 launched by the channel SS Music. Originally from Kerala, he has worked as a playback singer with many noted composers to produce successful soundtracks.-Biography:Benny Dayal's parents hail from Kollam district, Kerala... |
1:57 | |
| "Sri Chaitanya" | Siddharth, Shruti Haasan Shruti Haasan Shruti Haasan is an Indian actress, singer and music composer who has worked in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. Her parents are noted actors, Kamal Haasan and Sarika. As a child artiste, she sang in films and appeared in a guest role, before making her adult acting debut in the 2009 action drama,... |
4:30 | Composed by Guest Composer Anil. |
| "Alochana Vasthene" | Ranjith Ranjith (singer) Ranjith is an Indian playback singer who originally hails from Kerala. He was brought up in Tamil Nadu and he is very famous for his playback singing in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam.... , Sangeetha Prabhu, Sarah Straub |
4:45 | |
| "Vegam Vegam" | Benny Dayal, Kavathi Mohan, Jayaram Ranjith, Desmond. F (Rap) | 3:05 | |
| "Nenu Thaanani" | Ranjith Ranjith (singer) Ranjith is an Indian playback singer who originally hails from Kerala. He was brought up in Tamil Nadu and he is very famous for his playback singing in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam.... |
4:35 | |
| "Maa Daddy Pockets" | Siddharth | 4:06 |
Critical response
Oh My Friend received mixed reviews to positive from critics and this film is well received by the audience . Oneindia.com was positive about the movie, predicting that the film would do well at multiplexes. Greatandhra.com's Venkat rated the movie 3 out of 5, but also pointed out, "one can expect mixed reactions [sic] depending on each person's personal experiences". Radhika Rajamani from rediff.com said it is a feel-good entertainer that is "honest, refreshing, and true to life".Critics reacted negatively as well. idlebrain.com said that Producer Dil Raju has made a brave attempt to make a film without any commercial padding.. B V S Prakash of Deccan Chronicle rated the movie 2 out of 5, calling it "just another run-of-the-mill film". Cinegoer.com's Y Sunita Chowdary called it a pretty average film, but also said that you could watch it for the star cast. Deepa Garimella of fullhyd.com praised the film's interplay of characters, and the visuals and the music, but found the ending "an ending a serious violation of audience expectations", besides calling the plot predictable. She rated it 5 out of 10. . Oneindia.com quoted the narration to be slow and subject to be cliched while praised the wonderful music and lead cast perfomances as saving grace.
External links
- http://www.filmsadda.com/tollywood.php?movie=oh-my-friend-film.html
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