House Owner

House Owner is a 2019 Indian Tamil language action drama film written and directed by Lakshmy Ramakrishnan and produced by her husband Gopalakrishnan Ramakrishnan under the banner of Monkey Creative Labs and in association with Seven Wonders Motion Pictures. House Owner is one among 21 Indian films, and one of the only two Tamil films, selected to be showcased in the Indian Panorama, the flagship component of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa 2019. The film stars Kishore, Sriranjini, Pasanga Kishore and Lovelyn in the lead roles. M. Ghibran composed the background score of the film.[1][2] Principal photography commenced on 10 July 2018.[2] The film had its theatrical release on 28 June 2019 and received positive reviews from critics.[3][4]

House Owner
Film poster
Tamilஹவுஸ் ஓனர்
Directed byLakshmy Ramakrishnan
Produced byGopalakrishnan Ramakrishnan, Pushkar Manohar, RajiMalathy & Line Producer: Shimon Chris
Written byLakshmy Ramakrishnan
StarringKishore
Sriranjini
Pasanga Kishore
Lovelyn
Music byMohamaad Ghibran
CinematographyKrishna Sekhar TS
Edited byCS Prem Kumar
Production
company
Monkey Creative Labs, Seven Wonders Motion Pictures
Release date
  • 28 June 2019 (2019-06-28)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Vasu and Radha, an elderly couple who were madly in love, face problems when Vasu, a former army officer, gets diagnosed with Alzheimer's and Radha must deal with his changing behaviour.

Cast

Production

The film announcement was made by Lakshmy Ramakrishnan in 2017 who also revealed that the film is set against the backdrop of 2015 Chennai floods.[5][6] The director revealed that she started writing the script for the film in 2016.x The film is taunted to be about love story despite set on the backdrop against the floods. Newcomer Lovelyn, daughter of Viji Chandrasekhar was hired to play the female lead. Kishore signed the film to act in the male lead role and also it is his second successive film after Kadikara Manithargal based on house related matters.

The film is produced by Lakshmy Ramakrishnan's husband Ramakrishnan under his production banner Monkey Creative Labs.[5]

Release

The movie got praises from all sides and received recognitions in many national film events.And the movie was showcased in Indian Panorama.

A critic from Sify gave the film a rating of four out of five stars and stated that "Overall, if you are a connoisseur of good films, House Owner is certainly the kind of film you would love to watch. It’s a sweet, simple story of life in a city, a bittersweet tale of human frailties, a small film with a very big heart. Go for it!".[7]

Times of India said that "The flow of the sequences here is generic and unpredictable, making it difficult for one to judge the genre of the film".

According to Behindwoods "House Owner is a gripping, well staged portrayal of elderly romance in times of calamity.".


References
  1. "Top honours for Tamil flicks". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. June 29 (14 March 2019). "House Owner Review: A Compelling, Classic Chamber Drama". Silverscreen.in. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. S, Srivatsan (28 June 2019). "'House Owner' review: A pleasant, affecting survival drama". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  4. "House Owner movie review: Lakshmi Ramakrishnan keeps the indie flag flying with a poignant, riveting drama- Entertainment News, Firstpost". Firstpost. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  5. admin (28 June 2019). "House Owner movie review: Moving story of unconditional love in the time of calamity". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  6. "Lakshmy Ramakrishnan's next titled House Owner - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  7. "House Owner review: A small film with a very big heart. Go for it!". Sify.
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