Rightaa Thappaa

Rightaa Thappaa (transl. Right or wrong?) is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by journalist-turned-filmmaker R. Buvana. It stars Ramana, Uma and Seetha. The film, Buvana's first full-length feature film, deals with eve teasing and was based on a true incident. Karthik Raja composed the music and Mahesh Muthuswamy was the cinematographer.[1]

Rightaa Thappaa
Directed byR. Buvana
Written byR. Buvana
Produced byBuvana
Vijisha
Akshaya
StarringRamana
Uma
Seetha
CinematographyMahesh Muthuswami
Edited bySuresh Urs
Music byKarthik Raja
Production
company
VB Film Makers
Release date
  • 4 March 2005 (2005-03-04)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

The film was first screened in 2004 before being theatrically released in 2005. For the year 2004, the film won two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Family Film, and the Best Character Actor Award for Seetha[2] and an award at the Women Directors' film festival in Kerala.[3]

Plot

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Karthik Raja.[4]

SongSingersLyrics
Ilamai EnbathuKarthik RajaR. Buvana
Kutti KalagamManikka Vinayagam, SujathaKirithiya
ThottuviduBhavathariniSnehan
Yaaridam SolvenHarini

Reception

Shobha Warrier from Rediff.com wrote that "Amid the unrealistic, just-titillation-no-plot Tamil films that are churned out every week, Righta Thappa will definitely stand out. There is no crude comedy, no action, no violence; you see only real emotions".[5] Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu wrote that the film is "A must-see for the youth and parents of today!"[6] Visual Dasan of Kalki wrote .[7] BizHat.com wrote .[8]

References
  1. Jeshi, K. (6 October 2013). "Life through the lens". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 30 August 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  2. Rangarajan, Malathi (12 October 2013). "Long and short". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  3. Santhanam, Kausalya (4 March 2006). "In the right direction". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  4. "Righta Thapaa". Gaana. Archived from the original on 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  5. Warrier, Shobha (1 March 2005). "At last, a realistic Tamil film!". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  6. Rangarajan, Malathi (25 February 2005). "Rightaaa Thappaa". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 5 March 2005. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  7. தாசன், விஷுவல் (13 March 2005). "ரைட்டா? தப்பா?". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 25. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  8. "Rightaa Thappaa". BizHat.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2006. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
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