Osthe

Osthe (The Best) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film directed by S. Dharani, a remake of the 2010 Bollywood film Dabangg. It starred Silambarasan, Richa Gangopadhyay, Sonu Sood, Jithan Ramesh, Santhanam, VTV Ganesh, Nassar and Revathi.[1][2] Osthe tells the story of a fearless police officer, "Osthi" Velan (Silambarasan), and his troubled relationship with his stepfather and half-brother as he embarks on a mission to take down a corrupt politician. Sonu Sood reprised his role in Dabangg.

Osthe
Theatrical release poster
Directed byS. Dharani
Written byBharathan (dialogues)
Screenplay byS. Dharani
Story byDileep Shukla
Abhinav Kashyap
Based onDabangg (Hindi)
Produced byThandra Ramesh and Renny Johnson
Starring
CinematographyGopinath
Edited byV. T. Vijayan
Music bySai Thaman
Production
company
Balaji Real Media
Distributed byReliance Entertainment
Release date
8 December 2011
Running time
155 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budget₹20 crore (US$2.6 million)

Produced by Balaji Real Media, Renny Johnson and distributed by Reliance Entertainment, the film was launched at AVM Studios in Chennai in May 2011; principal photography began in Mysore the following month. Its music was composed by Sai Thaman, with cinematography by Gopinath and editing by V. T. Vijayan. The film was released worldwide on 8 December 2011 to generally-mixed reviews from critics, and became a lukewarm box-office hit.[3][4]

Plot

This films starts off with a boy named velan who lives with his mother, Step brother and step father. Velan dislikes both his step father and step brother. Years later a guy named boxer Daniel who is an politician who tries to win the election he tries to distripute money to 14 villages. So then his goons distripute all money to the 13 villages then go the last village to distripiute money and the village where they are going to distripute the money is kattupakam. So they are in their car in a rush to distripute the money to that area and in process of that they break the kattupakam checkpost. After then Velan who is an police officer now and has changed his name to Osthi Velan fights with daniel s goons in kattupakan factory then keeps the money all by himself. Then it shows that osthi velan s step brother Balan is now in love with a girl named Nirmala and Nirmala s father disapproves their relationship. Meanwhile Boxer Daniel is very angry that the money has nt been distriputed to kattupakam yet and he tries to contact his goons. Then the goons try to find osthi velan s home to get the money back but they accidently go to Kattupakam police station and a chase happens between them and Osthi velan s police forces. During the chase Osthi velan falls in love with a girl named neduvalli who has a father who is an drunkard. Daniel s goons then return to him and he gets angry about them just because they lost the money and when he investigates about the money to them they reveal that An inscpector named Osthi velan took the money and Daniel tries to get the money back by using the collector s support. After then Osthi velan and Selvan go to the collector s office but Osthi Velan regrets to give the money to the colllector and he fools around with him. The collector then contacts Daniel telling that Osthi Velan is not a normal person after that scene Daniel goes to meet osthi velan in his check post but Osthi Velan shows off his attitude to Daniel in which makes Daniel angry. Daniel hires an contract killer to kill osthi velan and that contract killer is Daniel s enemy. Balan steals the money from the home to marry Nirmala and after then he gives the money to her dad and her dad accepts their marriage. During the next scene Osthi Velan asks Neduvalli if she can marry him which she say no to just because she has to take care of her father. After the scene Osthi Velan goes to his house and finds his mom dead. While burning his Mom down he asks his Step father and Brother if he can join him and be happy which they both regret to and say no. Then the next scene takes place in a train station where Osthi Velan is been attacked by the contract killer s goons and during that scene he kills the contract killer and gets a good name from the commisioner by lying that the contract killer was hiding in the train station to kill Daniel. Daniel then makes a plan to keep Osthi Velan as his bodyguard to kill him but that plan also fails. Then during the next scene Osthi Velan tells Neduvalli s dad that he wants to marry her and her dad accepts to their marriage but right after that scene he commits suicide. Then Osthi Velan takes Neduvalli to Balan s marriage and he stops his marriage and marries Neduvalli. Osthi velan s dad is ashmaed of him now but Osthi Velan shows his aggrasivnes to his dad. Right after then Daniel speaks to the minister about Osthi velan and he tells the minister to suspend Osthi Velan but the minister tells Daniel that he needs a reason to suspend to Osthi velan. Balan then beats up a guy working in his dad s factory just because he messed up something in the factory. When this matter is taken to Osthi Velan he beats up Balan. The whole kattupakam people then wants Osthi velan to be suspend just because he beated Balan up. Osthi Velan then asks sorry to his Step brother. After then the minister calls osthi velan to his house and tells him that he is suspend but after then Osthi velan tells the minister that he will win in the election take the minister job right after then the minister takes away the suspend order from osthi velan and join hands with him. Osthi Velan then poisons people drinking in the bar with Daniel s drink. Then he raids the place where Daniel is at right now and takes the additional money away also. To take revenge Daniel burns Balan s dad s factory and his dad gets a heart attack because of this. Then Daniel makes Balan his henchman and he tells him to give fruits to the minister s house but after then it explodes and he realises that he did a wrong thing. Daniel then tells Balan to kill Osthi Velan so he goes to osthi velan s home but doesnt kill him and Osthi Velan fakes that he died. During the next day he pays a visit to his dad s hopsital then pays the money for the operation. Daniel is now proud of Balan but he reveals that he was the one who killed Osthi Velan s mom right after then he helds Balan as an hostage then a chase happens between Daniel and Osthi velan. Osthi Velan resuces Balan and kills Daniel. In the end Balan marries Nirmala.

Cast

Production

Casting

After considering Bollywood actresses Sonakshi Sinha and Sonam Kapoor,[7] Bengali actress Richa Gangopadhyay (who had starred in a number of Telugu films) was cast as Osthe's love interest.[8] Jithan Ramesh was cast as Balan, and Sonu Sood reprised his role in the original film.[9] Reports that Madhu Shalini had been signed to play Balan's girlfriend were dismissed by Silambarasan, who said that Saranya Mohan was cast in the role.[10] Producer-turned-actor VTV Ganesh, after collaborations with Silambarasan in Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa and Vaanam was signed to play Nirmala's father (played by Mahesh Manjrekar in the original film).[11] The production team took some time to finalise the actress for the film's item number. Nayantara, Shriya Saran,[12] Zarine Khan,[13] Katrina Kaif, Bipasha Basu,[14] Deepika Padukone,[15] Mallika Sherawat and Vidya Balan[16] were reportedly considered, and Sherawat was eventually cast.[17]

Filming

The project was launched with a pooja at AVM Productions in Chennai on 10 May 2011,[18] and filming began on 26 June in Mysore.[19] Nearly all of the film was shot in and around Mysore in a single shooting schedule,[20][21] which was finished by mid-August.[22] Silambarasan began a fitness regime with workouts at the gym,[23] unlike Salman Khan (who went on a special diet to lose his six-pack abs).[24] The film's final shooting schedule was a song filmed in Dubai.[25] Mallika Sherawat shot the item number "Kalasala" in late September and the first week of October in Chennai.[26]

Music
Main article: Osthe (soundtrack)

The soundtrack was initially planned to be released on 6 October 2011 (coinciding with Vijayadashami),[27] but the release ceremony was held on 28 October[28] in Chennai. The event was attended by the film's cast and crew, and other celebrities.[29] Vijay, who had worked with Dharani in Ghilli (2004) and Kuruvi (2008), was the guest of honour and unveiled the film's sountrack CD.[30]

The soundtrack album contains five songs, with lyrics by Vaali and Yugabharathi; Silambarasan wrote the lyrics for "Pondaati". About the song, Silambarasan said that it revolves around a "husband's praise for his wife."[31] "Pondaati" and "Neduvaali" (sung by Rahul Nambiar and Mahathi) are reminiscent of Thaman's compositions for the Telugu film Mirapakaay (2011), and "Kalasala" resembles the song "Munni Badnaam Hui" from Mirapakaay. Although Shruti Haasan was rumoured to have sung "Kalasala",[32] veteran singer L. R. Eswari provided the vocal.[33] Elements of "Kalasala Kalasala" were sampled in "Don't Sell Out" by rapper Tinie Tempah.[34]

Release

The film's satellite rights were secured by Sun TV for ₹4.50 crore (US$590,000). Osthe was released on 8 December 2011, which coincided with Karthikai Deepam. The film, released on over 110 screens overseas,[35] was the largest-ever overseas release in Silambarasan's career; the actor called it the "biggest action film that he has done so far".[36] A Telugu-dubbed version was planned to be released on April 2015 but was cancelled due to remake plans.[37]

Reception

Critical reception

Osthe opened to mixed reviews. A New Indian Express reviewer said, "Unfortunately it's unable to recreate the same magic of the earlier version, the film a passable routine masala entertainer" and the film lacked the punch in original.[38] A Deccan Chronicle reviewer gave the film three stars and said, "Osthe is worth watching once."[39] Malathi Rangarajan of thehindu.com said, "If Dabangg could make it, Osthe should! And if Salman could do it, so can STR."[40] Pavithra Srinivasan of Rediff rated the film two out of five: "Osthe lacks the magic that made Dabangg work."[41] According to an IndiaGlitz.com reviewer, "Osthe ends up as an entertainer."[42] Behindwoods rated the film 2.5 out of five, calling it entertaining;[43] Sify also called it a "time-pass entertainer."[44] Rohit Ramachandran of Nowrunning.com rated the film two out of five, calling it "a snoozefest."[45]

Box office

Osthi earned ₹3 crore worldwide on its opening day,[46] and was reported as having a "flying start at the box office".[47] Its total worldwide gross was ₹18 crore (US$2.4 million). The film was declared an average hit at the box office, and completed its 50-day run.

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