Oru Adaar Love

Oru Adaar Love (transl. A fantastic love) is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film directed by Omar Lulu.[3] The screenplay was written by Sarang Jayaprakash and Lijo Panadan from a story by Omar Lulu, and produced by Ousepachan Vaalakuzhy under his production company Ousepachan Movie House.[4] The film features Roshan Abdul Rahoof, Noorin Shereef, Priya Prakash Varrier, Siyadh Shajahan, Vaishak Pavanan and Michelle Ann Daniel in principal roles.

Oru Adaar Love
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Omar Lulu
Produced by	Ousepachan Vaalakuzhy
Screenplay by	Sarang Jayaprakash Lijo Panadan
Story by	Omar Lulu
Starring	Roshan Abdul Rahoof Noorin Shereef Priya Prakash Varrier
Music by	Shaan Rahman
Cinematography	Sinu Sidharth
Edited by	Achu Vijayan
Production company	Ousepachan Movie House
Distributed by	Ousepachan Screen Media
Release date	14 February 2019 (2019-02-14)
Running time	145 minutes [1]
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Budget	₹5 crore[2]
Box office	₹12 crore[2]

The story deals with high school romance. Oru Adaar Love gained nationwide attention due to a clip which went viral, from the song "Manikya Malaraya Poovi".[5] It prompted the makers to make changes in script, which delayed production.[6] The film was released on 14 February 2019. It was dubbed and released in Tamil with the same title as Malayalam title, in Kannada as Kirik Love Story[7] and in Telugu as Lover's Day.[8]

Plot

The story revolves around the journey of high school kids from the time they first meet during their first day of class in 11th class until their graduation day in 12th class. Roshan woos Priya with the help of Gadha and his other friends. One evening Roshan and his friends get drunk and a friend of Roshan accidentally sends a porn video from Roshan's phone to the school's WhatsApp group. This causes a wedge between Roshan and Priya. Roshan and Gadha then pretend to be in love to make Priya jealous but they end up having feelings for each other. Priya approaches Roshan and says that she has forgiven him and they can start to be in a relationship again. But Roshan is unable to forget Gadha, which comes to be known by Priya. Heartbroken, she tells Roshan that Gadha alone can be the perfect partner for him and they end their relationship. On graduation day, Roshan decides to propose Gadha on top of the mountain. Just as Roshan is about to propose to Gadha, they are attacked by a bunch of goons who were antagonized by Roshan and Gadha earlier as part of an Eve teasing incident. When Gadha was about to be raped and Roshan to be killed, their friends enter and save them. The movie ends with them riding away happily.

Cast

Principal members of the cast are:[9]

• Roshan Abdul Rahoof as Roshan
• Noorin Shereef as Gadha John
• Priya Prakash Varrier as Priya Varrier
• Siyadh Shajahan as Francis E. Manavalan
• Mathew Joseph as Mathew
• Arun A Kumar as Arun
• Vaishak Pavanan as Vishakh aka 'Pavanna'
• Michelle Ann Daniel as Michelle
• Aneesh G Menon as Shibu Sir, Maths Teacher
• Hareesh Kanaran as Unmesh Sir, P. T. Teacher
• Roshna Ann Roy as Sneha Miss, Biology Teacher
• Althaf Salim as Manikandan Sir, Chemistry Teacher
• Anjali Nair as English Miss
• Pradeep Kottayam as Principal's Secretary
• Shivaji Guruvayoor as Principal
• Siddique as Jose Panadan, Sub-Inspector of Police
• Sreejith Ravi as Divakaran, Constable of Police
• Salim Kumar as Manavalan
• Vishnu Govindan as the school peon
• Dilruba Aswad Alqamar as Sana
• Suhaid (Kukku) as Akku
• Kalabhavan Niyas as Gadha's father

Production

Filming started on January 15, 2018.[10] Malayalam film producer Ousepachan Vaalakuzhy, impressed with Omar Lulu's Happy Wedding and Chunkzz decided to finance his third project, Oru Adaar Love. The primary cast was selected through audition. Ousepachan Vaalakuzhy said he likes to promote newcomers, as has he done with his previous films.[11] After Priya Prakash Varrier's wink in the song "Manikya Malaraya Poovi" became a viral hit, the makers altered the script to give prominence to her, thus sidelining the role played by Noorin Shereef, who had initially been cast in the lead role.[12]

Music

The film music and score were composed by Shaan Rahman.[13] The song "Manikya Malaraya Poovi" sung by Vineeth Sreenivasan, a revised modern version of a Mappila song, was uploaded on 9 February 2018 on YouTube as part of the promotions. It became a viral video at number 1 position garnering over one million views and 50,000 likes in 20 hours.[4] The original version of "Manikya Malaraya Poovi" was written by P. M. A. Jabbar with music composition by Thalassery K. Refeeque in 1978.[14]

Oru Adaar Love
Soundtrack album by Shaan Rahman
Released	2019
Recorded	2018
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	28:05
Label	Muzik 247
Producer	Shaan Rahman
Shaan Rahman chronology
9 (2019) Oru Adaar Love (2019) Sachin (2019)
External audio Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Manikya Malaraya Poovi"	P. M. A. Jabbar	Vineeth Sreenivasan	3:20
2.	"Freak Penne"	Sathyajith	Sathyajith, Neethu Naduvathettu	3:21
3.	"Munnale Ponaale"	Pearle Maaney	Haricharan	3:52
4.	"Thanananana Penne"	B. K. Harinarayanan	Sooraj Santhosh, Sruthy Sivadas	2:47
5.	"Forever Friend"	Sathyajith	Sachin Warrier	3:27
6.	"Aarum Kaanaathinnen"	B. K. Harinarayanan	Vineeth Sreenivasan	3:00
7.	"Maahiya"	B. K. Harinarayanan	Hesham Abdul Wahab, Jeenu Nazeer	4:20
8.	"Manichettan Song"		Sachin Raj	4:35
Total length:				24:07

Release

Oru Adaar Love was released on 14 February 2019.[15] It was dubbed in Tamil with the same title, in Kannada as Kirik Love Story and in Telugu as Lover's Day.[16]

Reception

Box office

As of 9 March 2019, the film has grossed more than ₹12 crore in India. It was made on a budget of ₹5 crore.[2]

Critical reception

S.R. Praveen of The Hindu stated "Oru Adaar Love on a Valentine’s day seems to be the handiwork of the culture police, for love hardly ever got such a shabby treatment on screen. If only a wink could save this experiment in mediocrity", referring to a scene from a song in the movie where the lead female actor winks, that when viral on the internet before the movie's release.[17] The Times of India gave 2.5 out of 5 stars stating "Oru Adaar Love seems like a quickly put together movie trying to cash in on the rather unexpected publicity that came its way. There are unpredictable twists in the tale, however, that may keep viewers hooked till the end".[18] India Today gave 2 out of 5 stars stating "Oru Adaar Love's lacklustre story and underdeveloped character arcs struggle hard to entertain the audience throughout the film".[19]

The News Minute gave 1 out of 5 stars stating "The film appears to say that the wrongs that men do aren’t really all that wrong. The misogyny doesn’t even try to hide behind any ‘larger’ story like in some movies".[20] Times Now gave 2 out of 5 stars stating "The film does no justice to the title but you can watch it to reminisce about your high school days and your first crushes. But when it comes to high school romances, I would still prefer watching Trisha Krishnan-Vijay Sethupathi’s 96".[21] The Week gave 1 out of 5 stars stating "One of the oft used cliches when reviewing a movie is 'old wine in new bottle'. In Omar Lulu's case, he has just a bottle and filled with some water that has the colour of wine".[22]

CNN-News18 gave 2 out of 5 stars stating "Everything has been planned conveniently to suit a violent ending. What could have turned into an engaging tale of teenage realisation ends up nowhere. It’s a lost opportunity".[23] The Indian Express gave 2 out of 5 stars stating "Oru Adaar Love has no plot as such except for a predictable romantic triangle that plays out between Priya Prakash Varrier, Roshan Abdul Rahoof and Noorin Shereef. The point the film tries to make hasn’t been fleshed out fully to last a two-hour long narration. The entire movie feels like one big set up to achieve a moment that’s fashioned to make the audience sob".[24] Sify gave 2 out of 5 stars stating "Oru Adaar Love provides some unexpected surprises but you would require real patience to sit through until then. It’s a no brainer, often offensive school kid romance that uses every technique to entertain. If that is your idea of fun, you may find this one fine".[25]

References

1. "Oru Adaar Love" – via www.imdb.com.
2. Narayanan, Nirmal (9 March 2019). "Omar Lulu lashes out at Priya Prakash Varrier, says he is not in touch with actress". International Business Times, India Edition.
3. Soman, Deepa (January 2018). "Omar Lulu's next film is 'Oru Adaar Love'". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
4. "This song from 'Oru Adaar Love' is a hit, social media go bonkers, the heroine of this movie Priya Prakash Varrier is a sensational trend on Twitter and Youtube". Malayala Manorama. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
5. "Priya Varrier: The actress whose wink stopped India". BBC News. 12 March 2018 – via YouTube.
6. ""Oru Adaar Love" reshoot to increase length of Character". 9 April 2018.
7. "Priya Prakash Varrier's Kannada dubbed version of 'Oru Adaar love' to release on valentine's day", The Times of India, 1 February 2019
8. "Allu Arjun to be special guest at 'Lover's Day' audio launch". The Newsminute. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
9. Shrijith, Sajin (17 December 2018). "Trolling worked to our advantage, says 'Oru Adaar Love' producer Ousepachan Vaalakuzhy". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
10. http://onlookersmedia.in/latestnews/oru-adaar-love-omar-lulus-next-chunkzz-starts-rolling/ Oru Adaar Love: Omar Lulu’s next after Chunkzz starts rolling!
11. "ഒമര്‍ ചിത്രത്തെ ഞാന്‍ കാണുന്നത് ഒരു പ്രസ്റ്റീജ്യസ് സിനിമയായി- നിര്‍മ്മാതാവ് ഔസേപ്പച്ചന്‍ അഭിമുഖം". South Live. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
12. "Priya Prakash Varrier's viral wink sidelined my lead role, claims 'Oru Adaar Love' actress Noorin Shereef". The Times of India.
13. Manoj Kumar R (13 February 2018). G.S VASU (ed.). "I wanted Vineeth Sreenivasan's voice to be the highlight of Manikya Malaraya Poovi: Oru Adaar Love composer Shaan". The New Indian Express. India. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
14. Express Web desk (14 February 2018). G.S VASU (ed.). "Here is the story behind Manikya Malaraya Poovi and the man who wrote it". The New Indian Express. India. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
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17. "'Oru Adaar Love' review: An experiment in mediocrity". The Hindu. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
18. "ORU ADAAR LOVE MOVIE REVIEW". Times of India. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
19. "Oru Adaar Love Movie Review: Roshan Abdul and Noorin are stars in Priya Prakash Varrier film". India Today. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
20. "'Oru Adaar Love' review: Priya Prakash Varier's wink can't save this disaster". The News Minute. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
21. "Oru Adaar Love movie review: Not Priya Prakash Varrier but Roshan Abdul Rahoof is the star of Omar Lulu's film". Times Now. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
22. "Oru Adaar Love review: No, you would not want to take this ride". The Week. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
23. "Oru Adaar Love Movie Review: Priya Prakash Varrier's Viral Wink Goes In Vain". News18. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
24. "Oru Adaar Love movie review: Where's the plot?". The Indian Express. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
25. "Oru Adaar Love review: Low brow entertainer". Sify. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.

External links

• Oru Adaar Love on IMDb