Ilamai Oonjal
Ilamai Oonjal (transl. Swing of youth) is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Mangai Harirajan. The film features Namitha in the lead role, while actresses Kiran Rathod, Meghna Naidu, Keerthi Chawla, Shivani Grover and Arthi play pivotal supporting roles. Featuring music composed by Karthik Bhoopathy Raja, production for the film began in mid-2012. The film had a delayed release on 3 September 2016 in India alongside the Kannada version Sikkapatte Ishtapatte.
Ilamai Oonjal | |
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Directed by | Mangai Harirajan |
Written by | Mangai Harirajan |
Produced by | S. R. Manoharan |
Starring | Namitha Kiran Rathod Meghna Naidu |
Cinematography | J.G. Krishna |
Edited by | Uma Shankar Babu |
Music by | Karthik Bhoopathy Raja |
Production company | Shree Preyam Creations |
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Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Plot
Some college students from Chennai go on vacation trip to a hill station. On their trip, girls get killed one by one in a thrilling manner. The rest of the story is why they got killed and who is the killer.[1]
Cast
- Namitha as Durga
- Kiran Rathod as herself
- Meghna Naidu as herself
- Keerthi Chawla as herself
- Shivani Singh as herself
- Aarthi as herself
- Vijayakumar as Home Minister
- Sumithra
- Pandiarajan
- Pandu
- Anu Mohan
- T. P. Gajendran
- Bondamani
- Sathyaprakash
- Abhinayashree
Soundtrack
Production
The film began production in September 2012, with Mangai Harirajan announcing that he would direct a film produced by Manoharan featuring Namitha in the leading role in an action avatar.[2][3] Five more actresses including Kiran Rathod, Meghna Naidu and Keerthi Chawla joined the cast thereafter, with a photoshoot being held later in September 2012.[4] Earlier the film was titled as Manmatha Rajakkal.
Namitha finished filming her scenes for the film in mid-2013, but the film was delayed after it could not find any distributors. The team subsequently released the film in a few screens during September 2016.[5]
References
- "Ilamai Oonjal Movie Review: Glamour treat with thriller plot – MovieRaja: Collection of Movie Reviews, Videos and Gallery". www.movieraja.in. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- "Namitha & Kiran in thriller movie 'Ilamai Oonjal'". Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- "Buxom Namitha makes a comeback - Telugu News - IndiaGlitz.com".
- "Harirajan's Ilamai Oonjal has 9 heroines - KOLLY TALK". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013.
- "Namitha confident that she is the next Vijayashanti". Archived from the original on 11 November 2013.