Osthe

Osthe (2011)

ஒஸ்தி

A man hates his stepfather and his half-brother. Later as a police officer, he makes an enemy in a local politician, who uses the hostility between the stepbrothers to fulfill his own nefarious plans.

Date of release
2011-11-22
TMDB
4.0 / 10 (11)
Runtime
2h 37m
Genres
Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director
Dharani

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Dabangg

Osthe is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film directed and co-written by Dharani. A remake of the 2010 Hindi film Dabangg, it stars Silambarasan, Richa Gangopadhyay, Santhanam, Jithan Ramesh and Sonu Sood. The film follows a police officer, Osthe Velan and his troubled relationship with his stepfather and half-brother. He seeks to take down a corrupt politician, who exploits the hostility between Velan and his stepfamily for his personal gain.

Production

By February 2011, the production company Balaji had acquired the rights to remake the Hindi film Dabangg (2010) in Tamil. Producer T. Ramesh revealed that actor Silambarasan urged him to do so and recommended Dharani as director. While the screenplay was written by Dharani, the dialogues were written by Bharathan, cinematography was handled by Gopinath and editing by V. T. Vijayan.

Richa Gangopadhyay was cast as the lead actress after Dharani was impressed with her performance in the Telugu film Mirapakay (2011). Sonu Sood reprised his role from the original as the antagonist. VTV Ganesh, after acting with Silambarasan in Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010) and Vaanam (2011) was signed to play the role played by Mahesh Manjrekar in the original. A number of actresses were considered for appearing in the film's item number.

The film was launched with a puja at AVM Studios in Chennai on 10 May 2011, and filming began on 26 June in Mysore. Nearly all of the film was shot in and around Mysore in a single shooting schedule, which was finished by mid-August. Silambarasan began a fitness regime with Sood serving as his coach. Gangopadhyay put on weight for Osthe and shot for the film simultaneously with Mayakkam Enna (2011) which she considered "hectic".

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