Oru Pakka Kathai

Oru Pakka Kathai (transl. One-page story) is a 2020 Tamil language film written and directed by Balaji Tharaneetharan.[1] It features Kalidas Jayaram and Megha Akash in the lead roles. The movie is being produced by K.S.Sreenivasan [2] under the banner of Vasan's Visual Ventures.[3] It released on ZEE5 on December 25, 2020.[4]

Oru Pakka Kathai
Poster
Directed byBalaji Tharaneetharan
Produced byK.S.Sreenivasan
Written byBalaji Tharaneetharan
StarringKalidas Jayaram
Megha Akash
Music byGovind Vasantha
CinematographyC. Prem Kumar
Edited byR. Govindaraj
Production
company
Vasan's Visual Ventures
Distributed byZEE5
Release date
  • 25 December 2020 (2020-12-25)
Running time
124 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Cast

Production

After the success of his debut venture,[5] director Balaji began pre-production on his second film titled Seethakathi for producers Vasan's Visual Ventures. However, after a year of scripting, Balaji announced that he had temporarily stalled the venture and would resume it later in his career (eventually restarted it on April 2017). In August 2014, he subsequently made an official announcement that his next venture would be titled Oru Pakka Kathai[6] and would feature Kalidas Jayaram, son of actor Jayaram in the lead role. The launch for the movie was held on 1 September 2014 at Prasad Lab in Vadapalani and Kamal Haasan showed up for the event to introduce Kalidas to the audience.[7] Shooting began in December 2014.[8] The film was produced by K. S. Sreenivasan[9] under the banner of Vasan's Visual Ventures.[10]

Release

The film's distribution rights were bought by the digital streaming platform ZEE5 as a theatrical release failed to happen.[11] It released on 25 December 2020.[12] Baradwaj Rangan of Film Companion South wrote "Balaji Tharaneetharan may be the gentlest filmmaker in Tamil cinema today. The smallest of plot points is treated with dignity. But the second half needed more work".[13]

References
  1. "Balaji Tharaneetharan's next to be titled Oru Pakka Kathai". Times of India.
  2. "K.S. Sreenivas to produce Balaji Tharaneetharan's Oru Pakka Kathai". Sify.
  3. "K.S Sreenivasan of Vasan's Visual Ventures to produce Balaji Tharaneetharan's next". Only Kollywood.
  4. Kumar, Pradeep (23 December 2020). "Balaji Tharaneetharan thought 'Oru Pakka Kathai' would remain unreleased". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  5. "Balaji Tharaneetharan's debut is a huge success". Sify.
  6. "Balaji's next titled as "Oru Pakka Kathai"". Times of India.
  7. "Oru Pakka Kathai launch in Chennai by Kamal Haasan on 1st September 2014". Kolly Talk.
  8. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Kalidasan-starts-shooting-on-Jayarams-birthday/articleshow/45490829.cms
  9. "K.S. Sreenivas to produce Balaji Tharaneetharan's Oru Pakka Kathai". Sify.
  10. "K.S Sreenivasan of Vasan's Visual Ventures to produce Balaji Tharaneetharan's next". Only Kollywood.
  11. http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2018/dec/24/despite-his-growth-vijay-sethupathis-still-the-same-1915592.html
  12. Kumar, Pradeep (23 December 2020). "Balaji Tharaneetharan thought 'Oru Pakka Kathai' would remain unreleased". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  13. "Oru Pakka Kathai on ZEE5: Kalidas Jayaram and Megha Akash In A Story About a Miracle That Has Its Moments". 25 December 2020.
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