Odipolama

{{More plot|date=February 2025}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox film | image = Odipolama poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Kanmani (director)|Kanmani]] | producer = V. Bharani Velan | starring = Parimal<br />[[Sandhya (actress, born 1988)|Sandhya]]<br />[[Kota Srinivasa Rao]]<br />[[Suman Setty]] | cinematography = [[Anji (cinematographer)|Anji]] | editing = [[Suresh Urs]] | music = [[D. Imman]] | studio = Sri Vaaru Films | released = {{Film date|2009|12|25|df=y}} | country = India | language = Tamil }}

'''''Odipolama''''' ({{translation|Shall we elope?}}) is a 2009 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[romance film]] directed by [[Kanmani (director)|Kanmani]], starring newcomer, Parimal and [[Sandhya (actress, born 1988)|Sandhya]], whilst [[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] plays a pivotal role. The film released on 25 December 2009 and performed poorly at the box office.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Raghavan |first=Nikhil |date=11 February 2010 |title=ITSY-BITSY |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/ITSY-BITSY/article16813931.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310103642/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/ITSY-BITSY/article16813931.ece |archive-date=10 March 2022 |access-date=21 August 2023 |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>

== Plot == Visu is a [[computer science]] student who loves to spend time with his friends. Though he is initially portrayed as a bookworm, it is made known in later scenes that he is a happy-go-lucky youngster. Hailing from an affluent family, he lives his own life. He comes across Anjali, also a computer science student. Visu falls in love with Anjali. After locating her whereabouts, he moves close to her residence. But problems begin after he goes behind her. A series of events forces Anjali to elope. She takes the bus in which Visu travels. It appears that Visu and Anjali had eloped together, but that isn't the case. There are a host of interesting events and encounters between them that eventually ends on a positive note.

== Cast == {{Cast listing| * Parimal as Visu * [[Sandhya (actress, born 1988)|Sandhya]] as Anjali * [[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] as Anjali's father * [[Suman Setty]] as Visu's friend * [[Sudha (Telugu actress)|Sudha]] as Vasundhara * [[Mahadevan (actor)|Mahadevan]] as Anjali's uncle * [[Thambi Ramaiah]] as Visu's uncle * Raja Sridhar as Vijay * [[Dhanraj (actor)|Dhanraj]] as Visu's friend * [[Rajyalakshmi]] as Anjali's mother * [[Chelladurai]] as Store owner * [[Rahasya]] in an [[item number]] in "Puchandi" }}

== Production == The film marked the debut of actress [[Sangeetha Krish|Sangeetha]]'s brother Parimal, in a leading role.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 December 2009 |title=Parimal keeps his promise! |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2009/dec/30/parimal-keeps-his-promise-117541.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913223535/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2009/dec/30/parimal-keeps-his-promise-117541.html |archive-date=13 September 2021 |access-date=21 August 2023 |website=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref> [[Sandhya (actress, born 1988)|Sandhya]] lost weight to play a college student in the film.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Odipolama |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/odipolama-imagegallery-0-ents-jdwmTQcgecasi.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913223535/https://www.sify.com/movies/odipolama-imagegallery-0-ents-jdwmTQcgecasi.html |archive-date=13 September 2021 |access-date=19 February 2025 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref>

== Soundtrack == The soundtrack was composed by [[D. Imman]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 October 2009 |title=Odipolama |url=https://www.saavn.com/s/album/tamil/Odipolama-2012/65f4v1fTToU_ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140907/https://www.saavn.com/s/album/tamil/Odipolama-2012/65f4v1fTToU_ |archive-date=12 June 2018 |access-date=10 June 2018 |website=[[JioSaavn]]}}</ref> A critic from ''[[Bangalore Mirror]]'' wrote that "As if to make up for his past debacles, composer Imman evolves and show promise, if only half-heartedly".<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 November 2009 |title=Odipolama: Half-hearted promise |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/reviews/odipolama-half-hearted-promise/articleshow/22001041.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310102947/https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/reviews/odipolama-half-hearted-promise/articleshow/22001041.cms |archive-date=10 March 2022 |access-date=21 August 2023 |website=[[Bangalore Mirror]]}}</ref>

{{Track listing | headline = Track listing | extra_column = Singer(s) | title1 = Ading Ading | extra1 = [[D. Imman]], [[Rita Thyagarajan|Rita]] | lyrics1 = D. Imman | title2 = Aruvi Pola | extra2 = [[Krish (singer)|Krish]] | lyrics2 = Thabu Shankar | title3 = Odipolama | extra3 = Arati Kanklikar, [[Dinesh Kanagaratnam]] | lyrics3 = [[Snehan]] | title4 = Poochandi | extra4 = Arati Kanklikar | lyrics4 = Snehan | title5 = Ragalaikaara Maaman | extra5 = [[D. Imman]] | lyrics5 = Snehan | title6 = Vaalu Payyane | extra6 = [[Anitha Karthikeyan]], [[Ranjith (singer)|Ranjith]] | lyrics6 = Snehan }}

== Critical reception == S. R. Ashok Kumar of ''[[The Hindu]]'' wrote that "Director Kanmani who is also in charge of the story, screenplay and dialogue has passed the acid test with a fair degree of success in all departments.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=S. R. Ashok |date=31 December 2009 |title=Love's in the air: Odipolama |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Loves-in-the-air-Odipolama/article16856283.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913223543/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Loves-in-the-air-Odipolama/article16856283.ece |archive-date=13 September 2021 |access-date=21 August 2023 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> ''[[The New Indian Express]]'' wrote that "It’s a simple script with a straight narrative style, sans any lavish trappings or frills [...] Youthful and breezy with its light touches, it’s the little twists in the screenplay that keep it going".<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 December 2009 |title=Odipolama |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2009/dec/28/odipolama-116694.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210914011739/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2009/dec/28/odipolama-116694.html |archive-date=14 September 2021 |access-date=21 August 2023 |website=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref>

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