38-563: Oru Oorla Rendu Raja ( transl. Two kings in a town ) is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language comedy film written and directed by R. Kannan and produced by S. Michael Rayappan . The film stars Vimal , Priya Anand and Soori , while Nassar , Anupama Kumar and Thambi Ramaiah form the supporting cast and D. Imman composes the film's music. The film was released on 7 November 2014. Azhagu ( Vimal ) and Mike ( Soori ) are thick friends and happy-go-lucky jobless youths who just roam around doing nothing. They meet Priya ( Priya Anand ) in
76-723: A camp sensibility lay behind the successful Carry On films , while in America subversive independent film-maker John Waters made camp films for college audiences with his drag queen friends that eventually found a mainstream audience. The success of the American television show Saturday Night Live drove decades of cinema with racier content allowed on television drawing on the program's stars and characters, with bigger successes including Wayne's World , Mean Girls , Ghostbusters and Animal House . Parody and joke-based films continue to find audiences. While comedic films are among
114-418: A happy ending , with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the oldest genres in film, and it is derived from classical comedy in theatre . Some of the earliest silent films were slapstick comedies , which often relied on visual depictions, such as sight gags and pratfalls, so they could be enjoyed without requiring sound. To provide drama and excitement to silent movies, live music
152-407: A grand welcome ceremony is planned at Anjali's home believing that Anjali and Shakthi are married already. They also mistake Gautham as Shakthi's friend who has decided to accompany him. Anjali's family members also plan a reception for Shakthi and Anjali. Gautham pressurizes Anjali to disclose the truth but Anjali cannot which makes her realize that she loves Shakthi more. Gautham asks Shakthi to leave
190-629: A happy life. She also says that there is no harm in Shakthi's mother choosing to remarry at this age. Shakthi realizes his mistake. Shakthi and Anjali reach Theni and Anjali's family request Shakthi to stay at their place for a week. Shakthi agrees and is treated with affection by Anjali's relatives. Meanwhile, Anjali's wedding is planned with her relative Mokkarasu which she does not like and she decides to run away from her house to meet Gautham in Ooty. Shakthi agrees to accompany Anjali till Ooty and both leave
228-403: A lacklustre script and screenplay. OORR portrays a cause worth fighting for, but it lacks that knack which good teachers have, which is to teach uninteresting concepts in an exciting manner. It can be enjoyed only in parts". Rediff gave 1.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "The film does have an interesting plot, but the director's weakly-sketched characters fail to make any impact despite the gravity of
266-447: A school. Shakthi meets Anjali and asks her to return with him to Theni. But Anjali refuses and says that she trusted Gautham so much but Gautham's first priority was business and not her. Also Anjali refuses to get back to home as she made them feel bad by eloping from home. Shakthi convinces Anjali to return. On the day of their return, Gautham comes and apologizes to Anjali. Shakthi, Anjali and Gautham leave to Theni. To their surprise,
304-422: A separate genre, but rather, provides a better understanding of the film. Kanden Kadhalai Kanden Kadhalai ( transl. I Saw My Love ) is a 2009 Indian Tamil -language romantic comedy film directed by R. Kannan . The film, a remake of the 2007 Hindi film Jab We Met , stars Bharath and Tamannaah Bhatia . The film was released on 30 October 2009. This film was a commercial success. It
342-427: A train while trying to escape from a few goons who were chasing them for a reason. Initially, they take Priya for a prostitute but later understand that she is a doctor. Azhagu falls for her immediately and decides that he should become an engineer so that he can marry her. Priya is saved by Azhagu from a man who tries to kill her. Azhagu then listens to her story. Priya had a friend named Kalpana ( Vishakha Singh ), who
380-407: A train without even knowing the destination. In the train, Shakthi meets Anjali, who is more bubbly and talkative and she is on her way back to her hometown Theni after completing her studies. Anjali keeps talking to Shakthi continuously which irritates him. Shakthi plans to jump from the fast moving train to end his life, but due to Anjali's presence, he could not do it. Anjali informs Shakthi that she
418-411: A train, with a photo shoot also being held with the three actors. The team had revealed that they had registered two potential titles for the film, Sakkarai and Kaadhal Konjam Kammi , but opted to go with the latter as they felt the former may have created confusion with a Tamil film that had released earlier, Sakkarakatti (2008). In a significant change, Soori was signed on to replace Sathish in
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#1732766278742456-406: Is in love with Gautham and also about her plans to elope with him as her family is highly orthodox. At night, Anjali finds Shakthi missing in train but spots him sitting in the platform of a station. Anjali gets down from the train to bring Shakthi back but both end up missing the train. Anjali pressurizes Shakthi to help her board the train in the next station as it was because of him she had missed
494-399: Is that inefficient employee in the company you are uncomfortable about firing because he is such a well-meaning fellow otherwise". The Times of India gave the film 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, " Oru Oorula Rendu Raja wants to be a well intentioned message movie but sadly, the message is lost because of the lack of focus in the script. Kannan wants to give us a comedy as well and that dilutes
532-459: The Chairwomen of his companies and gets close to her. Ten months pass by and Shakthi's company's shares have performed extremely well. Shakthi speaks about his company's new product telecomm plan in an ad which is seen by Anjali's parents. Anjali's father Ramana comes to Chennai to meet Shakthi and enquires about his daughter. Shakthi gets shocked that Anjali has lost contact with her parents for
570-544: The company will lose the case. She is being targeted by Selva's men. How Azhagu and Mike help Priya escape the goons and whether they help her win the case forms the rest of the story. The story is centered on a factory in Kayalpattinam (Thoothukudi) which explores the safety of laborers in factories being at jeopardy. It was a noble effort by Kannan to have raised an awareness and caution to incorporate safety standards in order to avoid any untoward incident that may harm
608-531: The effort seems contrived. Overall, though, the effect isn't too bad. Perhaps the picturisation might introduce new layers to the music. Worth a listen once". Indiaglitz , while stating this, commented that Tamannaah Bhatia was the backbone of the whole movie and she emotes to her best. Behindwoods mentioned that the chemistry of the lead pair (which is the moving force of the film) worked well and that Tamannaah and Bharath looked fresh and different in their roles. Sify and Nowrunning.com both reviewed that
646-515: The film industry due to their popularity. In The Screenwriters Taxonomy (2017), Eric R. Williams contends that film genres are fundamentally based upon a film's atmosphere, character, and story, and therefore, the labels "drama" and "comedy" are too broad to be considered a genre. Instead, his taxonomy argues that comedy is a type of film that contains at least a dozen different sub-types. A number of hybrid genres have emerged, such as action comedy and romantic comedy . The first comedy film
684-445: The film, albeit a cameo role. Ineya was selected to dance for a special number in the film, after talks with Sunny Leone and Neetu Chandra were unsuccessful. The film's music was composed by D. Imman collaborating for first time with director Kannan. Actress Lakshmi Menon made her debut as playback singer with this project. The satellite rights of the film were sold to Polimer . The Hindu wrote, "The film arrives close on
722-489: The heels of Kaththi with its anti-corporation sentiment. To make the package look more appealing, the film has a love angle, a comedy track, and duets, unconvincing, unfunny, and pace-hampering, respectively...the crux of the film, is sandwiched between so many bad comedy set pieces that you can't help but be disappointed, as you'd be when you bite through the flaky crust of a chicken puff to discover that it contains very little meat inside", summing up that " Oru Oorla Rendu Raja
760-535: The home. Anjali's family members mistake that Anjali has eloped with Shakthi. Shakthi now having fallen in love with Anjali but not revealing it to her reluctantly drops her in Ooty, and despite her resistance, tells her their journey together is over and bids her farewell, returning to Chennai with plans of reviving his ailing businesses. Now Shakthi is more energetic and positive minded, which he learnt from Anjali and he suggests many improvements in his business. He also accepts his mother's decision in her life, makes her
798-466: The laborers' lives and lifestyle through this film. After the film's release, one of the most fatal incidents due to oversight in the industrial safety measures happened at Ranipet Sipcot industrial estate in Vellore district when a tank of an effluent treatment plant collapsed on the compound wall of an adjacent factory where the employees were present. 10 workers died as a result of this incident. After
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#1732766278742836-447: The last 10 months. Shakthi promises to bring back Anjali and he leaves to Ooty immediately in search of her. On meeting Gautham, Shakthi finds that Gautham asked Anjali to get back to her home immediately as he cannot convince his father at that time. Gautham says that he did not try reaching Anjali as he was busy with his new business. Shakthi is shocked and begins to roam around Ooty in search of Anjali and finally finds that she works in
874-469: The lead role and would be produced by S. Michael Rayappan . Kannan revealed that the film will have a rural background with Vimal playing an educated youth from a farming family and the troubles he gets into due to his energetic nature. Later in that month, Priya Anand was signed on to play an "educated girl who hails from Madurai", with Sathish also added to the cast. Filming started in December 2013 on
912-754: The most popular with audiences at the box office, there is an 'historical bias against a close and serious consideration of comedy' when it comes to critical reception and conferring of awards, such as at the Academy Awards . Film writer Cailian Savage observes "Comedies have won Oscars, although they’ve usually been comedy-dramas, involved very depressing scenes, or appealed to stone-hearted drama lovers in some other way, such as Shakespeare in Love ." According to Williams' taxonomy , all film descriptions should contain their type (comedy or drama) combined with one (or more) sub-genres. This combination does not create
950-469: The packaging". Indiaglitz gave it 1.5 out of 5 and called it "A spiritless commercial movie made with a tinge of social message to convince the viewers that there is something called story in it". Cinemalead gave a 2 out of 5 and wrote," One city two kings. One review two stars." Comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor . These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have
988-532: The place fearing that Anjali might change her mind and Shakthi leaves to the railway station. But Anjali runs to the railway station and proposes her love to Shakthi which he too accepts. Shakthi and Anjali unite at the end. Initially the remake had Dhanush and Shriya Saran in the lead as Dhanush thought that she would be the best choice for the role. Later both the lead actors opted out due to Dhanush and Shriya Saran 's busy schedule and were replaced by Bharath and Tamannaah Bhatia . Date problems were cited as
1026-411: The place. Back in the factory, Kalpana operates a costly machine and unfortunately gets her hand stuck in it, resulting in huge blood loss. Priya begs the owners to dismantle the machine so that Kalpana can be saved, but the owners are reluctant, and Kalpana dies as a result. Priya decides to sue the company and files a case against them. The case is being heard the next day, and if Priya makes it to court,
1064-414: The reason behind these changes. The film's music was composed by Vidyasagar , while the lyrics were written by Na. Muthukumar , Yugabharathi and Madhan Karky . The soundtrack, consisting of six tracks, was released on 14 August 2009. Pavithra Srinivasan of Rediff wrote "It looks like Vidhyasagar has really tried to produce a set of tunes that veer away from his usual. It works sometimes, at others,
1102-422: The release of his previous directorial Settai , R. Kannan was approached to direct Vallavanukku Pullum Aayudham , but Kannan opted out of the film as he was unhappy on first copy production agreement, he then announced that his next directorial would have Karthi in lead role titled "Alangaram" but the project got shelved. In early November 2013, Kannan announced that his next venture would feature Vimal in
1140-494: The seriousness of the plot". The New Indian Express wrote, " Oru Oorla Rendu Raja , though scripted by him (Kannan), gives a sense of déjâ vu throughout...The film maintains a light tone throughout, even when the situation demands a more serious approach. With a weak villain and a pair of unlikely heroes, Oru Oorule... lacks the punch and fritz to make it a riveting road journey for a cause". Deccan Chronicle gave 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "the film fails to impress because of
1178-416: The situation. The hackneyed climax, lackluster performances, tiresome comedy, unexciting music coupled with the director's inept execution makes Oru Oorla Rendu Raja a total waste of time". Sify wrote, " Oru Oorla Rendu Raja is old wine in new bottle. It's a story that has been told a hundred times, this time with new set of actors. Kannan must have written his script on the sets and changed it according to
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1216-522: The supporting role and subsequently the team chose to rename the film as Oru Oorla Rendu Raja , to make most of Soori's presence in the venture. Malaysian Tamil actress Shasha Sri who had done small roles in films like Kanden Kadhalai and Paiyaa accepted to play the role a "bubbly village belle" opposite Soori. In April, director Kannan said that Vishakha Singh , who acted alongside Priya Anand in Fukrey (2013), had been signed for an important role in
1254-422: The train. Shakthi and Anjali hires a cab till the next railway station but Anjali misses the train there too. Finally Shakthi and Anjali stay in a lodge and plan to leave early next day to Theni. Slowly friendship develops between Shakthi and Anjali. Shakthi is in awe of Anjali's fun loving attitude. Shakthi informs about his personal problems to Anjali while Anjali asks him to forget about all those things and lead
1292-512: The use of comedy film to make social statements by building their narratives around sensitive cultural, political or social issues. Such films include Dr Strangelove, or How I Learned to Love the Bomb , Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? and The Graduate . In America, the sexual revolution drove an appetite for comedies that celebrated and parodied changing social morals, including Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice and Fanny Hill . In Britain,
1330-414: Was L'Arroseur Arrosé (1895), directed and produced by film pioneer Louis Lumière . Less than a minute long, it shows a boy playing a prank on a gardener. The most notable comedy actors of the silent film era (1895–1927) were Charlie Chaplin , Harold Lloyd , and Buster Keaton , though they were able to make the transition into “ talkies ” after the 1920s. Film-makers in the 1960s skillfully employed
1368-525: Was dubbed in Telugu as Priya Priyathama . Shakthi becomes the managing director of Rajasekhar group of companies following his father's death. He feels highly dejected because of troubles surrounding him such as continuous loss in business and also his girlfriend Anita ditches him and marries another guy. Sakthi's estranged mother, who eloped when he was 13, is suing him for business shares. Bombarded with troubles, Shakthi one day leaves his office and boards
1406-460: Was from a village where Priya went for a medical camp. There, she learns that the people of that village are affected by potential cancer and other effects due to the steel factory owned by Selva Vinayagam ( Nassar ). Priya enters the company with the help of Kalpana, who works there. Priya gathers proof and talks with Selva to provide safety equipment to the workers so that no one gets affected further. However, Selva denies and insults Priya, who leaves
1444-417: Was played in sync with the action on the screen, on pianos, organs, and other instruments. When sound films became more prevalent during the 1920s, comedy films grew in popularity, as laughter could result from both burlesque situations but also from humorous dialogue . Comedy, compared with other film genres , places more focus on individual star actors, with many former stand-up comics transitioning to
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