okja is a 2017 action-adventure film directed by bong joon-ho and co-written by bong and jon ronson .

the film stars an ensemble cast headed by south korean child actress ahn seo-hyun , alongside hollywood actors tilda swinton , paul dano , steven yeun , lily collins , and jake gyllenhaal .

the film competed for the palme d'or in the main competition section at the 2017 cannes film festival .

it was released on netflix on june 28 , 2017 .

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okja <EOT> the computer - generated okja , left , and an seo hyun in “okja . ”

mija and her superpig , okja , living happily in the korean countryside . okja is the gmo creation of the mirando corporation .

netflix will invest $ 50 million in upcoming south korean film okja by bong joon ho , local production company okja spc announced on tuesday .

" okja " will be released in select theaters and on netflix june 28 .

this post contains spoilers for okja , bong joon - ho’s film on netflix .

bella hadid ' s red dress matched the carpet at the ' okja ' premiere .

actress / co - producer tilda swinton speaks during the “okja” press conference new york .

ahn seo hyun attends the official press conference after korea red carpet premiere of okja .

ahn seo - hyun plays mija , a young farmgirl who takes care of okja .

meet the cast of okja , starring tilda swinton and jake gyllenhaal , on netflix .

seo - hyun ahn as mija and the titular star of okja . photograph : ap

tilda swinton and seo - hyun ahn in okja . photograph : barry wetcher / ap

a young girl named mi - ja ( ahn seo - hyun ) lives in the mountain . her best friend is okja , who is a massive animal with a shy and introspective character . one day , okja disappears . mi - ja struggles to find okja .

netflix’s irresistible okja is an anti - capitalist e . t . starring tilda swinton and a superpig

saving okja’s bacon… an seo hyun with her ‘super - piglet’ companion . photograph : allstar / netflix

okja is out on netflix on june 28 . definitely set aside two hours to watch it .

but the center of the movie is mija and okja . an seo hyun does very little talking in this movie ; her determination to save okja is all in her facial expressions and body language . and it ' s easy to forget that okja is a cg creation when they share scenes .

mija ' s mission to rescue okja takes us to some horrifying places in the meat industrial complex .

okja is a movie starring tilda swinton , paul dano , and seohyun an . a young girl risks everything to prevent a powerful , multinational company from kidnapping her best friend - a fascinating beast named okja .

mija ( seo - hyun ahn ) and her pet , a " super - pig " named okja .

lucy tries one last publicity stunt , forcing mija to play along if she wants to see okja again .

okja is a plan b entertainment , lewis pictures and kate street picture company production in association with netflix .

okja is described as a " super - pig , " but it has the mannerisms of a pet . there were so many moments where i recognised looks my dogs give or movements my cats make . okja wants you to rethink humans ' relationship to animals , and the vfx of okja does that work all on its own .

rihanna showed off her gown ' s impressive plumage at the screening of the film ' okja ' on friday .

mija ( ahn seo hyun ) looking after okja , who saves mija ' s life using her quick wits .

the film follows okja and her young keeper mija as agribusiness interests compete with animal activists to decide her fate .

tilda swinton and director bong joon ho on the set of " okja " . ( barry wetcher / netflix )

cannes , france – going into friday morning’s press screening , most people expected at least some vitriol for netflix’s okja .

okja hits netflix on 28 june , after screening at this year ' s edinburgh international film festival on 25 june .

" okja " will have its world premiere in the " in competition " section at the 70th cannes film festival .

netflix has released the first teaser for director bong joon - ho’s film okja , premiering exclusively on netflix on june 28 .

paul dano attends “okja” new york premiere at amc loews lincoln square 13 on june 8 , 2017 in new york city .

a young girl risks everything to prevent a powerful , multinational company from kidnapping her best friend - a fascinating beast named okja .

currently starring in okja are tilda swinton , jake gyllenhaal , paul dano , bill nighy and kelly macdonald . as the production looks ahead to a late 2016 start in new york and korea , auditions are now underway for a young actress to play the lead role in the story , which is about the friendship between a girl and an animal named okja . okja is due out sometime in 2017 .

brad pitt , dede gardner , jeremy kleiner , lewis taewan kim , dooho choi , woo - sik seo and bong produced okja .

the human performers are all brilliant , but the movie belongs to its title character and her digitally conjured , genetically modified ilk . okja is a miracle of imagination and technique , and “okja” insists , with abundant mischief and absolute sincerity , that she possesses a soul .

okja was written by bong and jon ronson ( frank ) and follows mija , a young girl who must risk everything to prevent a powerful , multi - national company from kidnapping her best friend – a massive animal named ‘okja . ’ mija will be played by seohyun an .

' okja ' star jake gyllenhaal , left , tilda swinton and director bong joon ho attend a photocall friday during the cannes film festival .

president of the feature film jury pedro almodovar poses with jury members jessica chastain and park chan - wook at the ' okja ' premiere .

director bong joon ho at the cannes film festival with his new movie , " okja . " ( stephanie cornfield / for the times )

just finished watching okja and i’m sobbing 🙁 i’ve wanted to become vegan or at least vegetarian and i really want to commit to it .

maybe not everyone’s gonna go vegan , but hopefully # okja can make a lot of people realize how cruel it is to eat animals .

anthropomorphizing okja is a collective labor , one in which the viewer—devastated by the pig’s plight—takes part . in this way , okja ’s position at the nexus of capitalist and posthumanist anxiety assumes the resonance of a 21st century frankenstein . but where the parts that make up dr . frankenstein’s monster have been taken from the masses—ripped from mass graves and cobbled together in the scientist’s laboratory—okja’s parts proliferate in the masses , in the mass - produced meat product that contains traces of her genes . where frankenstein’s monster is animated from dead bodies , okja’s meat is made to animate living ones .

what do you think about the okja teaser ? are you going to watch the movie ? let us know your thoughts in the comments below .

shooting for okja will begin in early 2017 in korea and u . s . it is due to be released in cinemas later that year .

updated : technical problems marred netflix ’s press screening for “ okja ” on friday morning at the cannes film festival , according to audience members .

there are broad performances , there are performances said to be “as broad as a barn , ” and then there’s jake gyllenhaal’s performance in okja .

okja is an absolutely gloriously strange and eccentric film with a proper heavyweight cast and is , excitingly , my first review for a netflix movie .

“with ‘okja’ i want to show the beauty that can exist between man and animal , and also the horror between them , ” said director bong .

the animal liberation front , led by pacifist jay ( the excellent as ever paul dano ) have other ideas and plan various interventions to rescue okja .

when the mirando corporation steals young mija ' s best friend , a genetically modified beast named okja , it sets the stage for a daring rescue mission .

okja is expected to stream live on netflix on june 29 , with a limited theatrical run in the u . s . , uk and south korea .

read more : ‘okja’ review : bong joon ho delivers his ‘e . t . ’ with delightful tale of a mutant pig and the girl who loves her

" okja " has a clear political agenda in mind , but its polemics don ' t get in the way of how wildly , strangely enjoyable it is .

netflix has released its new movie , okja , which is described by cnn as “an animal - rights message as well as cautionary warnings about corporate greed . ”

but bong also acknowledges that " okja , " with its painstakingly designed and computer - generated pig protagonist , was made to be seen on the big screen .

from visionary filmmaker bong joon - ho , the creative mind behind the worldwide sensation snowpiercer , comes the new global adventure okja . the film follows the epic journey of mija , a young girl who must risk everything to prevent a powerful , multi - national company from kidnapping her best friend – a massive animal named ‘okja’ .

okja pushes back against this by foregrounding the relationship between a little girl and her animal friend . so , yes , okja is a well - engineered beast who contributes to lower environmental impact , but she’s also an individual animal who loves and is loved – and she has an ethically significant interest in her own well - being .

the film then flashes forward to quieter times , where teenage mija ( ahn seo - hyun ) is raising her super - pig okja in the mountains in south korea . okja is part of a “contest” for farmers around the world to grow the biggest super - pig , and when johnny and the mirando team come to visit , it’s clear okja is the winner . but that means she’ll be taken to new york city , and all mija wants is for her best friend to stay in korea with her .

neither “ okja ” nor noah baumbach’s “the meyerowitz stories” are on track to receive even limited theatrical releases in france , having been refused temporary exhibition visas by the cnc .

meanwhile , tilda swinton , who starred in snowpiercer , is set to have a role in okja . other cast members include jake gyllenhaal , paul dano and bill nighy .

summary : meet mija , a young girl who risks everything to prevent a powerful , multi - national company from kidnapping her best friend – a massive animal named okja .

trying to rescue okja , mija winds up thrown together with animal rights activists who want to reveal mirando ' s animal abuses . their radical leader , jay ( paul dano ) , is in some ways just another version of lucy . obsessed with his own image , constantly livestreaming his group ' s political actions , he cares more about ideological purity than okja ' s well - being . the film shuttles us between one hypocritical leader and another , until the only thing we trust is mija ' s bond with okja .

meet your new hero . mija , played by an seo hyun , is introduced by the cast of the upcoming netflix original film , okja . only on netflix june 28 .

that might change with the host director bong joon - ho’s latest picture , a strange , sweeping cautionary tale of late - capitalist greed called okja , available on netflix worldwide .

exhibitor lotte cinema , run by lotte entertainment , said it is also currently discussing what it calls " the okja problem , " according to a source employed by the exhibitor .

okja stars korean child actor ahn seo - hyun as mija , a young girl who has to protect her best friend , a giant pig named okja , from being kidnapped by a multinational corporation . she’s assisted in her efforts by members of the animal liberation front , portrayed in the film as a group of hapless but well - natured eco - warriors .

the decision in south korea is rather similar . netflix’s day - and - date release strategy , in which “okja” would open in theaters and also be available to stream on netflix , violates the country’s three - week window between theatrical release and streaming availability . the major theater chains take this window seriously , and it’s the driving force behind rejecting “okja . ”

bong also discussed comments made by cannes jury president pedro almodóvar , who said that he believed that films without theatrical distribution like okja shouldn’t be considered for the festival’s prestigious palme d’or .

in a swish marketing move , several of these super - pigs are sent around the world to be raised through traditional , local methods ; one , okja , ends up on a remote farm in south korea , where a little girl named mija lives . and so , okja and mija grow up together , becoming the very best of friends in the process .

lucy mirando ( tilda swinton , left ) reunites mija ( seo - hyun ahn ) with her genetically engineered pet , okja , in bong joon ho ' s offbeat action - adventure .

when asked how she feels that most people worldwide will see okja on their laptops or smartphones , swinton pointed out that thousands of cannes entries won’t ever be seen on the big screen .

jay ( paul dano ) heads the animal rights activist group who want to help mija rescue okja . they turn out to be almost as corrupt as the corporation they want to stop .

since it was a first meeting , he actually didn’t speak about okja for a while , but we met and just had a chitchat . then eventually , he started talking about okja and it was a very natural process . i felt that , since the beginning , perhaps the director was treating me as [ my character ] mija , even though he never spoke about it .

as part of netflix’s push for more original content , okja will debut on the streaming service some time in 2017 alongside a limited theatrical release . subscribers might’ve noticed the increasing lack of movie options available to them on the platform , and that’s because netflix is diverting more of its funds towards developing and acquiring films , like okja , and original series . they reportedly spent upwards of $ 6 billion this year alone . so , while we mourn the loss of some of our preferred titles , we should also celebrate if it means more interesting projects like okja are coming our way .

these two make all the rest of this movie — as beautifully shot and acted as it is — work . if you didn ' t believe mija ' s relationship with okja , it would all fall apart . there ' d be too many characters , too many motivations , and too many locations to keep track of . but mija ' s love for okja anchors it all . they pull you through the movie , leaving you to think about all the other things bong addresses later . and ever since i saw okja , i have not been able to stop thinking about it .

darisu khondji ( se7en , evita , midnight in paris ) is the latest addition to bong joon - ho’s upcoming film okja . the renowned cinematographer has come on board the south korean director’s project .

“to me , the crazy world surrounding okja and the girl looks more like a monster . i want to depict the two characters’ bizarre journey and adventure across the tough world in an original fashion” .

netflix made a bigger splash at cannes than intended when it visited the prestigious film festival for the first time this year , bringing along new films " okja " and " the meyerowitz stories . "

it wasn’t as complicated as i thought it would be in the beginning because there was a stuffed animal standing in for okja . there was a real person inside it , and i think maybe i was able to project my feelings for okja onto the stuffy and the person operating it . it became a real relationship with that person , like with any other actor . it became a real experience .

bong also blamed himself for some of the outcome , saying he had always envisioned okja , a $ 50m sci - fi pic backed by netflix and plan b– to be viewed on the big screen .

given bong’s popularity in his home country , “okja” was expected to be one of the biggest releases of the summer in south korea . the movie is scheduled to open june 29 , and now local distributor next entertainment world will be looking for other options of opening “okja” in theaters . one possibility is targeting south korea’s independent theaters , but they only account for 7 % of the total screens in the country .

of course , the final version of okja contains a brutal slaughterhouse scene that would likely have been nixed in the hands of another production company . without it , okja would be merely weird rather than weirdly breathtaking , as bong patiently shows the jarring , grisly nature with which the superpigs meet their end ; it isn’t polemical , but it certainly takes an otherwise beautiful , eccentric film to a more harrowing place . its inclusion should ensure that okja has a lasting effect , if not by forcing us to reconsider where our food comes from than by cementing netflix as more than an endless repository of old movies and shows .

new , which had previously announced that it was pursuing " an unlimited run " for okja in theaters , does not plan to scrap its plan of having the film debut on netflix at the same time .

sarandos seemed pleased with the critical response to both “okja” and “the meyerowitz stories , ” and happy that the media had shifted their focus away from the controversy stirred up by his company’s presence on the croisette .

but mija ' s blissful prelapsarian worldview is cruelly ruptured when okja is suddenly hauled away to new york by her creator , corporate ceo lucy mirando ( swinton ) , who is seeking to erase her company ' s dubious track record with eco - friendly , feed - the - world , ethical - capitalist publicity stunts . inevitably , however , mirando ' s real plans for okja turn out to be far more sinister .

okja itself ( prounced ook - tah ) is mix between a hippo and a pig and is like a studio ghibli creation brought to life , looking so lifelike you’ll have to remind yourself it doesn’t actually exist .

netflix confirmed on monday bong joon - ho’s recent cannes competition selection okja will premiere theatrically on june 28 in new york and los angeles day - and - date with the global online launch on its streaming platform .

okja is a most remarkable pig . as big as a medium - sized elephant , with a snout that looks more canine than porcine , she is slobbery and sometimes flatulent , but also loyal , gentle and brave . okja is devoted , above all , to a girl named mija . they have grown up together on a remote mountain farm that belongs to mija’s grandfather , inseparable companions in a classic literary and cinematic tradition .

okja follows the journey of mija ( an seo hyun ) and okja , a giant " super pig , " as the young woman tries to rescue her friend from a mega - corporation . it begins on an idyllic mountain farm in rural south korea , moves to seoul for a massive amount of destruction , breaks your heart in a hellish laboratory in new jersey , and visits a too - slick marketing stunt in new york .

if shelley’s monster concentrated an anxiety about the collective at the close of the 18th century , bong joon - ho’s monstrous pig focalizes a slightly different anxiety for contemporary viewers : not about the collective per se , but about collective labor . after all , collective labor is the machine that makes okja run . it lays dormant in her computer - generated flesh , engineered by a team of graphics designers . it resides in the computer algorithms that recommend okja to subscribers ( “because you watched twin peaks …” ) and in the crowdsourced content provider that is netflix studios . we manifest it when we feel okja’s cgi - pain . when we boo netflix’s global capitalism but cheer okja ’s anti - globalist message , we miss the ways in which the film’s politics of production and its ethics of representation align : in a pathetic appeal to mass emotion to keep up the mass work .

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in the context of mirando’s lab , where mutant pigs appear as freak show spectacles , we don’t feel okja’s own monstrosity . she seems more out of place among other gmos than she did among her human companions . the scene confirms okja’s transformation from super pig to super pet , but this transformation is no less instrumental to human needs than that of pig to pork . despite bong joon - ho’s representation of human agents as grotesque , naïve , or marginal , okja ’s narrative reinforces a world order in which animals , machines , and animal - machines matter because they’re made by humans for humans . they even look , act , and feel like us .

our protagonist , mija ( ahn seo hyun ) , seems to be the only sane perspective in the film . she ' s a young woman living in the korean countryside who befriends her grandfather ' s superpig , the eponymous okja . her innocence and righteous fury are the perfect foil to the whacked - out cynicism of johnny , lucy , and lucy ' s assistant frank dawson ( giancarlo esposito ) . romping through the ultra - idyllic forest , mija and okja are inseparable . but of course their time together can ' t last . one day , johnny arrives with a crew of social media thugs from mirando to award okja first place in the superpig contest .

okja , directed by bong joon ho , stars tilda swinton , paul dano , seo - hyun ahn , hee - bong byun , steven yeun , and lilly collins . it will stream to netflix on june 28 , 2017

when the ten year mark arrives , mija ' s grandfather tells her that he had to turn okja over to the company , but that she can take solace in his compensatory gift to her , a tiny gold pig . mija and okja ' s separation kicks off a story that follows the pig from south korea to new york city and ( parenthetically ) to a plant near paramus , new jersey , where hundreds of other prototype pigs are kept for experimentation and eventual slaughter . members of the animal liberation federation ( alf , just like the sitcom alien ) briefly kidnap okja and fit her with a camera that they hope will expose the company ' s animal rights abuses .

for 10 idyllic years , young mija ( an seo hyun ) has been caretaker and constant companion to okja – a massive animal and an even bigger friend – at her home in the mountains of south korea . but that changes when a family - owned multinational conglomerate mirando corporation takes okja for themselves and transports her to new york , where image obsessed and self - promoting ceo lucy mirando ( tilda swinton ) has big plans for mija’s dearest friend .

' okja ' cast and crew devon bostick , jake gyllenhaal , lily collins , paul dano , director bong joon - ho , actors tilda swinton , ahn seo - hyun , steven yeun and byung heebong pose on the carpet .

okja stars tilda swinton , paul dano , byun heebong , steven yeun , lily collins , giancarlo esposito , jake gyllenhaal and newcomer an seo hyun as “mija . ” be sure to check them out on netflix on june 28th .

okja is an uncommon achievement for a variety of reasons : the technical acuity of bong’s filmmaking , the allegorical rebuke of the food industry , the film’s unorthodox streaming release , and the kickass force of nature that is mija . but to me , okja is exciting for another singularly remarkable feat : it is not only the first major film to seamlessly integrate english and korean ( an estimated 20 percent of the film’s dialogue is in korean ) , but it also features what might be the most realistic korean american character in film history . indeed , i’d argue the best way to fully appreciate okja is if you understand both korean and english — even though it won’t alienate those on either side .

despite the technical issues , early reviews of okja have been broadly positive , with the guardian’s peter bradshaw writing that the film “rattles along with glorious storytelling gusto in the spirit of roald dahl” as part of a five - star review .

okja will premiere globally on netflix in 2017 and will also have a limited day and date theatrical release in the us . netflix is also looking for theatrical partners for a day and date release in select international territories , including korea .

each of these docile beasts is despatched to a different corner of the planet to be reared . the enormous okja grows up in rural korea , gambolling in the fields with her young companion , mija ( ahn seo - hyun ) .

netflix announced that principal photography began yesterday on its feature film okja in seoul , south korea . from director bong joon - ho ( snowpiercer , the host , mother ) , okja is produced by plan b , lewis pictures and kate street picture company , and stars tilda swinton ( hail , caesar ! , moonrise kingdom ) , jake gyllenhaal ( nightcrawler , everest ) and paul dano ( love & mercy , 12 years a slave ) in a bold , global adventure .

there is , though , an amusing irony to the film’s controversial distribution : okja , which cost $ 50m to make , is readymade for the big screen , complete with heist - like drama , a manatee - sized pig and mesmerizing shots of mija and okja roaming the south korean mountaintops . but it’ll almost universally be consumed via laptop screens , ipads and home televisions . of course most films are nowadays , their digital shelf lives being far longer than their theatrical ones .

the premise of “okja” stemmed not from the context of mirando’s cruelty , but from the idea of a genetically engineered colossus with a “sad” face and a “lovely” disposition . bong said he wanted to filter the perspective through characters who love the animal , specifically a headstrong child . by the time he was scripting the movie’s first draft , bong had dismissed his original ending , favoring okja’s show - stopping near - slaughter and mija’s showdown with the callous nancy mirando ( tilda swinton ) .

bong joon - ho , korean director of the cannes film festival - bound drama “ okja , ” has pushed back at sectors of the french industry that are angry with the selection of two netflix - backed films in the competition section .

ah , those were the days — before mija realized her super pig was destined to become super pork . like the unsuspecting turkey that enjoys a spoiled life being fattened only to get a rude awakening the day before thanksgiving , neither mija nor her enormous pet has any idea what’s in store for okja — which makes the young girl all the more devastated when dr . johnny ( gyllenhaal , sweaty and screechy in a performance that’s three times as weird as it needs to be ) shows up to meet okja and bring her back to new york city . naturally , mija wants to recover okja , and so she sets off , armed with her solid - gold dowry , to beg , steal or buy back the big pig .

brad pitt , dede gardner , jeremy kleiner , lewis taewan kim , dooho choi , woo - sik seo and bong joon - ho are producers on the film . okja is a plan b , lewis pictures and kate street picture company production .

the early scenes borrow the leisurely rhythms of mija’s idyllic days with okja ; she snoozes on the beast’s vast belly , softly rising and falling in time with her pet’s breathing . yet once she follows the kidnapped creature to seoul , where they are taken in by a band of animal rights activists , the film lurches from one style to another . what begins as a tranquil buddy movie finishes up in the blood - soaked slaughterhouse where okja is due to end her days ; it’s as though

as okja and cowspiracy make clear , the technical debate into the environmental impact of eating meat is critically important . but even if animal agribusiness could be made thoroughly sustainable , routine practices of confinement , forcible reproduction and slaughter remain highly ethically questionable .

bong spoke monday at a presentation in seoul alongside netflix chief content officer ted sarandos . they confirmed that “okja” will , in fact , receive theatrical outings in three territories : south korea , the u . s . and the u . k .

but with okja , bong joon - ho was less concerned with these rituals – which have the ultimate effect of arbitrarily ascribing value to some films and not others – than with having complete creative control over the project , which netflix famously affords .

the pivotal scene in okja , bong joon - ho’s netflix - produced film about a girl and the genetically - enhanced " super - pig " she loves , is performed in a mishmash of three languages : english , korean , and konglish .

if " snowpiercer " and " okja " feel like products of ( and metaphors for ) an increasingly global film industry , bong maintains that his casting and location decisions of late remain as story - driven as they were in his korean productions .

the korean auteur is drawing more and more comparisons to steven spielberg , and it’s not hard to see why— okja is like a more brutal e . t . , if e . t . had been at risk of being turned into mass - produced jerky . like that film , bong’s is about the loss of innocence , but more importantly , it’s about the value of innocence . mija is neither a simpleton nor a fool for developing a genuine relationship with okja , and she’s right to try and rescue her when the mirando corporation eventually comes to take her away . you’ll likely be gripping your armrest , practically cheering her on , as mija gives pursuit to okja’s captors—though her enemy is a vast capitalist entity , her cause doesn’t seem hopeless .

the early morning press screening of the netflix film “okja” was interrupted by boos and angry applause in the palais des festivals on friday at the cannes film festival in france — particularly at the appearance of the company’s logo at the start of the film .

“it really is a fantastic opportunity for me as a filmmaker . for okja , i needed a bigger budget than i had for snowpiercer and also complete creative freedom . netflix offered me the two conditions that are difficult to have in hand simultaneously . ”

fast forward a decade to somewhere far from mirando hq , where mija lives in a state of total naïveté , spending her days at okja’s side . these are charming scenes , reminiscent of “pete’s dragon” ( as she tosses real fruit to the animated creature ) and “my neighbor totoro” ( right down to the way mija naps on the giant beast’s belly ) , featuring great visual effects work on the creature , designed to look adorably dog - like . early on , bong encourages us not only to fall in love with okja , but also to recognize the animal’s unusual sensitivity and intelligence , inserting a manipulative scene of animal altruism in which okja risks her life to save her owner ( when , more likely , both would have ended up dead ) .

“that seemed too cartoonish ― i wanted to focus on okja alone , ” the director said , via a translator , referring to the titular super - pig raised blissfully in the south korean countryside by the young mija ( ahn seo - hyun ) .

unlike pete’s dragon , however , okja sees bong joon - ho deploy that sentimental attachment in service of a quite brutal , and devastating , statement about our attitude towards meat consumption . yes , this is the kind of film that turns people vegan .

auditions are currently underway for a young actress to play the lead role in the story , about the friendship between a girl and an animal named okja . production is slated to begin in korea and new york in late 2016 for a 2017 release .

it ' s a testament to bong ' s sprawling ambition that okja manages to be so many things at once - - a caustic satire of corporate evil , an intercontinental action / adventure epic , a coming - of - age narrative for the girl .

okja begins with a splendiferous introduction to its title character . who is okja ? the ecstatic businesswoman lucy mirando ( tilda swinton ) is thrilled to tell us , via multimedia presentation , by revealing to the press and her investors a new kind of “super - pig” her global corporation has discovered . a giant , lumbering beast resembling a hippo ( though with a more baleful face ) , this creature is the future of cuisine , lucy explains , and okja is a prized calf sent to a farm in south korea as part of a worldwide competition to find the best environment for her species . there she’ll roam around the mountains for 10 years , munch on the grass , and becoming a loving companion to young mija ( ahn seo - hyun ) , the farmer’s granddaughter .

netflix has two films in competition , “okja” and noah baumbach’s “the meyerowitz stories . ” french exhibitors are angry that the festival accepted films that do not have a theatrical release first , and consider netflix a threat to the established order of large - screen filmgoing .

the film has become a symbol of the streaming giant ' s disruption of the traditional film business and caused much debate . netflix plans to release okja online - only in most markets , leading to criticism from this year ' s cannes jury president pedro almodovar .

bong joon - ho , the south korean director whose film okja was the subject of much controversy at the cannes film festival last month , has said that he hopes the debate following the film will become a “signal flare” in establishing new rules for similar films .

1 . the cinémathèque is now quite literally the gatekeeper to cannes . after a dispute with netflix about the premiere of okja , which didn’t have a theatrical release , the festival is now requiring all feature - length competition entries to release their films in theaters .

best of all , bong never loses his focus on mija and okja . as okja progresses , the point the director is trying to make becomes more obvious , especially as mija wanders into the bowels of the factory - farming system and experiences its truly unnatural horrors . much as with snowpiercer , it sometimes feels like bong is trying to hit a nail on the head with a sledgehammer—he’s successful at getting his message across , but it gets tougher and tougher to absorb . still , there’s something to be said for that intensity . okja doesn’t want to end on the simple grace note of a happy ending , but it’s also not trying to leave the viewer miserable . it’s a sublime tale of the value of humanity , and the horrors we often have to suffer through to hold on to that .

okja is a superpig - one of 12 bred by the sinister miranda corporation ( led by ceo nancy miranda - a rare high energy comedic performance by swinton ) who is raised in korea by young mija and her grandfather for a decade , whilst they fatten up .

for swinton , a longtime admirer of bong ' s films , starring in " snowpiercer " and " okja " ( she also served as a co - producer on the latter ) allowed her to witness the director ' s trademark precision on a more ambitious canvas .

bong also took a jab at the cannes film festival , saying the festival should have sorted out the rule before inviting the okja to screen in competition . last month , french exhibitors were up in arms after the fest selected two netflix titles ( okja and the meyerowitz stories ) to screen in competition . the festival abruptly changed its rules saying from 2018 it would exclude films which didn’t have a theatrical commitment . france operates an arcane windows system that dictates that movies must wait three years after their theatrical release before hitting a streaming platform .

okja is far from a brief on behalf of vegetarianism—mija’s favorite food , it’s noted in one early scene , is chicken stew—but it leaves you with a vision of the capitalist food chain that’s less than morally appetizing . as bong’s ample perspective makes clear , that food chain isn’t just literal but metaphorical . whether or not mija and the alf succeed in their mission to bug the mirando labs and rescue okja , the problems they’re struggling to address—income inequality , environmental pillage , and corporate malfeasance—will outlast their individual story . if you see okja , and i hope you do , stay for the final credits . it’s not often that a stinger scene pops up at the end of a movie , not to pre - sell the inevitable sequel , but to leave you with something to think , wonder , and worry about .

jake gyllenhaal , who plays a flamboyant tv zoologist in okja , also chimed in on the debate . he concluded that a platform of netflix’s size can only be a good thing for the english - korean - language movie , whose budget is estimated at $ 50 million .

according to okja spc , brad pitt ' s plan b entertainment has also come aboard to co - produce the film . the company headed by pitt was behind world war z and 12 years a slave , as well as war machine . netflix invested in the latter .

the company in this case is the fictional mirando corporation , run by rapacious twin sisters lucy and nancy mirando ( both played by tilda swinton ) and fronted by an aggressive steve irwin - style tv personality ( jake gyllenhaal ) . okja is one of 26 genetically enhanced piglets that mirando sends out to be raised on farms all over the world , then recalls to its new york headquarters years later for inspection , breeding and eventual execution — but not if mija , okja ' s caretaker and best friend , has anything to say about it .

based on the details offered by the press release , the project has a very princess mononoke vibe to it , but placed in a more modern setting . described as “a bold , global adventure , ” okja centers on the character mija , “a young girl who must risk everything to prevent a powerful , multi - national company from kidnapping her best friend — a massive animal named ‘okja . ’” bong said in an accompanying statement , “i want to show the beauty that can exist between man and animal , and also the horror between them . ”

but in creating okja’s species as an ecologically sustainable alternative to cattle , has mirando finally reconciled animal agriculture to its ethical and environmental obligations ? animal activists in the film – and in wider society – would strenuously disagree . it’s worth noting here that the director is sympathetic to these claims , having become vegan during the filming of okja – and having borrowed much of the film’s visual rhetoric from footage taken by undercover activist documentarians . in order to settle this question , we need to more carefully explore how sustainability functions as an ethical and political ideal .

okja’s anthropomorphized body—capable of hugs , if not resistance—is manufactured to receive the audience’s pity , while the film’s human agents ( from farmers , to machine operators , to capitalists and consumers ) warrant indifference or scorn . swinton’s mirando can’t seem to find connection—human or otherwise—with anyone . she is too busy crafting a new marketing scheme or signature with which to sign autographs for her carnivorous fans . the meat - eating capitalists , however , are not the only casualties of okja ’s heavy - handed satire . the film’s squad of animal rights activists are likewise presented in two - dimensions as amateurish and self - indulgent . they , too , reveal themselves to be unworthy of sympathy when they craft a scheme to bring down mirando that requires sending okja into the belly of the pork industry , haplessly abetting the super pig’s rape and near slaughter .

spoiler alert ( as if clicking on a story with this title wasn’t just asking to be spoiled ) : mija and okja are reunited at the end of the movie . and they do live happily ever after , but just how they get to that point is absolutely chilling .

steven yeun , jake gyllenhaal , tilda swinton , director bong joon - ho , ahn seo - hyun , lily collins and paul dano attend the " okja " photocall during the 70th annual cannes film festival at palais des festivals on may 19 , 2017 in cannes , france .

in truth , paul dano , jake gyllenhaal , tilda swinton , and the rest of the non - korean cast of okja had a low hurdle to clear . it’s steven yeun — speaking english , korean , and konglish — who was the key to bridging the lingual gap .

it sounds like okja is following a similar casting breakdown as bong joon - ho’s 2013 film snowpiercer , which starred swinton , chris evans , song kang - ho , ko ah - sung , jamie bell , octavia spencer , ed harris , alison pill , and john hurt . the lead in that well - received sci - fi flick fell to evans , but with a korean female character in the lead for okja , my money’s on ko ah - sung . she previously starred in bong joon - ho’s acclaimed monster film , the host , along with song kang - ho , who i fully expect to star in okja as well . another strong candidate for the part is doona bae , who also starred in the host but has been a main player in the wachowski siblings’ recent projects like cloud atlas , jupiter ascending , and sense8 .

okja - featurette ' production diary ' subscribe and click the notification bell here : urltoken subscribe to filmisnow movie trailers : urltoken meet mija , a young girl who risks everything to prevent a powerful , multi - national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named okja . some of the best and most funniest movie moments happen behind the scenes . filmisnow movie extras channel gives you the latest and best behind the scenes footage , bloopers , interviews , featurettes , deleted / alternate scenes . we give you the before , during and after that goes into making movies .

“’okja’ will receive an unlimited wide release in south korea on june 29 , not just in a few theaters for a limited time , ” said kim woo - taek , ceo of korean distributor next entertainment world . the film will simultaneously be available on netflix’s platform in some 190 countries .

that said , as much as okja has its sobering moments , it’s just as filled with bong joon - ho’s characteristically surreal approach to humour , much of which is derived from seeing a string of highly - acclaimed actors let loose like they’re guest starring on an episode yo gabba gabba ! .

bong joon - ho has been making movies for the last 17 years , becoming one of south korea’s most recognizable filmmakers across the world . but his popularity in his home country isn’t going to be enough to get his new movie , the netflix fantasy adventure “ okja , ” into theaters .

as thr reports , netflix isn’t the only production company backing okja as pitt’s plan b pictures will be co - producing as well . here’s what bong joon - ho had to say about partnering up with pitt’s banner , one of the production companies behind world war z and 12 years a slave :

perhaps the only problem with this movie is that practically everyone in it is so despicable that we can ' t really root for anyone to win . though co - author ronson told heat vision that okja will convert people to vegetarianism , it ' s not as if jay ' s anti - meat activists are a sympathetic bunch . plus , mija ' s favorite food is chicken soup . the film offers its protagonists no recourse to the law , since mirando has its own security force . and there ' s no hope that mirando can be stopped , even if mija succeeds in rescuing okja .

the story centres on the eponymous okja , an animal belonging to a new species that has been genetically engineered to fulfil the developed world’s boundless appetite for meat , while minimising the environmental impact of its production . in the words of ceo lucy mirando ( played by the always wonderful tilda swinton ) :

even now i still can’t get over snowpiercer , a refreshing piece of sci - fi from south korean filmmaker bong joon ho that debuted in 2013 with incredible performances . three years later , ho has begun filming on his next effort , a film titled okja that reunites him with the transformative tilda swinton .

there remains consternation within the film industry about netflix’s distribution model , with last month’s cannes festival ( where okja premiered in competition ) becoming the focus of heated debates about “real films” being shown in cinemas , not on television screens . yet who else would have backed such an adventurous movie , which swings between child’s - eye adventure , dystopian slapstick , and poignantly chilling atrocity , and on which bong had final - cut freedom to follow his instincts , no matter how wild or weird ? okja deserves to be seen in a cinema , but we have streaming services like netflix to thank for its strange existence .

okja raises as many existential questions as it will vegetarians ( the abattoir scenes are pretty tough to swallow ) but with standout scenes include battling tranquilliser guns with umbrellas , jake gyllenhaal playing a real life ned flanders and a brilliant use of john denver’s ‘annie’s song’ - this “adult’s pete’s dragon” is quite special .

“it really is a fantastic opportunity for me as a filmmaker , ” bong said in a statement . “for okja , i needed a bigger budget than i had for snowpiercer and also complete creative freedom . netflix offered me the two conditions that are difficult to have in hand simultaneously , ” he said .

the controversy at cannes was due to the fact that neither of netflix’s competition entires , “okja” and noah baumbach’s “the meyerowitz stories , ” had french theatrical release dates . the festival ended up changing its rules to state that any future film that wants to compete at cannes must be released in french theaters .

with a burning sense of injustice only the young can feel , mija refuses to take the loss of okja lying down . embarking on an audacious mission to rescue the beloved beast and bring her home , mija joins forces with a gang of dapper but ethically conflicted animal welfare activists led by jay ( paul dano ) and k ( steve yeun ) . a superbly staged truck chase through seoul , climaxing with okja smashing up a subterranean shopping mall to the ironic strains of john denver ' s sappy pop classic " annie ' s song , " provides one of the film ' s set - piece action highlights .

speaking at the press conference for okja , swinton suggested the controversy had been overplayed . “let’s be honest , there are thousands of films at cannes that won’t be screened in a cinema , ” she said . “it’s an enormous and really interesting conversation . as in every matter there is room for everyone . ”


chinnamanikkuyile is an unreleased indian tamil-language film made in 1987 and directed by priyadarshan .

the movie stars karthik and rekha in lead roles .

this would have been priyadarshan 's debut in tamil films .

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chinnamanikkuyile <EOT> chinnamanikkuyile is yet to grace the theatres eventhough the film was almost completed and its music was released in 1987 .

chinnamanikkuyile actually marked the tamil debut of priyadarshan . but unfortunately , this karthik starrer did not make it to the big screen for reasons unknown .

did you know ? " chinnamanikkuyile " is yet to grace the theaters even though the film was almost completed and its music was released in 1987 . read more

chinnamanikkuyile was supposed to be priyan ' s first tamil release , but later he made his tamil debut only in 1991 with the successful gopura vasalile with karthik muthuraman in the lead .

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a drama film directed by priyadarshan nair , starring karthik muthuraman and rekha josephine in the lead roles .

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last time when priyadarshan directed a tamil movie in 2008 , it went on to grab two national awards . now , the kanchivaram team is back and is apparently aiming for many more such rewards .

on board are a bunch of elite technicians like cinematographer santosh sivan and art director sabu cyril . director al vijay will be bankrolling this film , which will serve a higher purpose than just entertainment .

it is said that the team is targeting film festivals and that the movie will create a social awareness on aids , which is still a menace all over the globe .

apart from retaining the main cast from kanchivaram ( prakash raj and sriya reddy ) , the maverick director has planned to rope in 14 new performers , according to a credible source .

so is another kanchivaram on the cards ? priyadarshan in an interview has said otherwise , " though the film is message oriented , it will not fail to make the audience laugh as it is not a morbid film " .

morbid or not , a film created for the goodness of mankind has to be appreciated and with a crew like this , it can be safely said that this upcoming film is poised to achieve big .

after the silver screen failed to embrace his first tamil film , priyadarshan found success through gopura vasalile which subsequently became his first tamil film .

after a gap of 9 years , priyadarshan once again made his presence felt in kollywood through snegithiye which released in the year 2000 . the film was also made in malayalam .

partially adapted from the 1998 malayalam film summer in bethlehem , lesa lesa was priyadarshan ' s third film in tamil . it had shaam , trisha , vivek and madhavan in key roles . harris jayaraj had composed the music .

kanchivaram released in the year 2008 and went on to capture many hearts . rightly so , the film was honoured with two national awards including the best film and best actor won by prakash raj .

having retained prakash raj and sriya reddy from the cast of kanchivaram , a lot is expected from priyadarshan ' s next straight tamil movie .

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megham ( malayalam : മേഘം , english : the cloud ) is a 1999 malayalam musical comedy film directed by priyadarshan , starring mammootty , priya gill , dileep , k . p . a . c . lalitha , pooja batra , sreenivasan , nedumudi venu , captain raju , and cochin haneefa . the music was composed by ouseppachan .

the film was produced by suresh balaje under the banner of sitara combines and was distributed by pranavam movies private limited and pj entertainments uk . the film united mammootty , k . j . yesudas , and priyadarshan after a long gap .

col . ravivarma thampuran ( mammootty ) visits the home village of his subordinate mani ( dileep ) where he finds and eventually falls in love with a girl named meenakshi ( priya gill ) . but later he comes to know that she is engaged to mani . he then decides to unite the two , resisting opposition from both the families . pooja batra plays the role of ravivarma ' s divorcee .

the songs in the movie has been composed by ouseppachan and the lyrics were from girish puthenchery . the audio was distributed by east coast audios .

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priyadarshan , mohanlal filmography , m . g . sreekumar , sukumari , thalai nagaram , thota tharani , list of films : a , jeeva ( director ) , kerala state film award for best actor , kerala state film award for best art director

in the lead roles . the plot revolved around mumbai underworld and the transformation of an innocent guy into a criminal , who later becomes a don in the city . the tagline of the movie is

. the movie was noted for its epic screenplay and direction and became a cult classic . art direction was by

, who like many thousands of immigrants is busy struggling to make ends meet . he shares a room with a group of malayali guys , who too have their own personal problems and difficulties . the film begins with harikrishnan witnessing the murder of a journalist , and is wanted by police to appear at an identification parade , which he does . hari and his friends stay at a room in kamathipura , which also homes the largest red lighted area in india . he accidentally meets kiran (

) , a telugu girl in the brothel , for whom he develops a soft feeling . in a short attempt to make money , hari and friends starts making local hooch , which is supplied by manikandan (

) , one among the guys fells in love with the sister of mani , without the knowledge of anyone else .

on a fine morning , mudaliar , the tamilian don , who was ruling the street is shot dead by abbas ali ( rami reddy ) , his own henchman , who had shifted his loyalty to amar bakia ( mahesh anand ) , another cold blooded don . with the death of mudaliar , amar bakia becomes the undisputed don of the city , and abbas ali , his lieutenant . abbas , after coming to know about the small scale smuggling activities of hari and gang , threatens him and asks him to come and meet him on the day of vinayak chathurthi and pay him a large amount as fine . in midst of the celebration , hari enters the house of abbas ali and shoots him down , whereby inviting enmity of amar bakhia . chottu ( cochin haneefa ) , a local goon belonging to bakhia gang attacks hari and beats him up mercilessly . he is saved by the lady owner of a brothel and she along with kiran takes care of him . with this incident hari becomes the local leader and within short span chottu and other too join his gang . hari , thus becomes hari anna , who also becomes a negotiator in land disputes , financial matters and local business stiffs .

amar bakhia is now in serious efforts to end the gang of hari , but hari on the other hand is getting stronger day by day . shekhar , now gets a job at a marwari business group and ditches the sister of mani . she , who was pregnant by then , commits suicide . mani , shocked by this incident is unaware of shekar ' s involvement with his sister and indirect cause of her suicide . hari decides to marry kiran and with the help of his friends plan to start up a new life outside mumbai . amar bakhia orchestrates attacks on hari and his gang , leaving many of hari ' s friends dead . hari plots revenge and executes those responsible including amar , and prepares to escape with kiran . meanwhile , mani gets a letter written by his sister to hari , which makes him believe that its hari who is responsible for the death of his sister . mani informs police about hari ' s plan to leave mumbai by the night . while parting , hari informs mani about shekhar and expresses regret for not being able to save her . on realizing the truth , mani reveals the ambush plans and asks hari to escape before police reaches the spot . but it is too late by then , as police surround him and shoot him down .

even though the film collected a then record 25 days collection of 83 lakhs , the film just managed to break even as the production cost was very high . it was the highest budgeted malayalam film of that time .

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kaalapani ( english : black water ) is a 1996 indian epic film set in 1915 focusing the lives of indian freedom fighters kept in prison during the british raj . the film is co - wriiten and directed by priyadarshan , starring mohanlal , prabhu ganesan , tabu , nedumudi venu , sreenivasan , tinnu anand , annu kapoor , alex draper , amrish puri , and vineeth . kaalapani is regarded as one of the evergreen classics of malayalam cinema . [ 2 ] although it is originally a malayalam film , it was dubbed into hindi ( saza - e - kala pani ) , tamil ( siraichalai ) and telugu ( kaala pani ) . amitabh bachchan had bought the hindi dubbing rights , [ 3 ] besides narrating the prologue for the hindi dubbed version .

2 . 5 crore , making it the costliest malayalam film made until then .

the film won three national film awards including the awards for best art direction ( sabu cyril ) , best special effects ( s . t . venky ) and best cinematography ( santosh sivan ) . along with that it won six kerala state film awards . it was released in 450 theaters worldwide , which was the largest release for any indian film until then . [ 5 ]

the film is set in british india in the year 1915 . the story is about a young doctor , govardhan menon ( mohanlal ) , who is wrongly accused of bombing a train carrying 55 people including british officials . he is put in a cellular jail at port blair , andaman and nicobar islands . kaalapani shows the sufferings of hundreds of indian prisoners in the cellular jail , including leading participants of the freedom movement . the extremely inhumane conditions faced by the prisoners in the jail are accurately depicted .

alex draper plays the sadistic jailor david berry , who is of irish descent , while john kolvenbach plays the kind - hearted english doctor , len hutton .

annu kapoor plays the role of veer savarkar who is incarcerated and tries his best to keep the spirit of the prisoners going despite unbelievable torture . tabu plays mohanlal ' s lover who keeps waiting for him to come back . due to the efforts of a british doctor , len hutton , the government decides to investigate the matter of the torture meted out to the prisoners . 14 people are ordered to be released . one of them is mukundan ( prabhu ganesan ) . david berry and the jail warden , mirza khan ( amrish puri ) , hatch a plan and shoot down 13 prisoners while they are escaping . mukundan refuses to escape . he is forcibly taken on the pretext of meeting the chief commissioner and is shot and killed . seeing the dead body of his friend , govardhan is angered to the greatest extent and throws down jailor berry from one of the towers and then kills mirza khan by strangling him . govardhan is hanged to death .

for realistic feel , mohan lal goes to an extent of licking amreesh puri ' s shoes in this film .

the film is shot in the malayalam language . however , numerous portions contain dialogues in hindi , english , tamil , bengali , and german .

the actors include mohanlal , prabhu , tabu , john kolvenbach , vineeth , amrish puri , sreenivasan , annu kapoor , alex draper and nedumudi venu . the film is directed by priyadarsan , with music by ilayaraaja and cinematography by santosh sivan . the songs have been rendered by malayalam playback singers k . s . chitra and m . g . sreekumar . it marked the malayalam debut of prabhu ganesan , amrish puri and tabu .

the basis for the story were existing accounts of life in cellular jail , particularly excerpts from biographies of political leaders of the indian independence movement . most of these excerpts covered the ruthless routine of prisoners in jail , under the command of jailer david barry , major james pattinson walker and petty officer mirza khan . [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ]

while the pre - world war i ports were recreated on the andaman islands , several huge sets were built on a 1 . 5 acres space in murugalaya studio , chennai to replicate the cellular jail . in madras , the sets of cellular jail cost about rs 12 lakh to build on 1 . 5 acres at the murugalaya studio . apparently , director priyadarshan was adamant and determined to be faithful to the details of the era . he says : " the andamans had not seen a horse in 20 years . we had to carry four horses there at a cost of about rs 3 lakh . when the filming was over , we presented them to the andamans administration . " [ 1 ] prior to the making of the film , prabhu had broken his knee and during his recovery phase , put on considerable weight . in order to accommodate his physique into the script , priyadarshan altered the character to make him eat constantly in the film . [ 9 ]

. post production took more than four months to complete . composer ilaiyaraaja completed his symphonic score in 16 days ; audiographer deepan chatterji completed the sound design and mix in 90 days . this is the first malayalam film to record in

the music was composed and conducted by ilaiyaraaja . a . r . rahman was initially signed in as the composer of the movie . he was simultaneously working on another priyadarshan film , kabhi na kabhi in hindi . reportedly on the request of lyricist javed akhtar who had scripted ' kabhi na kabhi ' , rahman opted out of kalapani to give full attention to kabhi na kabhi . [ 10 ]

ranjith nair ( 1–14 september 2011 ) . " ഈ സിനിമയെ ഞങ്ങൾ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു " ( in malayalam ) . vanitha .

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songs : vidyasagar background score : s . p . venkatesh ( credited as sangeetharajan )

best friends vani " vasu " subramaniyam ( jyothika ) and radhika ( sharbani mukherjee ) are carefree pranksters at a prestigious ladies ' college in chennai . they stay up late , break rules and wreak havoc at their hostel much to their lecturers ' annoyance . they also form a rivalry against gita ( ishita arun ) , the college queen bee . malathi ( lakshmi ) , radhika ' s aunt , wants her niece to complete her studies so that she can take over her late parents ' multi - million business . in order to straighten radhika out , malathi arranges for her to get married .

at this point , vani and radhika are introduced to gayathri ( tabu ) , a fiercely independent and strong police officer and an alumni of their college . during at an event at the college , gayathri explains how women in their country lose their independence and livelihood after getting married . convinced that they should avoid marriage as much as possible , vani and radhika pretend that radhika has a boyfriend from overseas named ramesh in order to avoid malathi from arranging anymore suitors . however , this fantasy takes on a whole new meaning when an actual person named ramesh ( major ravi ) calls and sends radhika letters claiming to be her boyfriend . to end this nuisance , vani and radhika invite ramesh to their hostel during the college dance program and hand over the impostor to the police . vani instructs radhika to bring her aunt ' s guns for their safety .

however , a mysterious shooter kills ramesh before the girls can confront him . fearing that suspicion will fall on them , they decide to dispose of the body by hiding it in the air ventilator . unexpectedly , the body slides down the vent and lands on the auditorium stage in the middle of a performance . gayathri , who is the guest of honour at the event , takes charge of the case . she finds radhika ' s necklace on the body and the two girls are brought to help with the investigation . at the police station , an old woman shows up claiming that ramesh is her son and he has gone missing . knowing that their story will be difficult to believe , vani and radhika escape police custody and hide out at an abandoned mansion in the outskirts of the city .

realizing that they are now the prime suspects of ramesh ' s murder , they decide to find the real killer before gayathri catches up on them . vasu suspects malathi of framing them in order to inherit her family ' s wealth . when vani and radhika finally seize the chance to meet her , malathi explains that she had known all along that the girls have been fooling her . the young man who was pretending to be ramesh is actually the son of a family friend named vikram , whom malathi planned to marry radhika off to .

through their college friends , the girls discover that gita had gone missing on that fateful night . through much difficulty , the girls find gita hiding at a border town in . however , gita reveals that she too is on the run from gayathri because she had witnessed gayathri killing vikram that night . on the night of murder , she returned to hostel to take medications , witnessed the murder and fled from the scene as gayathri will use her influence to cover up her crime . unfortunately , gayathri manages to catch up on the trio . however , the woman pretending to be ramesh ' s mother from earlier turns out to be a cbi officer who has been investigating gayathri and knows the girls were not responsible for vikram ' s murder .

because of her mental stress , gayathri ends up going insane . the cbi officer then reveals that gayathri murdered vikram to avenge her sister ' s paralysis because vikram raped her after gayathri found out he was a womanizer and stopped her sister from dating him . to escape justice , she had to frame vani and radhika as the murderers . the film concludes with gayathri institutionalized at a mental asylum where the three girls , now close friends , paying her a visit .

jyothika prioritised her work in the project and thus delayed her schedules for uyirile kalanthathu in order to ensure the film was released as early as possible . [ 7 ] the songs of the film were released at devi theatre with kamal haasan appearing as the chief guest . [ 8 ]

release for the film was postponed several times with the makers hoping to get a simultaneous release for all versions . the team also noted the kidnapping of kannada actor rajkumar by bandit veerappan as reason for the delay . [ 9 ] snegithiye opened to positive reviews but performed averagely at box office . however the film went on to inspire other film makers to produce all women ventures , with director gnanasekharan announcing that his project , aishwarya , starring uma , monal and abhinayashree would be a " small - scale snegithiye " . [ 10 ]

the film was dubbed and released in hindi in 2007 as friendship , but went unnoticed after arriving with very little publicity . [ 11 ] despite originally being planned in only malayalam , that version was released in 2007 .

while s . p . venkatesh composed the film score , all the songs were composed by vidyasagar , except kannukulle which was composed by raghunath seth as mentioned in the original audio cassette . the songs were well received by the audience . [ 12 ] lyrics written by vairamuthu and kadhalmathi .

" allah ahade - rames . . . " this video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by [ simca ] millennium audios and video vision .

gopan ( mukesh ) , kora ( jagadish ) and bhakthavalsan ( sreenivasan ) are three college students who share same house along with the main actor of the film prem ( shankar ) , another classmate . while the trio are more interested in loafing their time by flirting with girls , prem is more serious in his attitude towards life . on a usual encounter , the trio meets major nair ( nedumudi venu ) , a retired man in his fifties , who but loves romancing young girls . after a series of ego clashes , nair learns that the trio is trying to woo his daughter minu ( lizy ) . nair , enraged , challenges them to make his daughter fall for them . accepting the challenge the trio start to make her fell for them . minu , who seriously shows concern towards the handicapped people , falls in love with prem , whom she thinks to be handicapped . meanwhile , nair bets with govind ( sreenath ) , another street romeo , who is but married to a beautiful innocent girl ( menaka ) . nair agrees that he would shave his head if minu falls in love with anyone within 4 months . govind says that he would shave his mustache to half if he loses the bet .

the music was composed by mg radhakrishnan and lyrics was written by chunakkara ramankutty .

minu learns that prem is not handicapped but she still goes on with the relationship . gopan enters nair ' s home as a servant by and enjoys easy access to minu ' s room . kora arrives at nair ' s house as a disciple of his brother - in - law , a wrestler ( poojappura ravi ) . bhakthavalsan claims himself to be a hindi scholar bhaktha khanna , and says he is the nephew of popular bollywood actor rajesh khanna , and gets appointed as minu ' s hindi tuition master . govind at the meantime arrives in front of minu as a blind man , for whom she feels sympathetic and brings home . major nair is shocked to find all four at his home , but is unable to open up the secrets as he fears blackmailing with a photograph taken by them while nair was attending a cabaret show . eventually nair succeeds in chasing everyone out of his house . the trio is shocked to find minu is in love with prem and now put all energy to break them apart . upon learning that their love is sincere , the trio along with govind helps prem to marry minu . the film ends with prem marrying minu and major nair losing his bet and having his mustache half - shaved .

odaruthammava aalariyam was distributed by dinny films and was a huge hit at box office . since gross revenues were not exactly calculated at that time , its total gross collection is unknown .

sreenivasan wrote the screenplay for films such as " odaruthammava aalariyam " ( 1984 ) , " sanmanassullavarkku samadhanam " ( 1986 ) , " gandhinagar 2nd street " ( 1986 ) , " nadodikkattu " ( 1987 ) , " pattanapravesham " ( 1988 ) , " varavelpu " ( 1989 ) , " thalayanamanthram " ( 1990 ) , " sandesam " ( 1991 ) , " midhunam " ( 1993 ) , " mazhayethum munpe " ( 1995 ) , " azhakiya ravanan " ( 1996 ) , and " ayal kadha ezhuthukayanu " ( 1998 ) among others . as a writer and actor he has frequently collaborated with directors such as priyadarshan , sathyan anthikad and kamal . as an actor , he has collaborated several times with mohanlal . as a filmmaker , he scripted and directed " vadakkunokkiyanthram " ( 1989 ) and " chinthavishtayaya shyamala " ( 1998 ) .

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doli saja ke rakhna is a 1998 bollywood romance film directed by priyadarshan with akshaye khanna and jyothika in lead roles . the plot is adapted from the malayalam film aniyathipraavu . the music was composed by a . r . rahman .

inderjit " inder " bansal ( akshaye khanna ) is a very rich young man . although his parents ( anupam kher and moushumi chatterjee ) want him to settle down , he goes to another city to do his mba and stays with friends . during this time , he meets pallavi sinha ( jyothika ) and they fall in love . she reciprocates his feelings , but trouble comes in the form of her tyrannical trio of brothers ( paresh rawal , tej sapru and mohnish behl ) who are over - protective of their little sister and take an irrational dislike to inder . they show hostility towards inder and conflicts arise within the households and the couple decides to elope , but afterward realize they miss their families . they decide to return home , relinquishing their feelings , but ultimately their families accept their love , and they are reunited .

anish khanna of planet bollywood gave the film 8 . 5 out of 10 . [ 1 ] faisal shariff of rediff criticised the film for a perceived lack of subtlety and poor acting from secondary characters . [ 2 ] doli saja ke rakhna performed poorly at the box office . in a 2000 interview with india today , priyadarshan said that he " lapsed into depression " after the film flopped . [ 3 ]

the soundtrack for the film was composed by a . r . rahman , who worked with priyadarshan in his previous film kabhi na kabhi to spawn a critically acclaimed soundtrack . this time rahman focussed more on popularity and gave some of the all - time chart - toppers . rahman reused most of the songs in the films jodi and its kannada remake sajni . the lyrics were written by mehboob .

i was so sure doli saja ke rakhna would do well , but when it didn ' t i lapsed into depression .

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ramachandran ( mohanlal ) got a job as an english lecturer in t . k . p . memorial college , only to find that the college is full of drugs and politics , led by young ranjith mathews ( ganesh ) , son of an m . p . ( prathapachandran ) . ramachandran has helped the students , including a geek who was beaten by ranjith ' s gang .

ramachandran fights against ranjith until he is murdered by his gang in the end . a student , whom ramachandran had saved , later kills ranjith for his honor .

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in a recent thread , discussion turned to the validity of recycling a tune from one language to another by the same composer . i believe its good to have a good tune in as many languages as possible since it may be new to someone who focuses in only one language . many in the df feel that a recycled tune shows the composer in a bad light . anyway , during this discussion i realized that ilayaraja has many telugu to thamizh and vice - versa recycled hits . since we dont have a list of all these remade movies and soundtracks , i would like to come up with a thorough list of all such movies by ilayaraja along with details about singers who sang the original and the recycled tune .

from : pozhudhu pogadhavan ( @ 12 . 92 . 215 . 95 ) on : tue jun 5 16 : 46 : 28 edt 2001

1 ) ' kotha kothagaa ' from coolie no . 1 ( by spb , chitra ) - recycle of pudhiya poovidhu

4 ) guru shishyulu is a remake of a rajani / prabhu movie ( of the song ' kandupudichen kandu . . ' . . _

this song was again recycled into a karthik ' s film ( karthik & soundarya ) . the song is " andha kanji kalayaththa vanji sumakkayile " .

then y blame only arr for recycling and say that he has lost the ground . ? yappa bais aavaradhukkum oru alavundu .

maasi maasam was used by ir in the film " dharma chakram " . it was beautifully resung by spb - chitra . there is more life in the telugu version .

now , the recycling percentage will be very high and arr will be far ahead of ir atleast in this ( recycling ) ! looks like sridhar and you will have wonderful time together ( sridhar in another thread wrote that agni nakshitram ran for its story and not for the music ) .

we should have another thread to talk about arr ' s recycled hits and also the source of his inspirations .

" sariyo sariyo naan kaathalipathu " was from engitte modhadhe ( vijaykanth , shobhana , kushbu .

all songs from unnal mudiyum thmabi was dubbed in telugu rudraveena except for the enna samayalo song . in telugu , it was a song to show that music was present everywhere in heroine ' s house , even in dog ' s barking ( kanakangi ragam ! ! ) , calling of postman , climbing the steps , etc .

i want to know if there was a tamil version of swarnakamalam songs ( k . viswanath movie ) .

if im not wrong rudraveena of telegu is the original and unnal mudiyum thambi is its remake .

rudraveena came first ( ir receieved best md national award for this movie ) and then it was made as ' unnaal mudiyum thambi ' in tamil - ir reused most of the songs .

the songs exactly match . i don ' t beleive that you have heard both . in one private music program , the troupe played both the songs and showed the similarity . i didn ' t accuse ir of try to belittle him . i just put forth a genuine question . see , many songs that you say are recycles of arr are not exact . yes , there are arr songs in which small parts here and there will resemble his old one , but what we are talking here is a complete recycle of songs . i need not have raised this issue here , but many made huge cry over star as poor being recycled stuff . i just wanted to clarify ( myself . . . ofcourse ) .

i think it was ramesh naidu for anr ' s movie . . are u referring to megha sandesham ? if not , i am wrong . . . . .

swarnakamalam was dubbed into tamil a ' oru giraamaththu kuyil ' or something like that . not sure of the name . and vm wrote the lyrics ! ! ! this dubbed version was released after the ir - vm fued . this is probably the latest movie in which vm wrote lyrics for ir ' s tunes .

you might miss on the beauty of devulapalli krishna sastry ' s lyrics , but it is still worth it for ramesh naidu ' s tunes and kjy ' s rendition .

in fact , unni krishnan , a big kjy fan , used to sing this song in light music competitions in his youth .

" pattu vanna selai kaari " from engeyo ketta kural becomes , " sami koduththa varam " in poo mani . i don ' t thing the whole of the song is recyled , but the initial parts rembles . i just saw the former one in tv . i could relate it to the latter . might be right or wrong .

again no traces of similarity in the songs you have mentioned . also from the way you have written , you are not sure about what you are writing and on the top of it , are calling it recycle .

only difference is you were very sure about that yesterday and not so sure today about these songs today .

if you hear ir ' s music just for finding faults like which songs have been recycled from where , then it is better not to do that . you can hear your favourite unrecycled arr ' s music and be happy about that .

all these posts of with vacuous character add just to the dissent of a people who want " info " and not masterly opinions . read the title of the thread and then write something related . you have a lot of other thread to eat , chew and spit . spare those threads which define their objective in their description and please stop filling these with worthless content . imo , it has become some kind of a pattern to

this is comparable with ( high ) school kids trying outwit each other in an immature fashion but with " english " and false diplomacy .

these could be some ir songs that you haven ' t heard in tamil . .

in rudra veena there are atleast 3 songs which did not make in tamil .

the nanjai undu song ' s equivalent in telugu is such a melodious number . atleast ten times more melodious .

another song where chiranjeevi is welcomed into shobana ' s house - excellent mix of carnatic and wcm ( it goes randi randi . . )

the song kaveri mangai - was a small one in original . this was a bigger song in telugu sitara with a different charanam .

in telugu alaigal oivadhillai , vizhiyil vizhundhu song was composed entirely new to become saagara sangamame - sung by spb .

the song venagaya saambaarum became the replacement for vaadi en kappankizhange ' s situation .

olangal songs never made it to tamil . ( velambal kelum - what a song . . . )

i always try to get ir ' s songs in telugu - and also his original telugu songs . his tunes sound atleast 10 times even better in telugu . he has given some of his career best songs in telugu - and he is held in such reverence urltoken many websites offering his songs . there is one internet radiostation which only plays his songs all the time - these sites are all by very young chaps - as one chap says in his site - this is for my religion called ir ' s music

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) and their two children , gunja ( mitali mayekar ) and ronak ( pratik dalvi ) in the village of budbuda . he also spends time with his close friends budbudiya (

billu has mentioned to his family that he knows sahir from the past but has never elaborated how he knows the star . when his children talk about their father ' s friendship with the star , word spreads throughout the village . virtually overnight , billu , who had previously been scorned by most due to his lowly state , becomes the center of attention . people who had spurned him only the week before now call him a close friend so that he will introduce them to sahir . billu refuses and downplays the friendship . even so , the powerful businessman sahukaar daamchand (