Directed by Ra.Mu. Chidambaram Story by Ra.Mu. Chidambaram Cinematography Philip R Sunder Director Ra.Mu. Chidambaram | Produced by Kalorful Beta Movement Music by Pavan Karthik Initial release 2015 Screenplay Ra.Mu. Chidambaram | |
Starring Ram Arun Castro
Gowthami Chowdary
Jayapraprash Radhakrishnan
Ambeth
Kulothungan | ||
Oattathoodhuvan-1854 (Tamil: ஓட்டத்தூதுவன்-1854; English: The Mail Runner-1854) is an upcoming Tamil historical period film, set in the year 1854. The movie is directed by debutant director Ra.Mu. Chidambaram who has earlier penned the story for Newtonin Moondram Vidhi starring S.J. Suryah. Oattathoodhuvan is produced under the banner Kalorful Beta Movement.
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Oattathoodhuvan-1854 is the first directorial venture of Ra.Mu Chidambaram who is a freelance Journalist and has contributed to popular Tamil Magazines. He has also written two Tamil novel under his pen name, Rasin and has nearly fifteen years of experience as Assistant Director in Tamil Cinema. He is an aspiring historian and had been working on the script of this movie for nearly two years. The movie stars debutant actors, Ram Arun Castro, and Gowthami Chowdary in the lead roles. Ram Arun Castro studied engineering at BITS-Pilani Dubai and later trained for acting at the New York Film Academy for two years.
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The story is set in the year 1854 when India was under the British East India Company rule and was shot in the hills of Tamil Nadu.
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The film was officially selected and screened in four prestigious international film festivals across India such as, 21st Kolkata International Film Festival 2015; 8th Bangalore International Film Festival 2016; 14th Pune International Film Festival 2016, and 13th Chennai International Film Festival 2016. The movie received positive reviews from critics and viewers during the screening at the festivals.