Okariki Okaru Explained

Okariki Okaru
Director:Rasool Ellore
Producer:P. Kiran
Music:M. M. Keeravani
Cinematography:Sunil K. Reddy
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Editing:Shankar
Studio:Anandi Art Creations
Country:India
Language:Telugu

Okariki Okaru is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film that was directed by cinematographer Rasool Ellore in his directorial debut. The film stars Sriram and Aarthi Chhabria, and was a box office success.

Plot

Swapna is a non-resident Indian (NRI) who, along with her grandfather, has arrived in India for a visit. Kameshwar "Kamesh" Rao is on a post-graduation pilgrimage to Kasi at the request of his grandmother. Kamesh sees Swapna at a railway station and falls in love with her. When introducing themselves they lie about their names, stating they are Rahul and Subba Lakshmi.

Swapna and her grandfather quickly leave for their relatives' place before Swapna can inform Rahul but she places a note in Rahul's wallet before leaving. When Swapna goes to her relatives' house, she learns her engagement is being arranged and is upset. Her father arrives for the engagement and stops it because the relatives have cheated Swapna's family on business, which caused Swapna's uncle (father's brother) to succumb to cardiac arrest.

After a year, Kamesh is looking for love and decides to go to the United States. For this purpose, he gets a job as an engineer at a software company so he visit the US on a work permit. Kamesh goes to the US and is working under Deepak, who is Swapna's cousin. Deepak wants to marry Swapna and she almost compromises by marrying Deepak. Kamesh meets Swapna.

Cast

Production

Development

Cinematographer Rasool Ellore wanted to make his directorial debut; he met with producer ARS Prasad to this end.[1] Sunil Reddy, who later directed Om 3D (2013), made his debut as a cinematographer with this film.[2]

Casting

Tamil actor Srikanth used the name Sriram as his stage name for Okariki Okaru to avoid confusion with established Telugu actor Srikanth.[3] [4] Rasool Ellore narrated the script to Sriram on the sets of April Maadhathil (2002).[5] Sriram wore a clean-shaven look for the first time in his career.[6] Aarti Chabria made her Telugu debut with Okariki Okaru.[7] After appearing a grandmother character in Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu (2002), Radha Kumari played a similar character in Okariki Okaru.[8]

Filming

The scene in which Sriram declares his love to Chabria was filmed in a dense forest in Kerala. To the film crew's surprise, the location was filled with snakes and leeches. Local villagers told the film crew to leave and some of them did so but Ellore was still able to film the scene with the help of locals.[9] The climax scene of the film was shot in rain, and because the scene is serious, Ellore was not perturbed when the rain washed off Chabria's makeup.[10]

Soundtrack

M. M. Keeravani composed the music and background score for Okariki Okaru.[11] Ellore described the visuals of the songs before Keeravani composed for them.[1] In a review of the soundtrack, a critic from The Hindu wrote: "Keeravani has that artistic touch in composing music, really! Good attempt."[11]

S. S. Rajamouli, NTR Jr. and Allu Arjun were chief guests at the audio release event, which was held on 1 September 2003 at the Taj Banjara. Keeravani reused the song "Nadiradinna" in Paheli (2005) as "Dheere Jalna".[12]

Reception

Jeevi of Idlebrain.com praised several aspects of Okariki Okaru, including the music, screenplay, dialogues, direction and cinematography.[13] Preetam Akkineni of Full Hyderabad called the film "clean good fun" and praised Keeravani's music for having meaningful lyrics "while still being poetic".[14]

Okariki Okaru was subsequently dubbed in Tamil as Unnai Paartha Naal Mudhal with a comedy track by Ramesh Khanna added. A critic from Chennai Online wrote: "While the first part of the movie moves interestingly, the encounters between the lovers having a touch of humour, the second part is an overdose of melodrama, with scenes we’ve already seen".[15]

Box office

Okariki Okaru was a box-office success but Sriram did not sign any Telugu films for five years till Police Police (2010) because he was interested in making an action film.[5] [16]

Awards

Nandi Awards[17]
CineMAA Awards[18]
Santosham Film Awards[19]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Interview with Rasool Ellore. Jeevi. 10 October 2005. Idlebrain.com. 11 December 2023. 11 December 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231211022136/https://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/rasoolellore.html. live.
  2. Web site: Sunil Reddy talks about Om. 15 January 2017. The Times of India. 11 December 2023. 24 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210624084440/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/sunil-reddy-talks-about-om/articleshow/21163971.cms. live.
  3. News: Srikanth is Sriram in Telugu! . 19 September 2003 . 2 October 2003 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20031002160250/http://sify.com/movies/telugu/fullstory.php?id=13255540 . dead.
  4. Web site: 13 November 2018 . 5 Telugu-origin heroes who made it big in Tamil cinema . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190823041725/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/5-telugu-origin-heroes-who-made-it-big-in-tamil-cinema/photostory/66608189.cms . 23 August 2019 . 6 February 2020 . The Times of India.
  5. Web site: Sriram hits Tollywood jackpot. The Times of India. 11 October 2003. Sangeetha Devi. K.. 28 March 2023. 28 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230328162034/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/hyderabad-times/sriram-hits-tollywood-jackpot/articleshow/227432.cms?utm=newas. live.
  6. Web site: Telugu Cinema Functions – Audio release of Okariki Okaru – MM Keeravani – Rasool – Kiran – Sreeram, Arti Chabria . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180626201151/http://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/audio-okarikiokaru.html . 26 June 2018 . 5 February 2020 . idlebrain.com.
  7. Web site: Remember the gorgeous diva from 'Okariki Okaru'? Check out her latest snaps. The Times of India. 6 July 2022. 6 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220706203851/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/remember-the-gorgeous-diva-from-okariki-okaru-check-out-her-latest-snaps/photostory/66732395.cms?picid=66732428. live.
  8. Web site: My First Break – Radhakumari. 12 November 2011. The Hindu. Narasimham. M. L.. 11 December 2023. 11 December 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231211064015/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/my-first-break-radhakumari/article2621453.ece. live.
  9. Web site: Anything for a good scene. 25 January 2004. The Times of India. 11 December 2023. 11 December 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231211061104/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/anything-for-a-good-scene/articleshow/443627.cms. live.
  10. Web site: Aarti: My heart sings when it rains. The Times of India. 14 January 2017. 11 December 2023. 11 December 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231211061104/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/aarti-my-heart-sings-when-it-rains/articleshow/6124623.cms. live.
  11. Web site: 29 September 2003 . Chords & Notes . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220505095736/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/chords-notes/article28450544.ece . 5 May 2022 . 5 May 2022 . The Hindu.
  12. Web site: Behind great tunes. Rajiv Vijayakar. Deccan Herald. 6 July 2022. 15 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221115184730/https://www.deccanherald.com/content/335952/behind-tunes.html. live.
  13. Web site: Telugu cinema review – Okariki Okaru – Sreeram, Arti Chabria – Rasool – Keeravani . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200209185611/http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-okarikiokaru.html . 9 February 2020 . 5 February 2020 . idlebrain.com.
  14. Web site: Okariki Okaru review: Okariki Okaru (Telugu) Movie Review – fullhyd.com . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200205234113/https://movies.fullhyderabad.com/okariki-okaru/telugu/okariki-okaru-movie-reviews-996-2.html . 5 February 2020 . 5 February 2020.
  15. Web site: Unnai Paartha Naal Muthal . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050311174913/http://www.chennaionline.com/Moviereviews/tammov309.asp . 11 March 2005 . 19 April 2022 . chennaionline.com.
  16. Web site: Police Police completes shoot. 26 November 2008. The New Indian Express. 11 December 2023. 11 December 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231211070213/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2008/nov/26/police-police-completes-shoot-2510.html. live.
  17. Web site: నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008). A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. 21 August 2020. 23 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150223135739/http://ipr.ap.nic.in/New_Links/Film.pdf. live. (in Telugu)
  18. Web site: Telugu CineMaa Awards 2003. 5 November 2004. Idlebrain.com. 11 December 2023. 11 December 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231211062310/https://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/cinemaaawards2003.html. live.
  19. Web site: Santosham Film Awards (Complete List). Ragalahari. 11 December 2023. 11 December 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231211064640/https://www.ragalahari.com/functions/1295/santosham-film-awards.aspx. live.

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