Ottran

Ottran (English: A Spy) is a 2003 Tamil film starring Arjun, Simran, Manorama, Vadivelu, Tejashree, Sarath Babu and directed by Ilankannan. The score and soundtrack was composed by Pravin Mani. The film was a hit at box office.

Cast

• Arjun as Karthik
• Simran Bagga as Sudha
• Vadivelu as Maadasaamy
• Manorama as Karthik's Mother
• Tejashree
• Gaurav Chopra as a Terrorist
• Sarath Babu
• Riyaz Khan as Peer Mohammed
• Ajay Rathnam as Saran
• Pyramid Natarajan as Kumara Saamy
• Mahanadhi Shankar
• Singamuthu
• Rajeev
• Anu Mohan
• Chitti Babu as Marriage Broker
• Sathya Prakash
• Hemanth
• Shyam Ganesh
• Hari Nair
• Dharmesh
• Vimal Raj
• Chitra
• Vishal
• Satheesh
• Ambareesh
• Peer Mohammed
• Baby Rani

Production

After the Arjun-directed Ezhumalai, the Arjun-Simran pair come together in yet another film titled ‘Ottran’. Directing the film is first-timer Ilankannan, who had apprenticed with director Shanker. Arjun plays a secret agent in the film, which gives him scope for enough of action scenes. Shooting commenced in Chennai in a forty-day schedule.

Soundtrack

These 6 songs in Ottran are composed by Pravin Mani.

• "Yeh Thiththippey" - Karthik, Suchitra
• "Oru Paarvai" - Srinivas, Sujatha
• "Chinna Veeda" - Manikka Vinayagam, Srilekha Parthasarathy
• "Kitchu Kitchu" - Shankar Mahadevan, Lavanya
• "Uttalangadi" - Manikka Vinayagam
• "En Kanave" - Srinivas, Sujatha

Critical reception

Hindu wrote:"first half of the film is the screenplay that allows no room for sluggishness or dampeners. The film moves on at breakneck speed and by the time you take a breather it's intermission".