Osthi (2011)

A police officer faces challenges from his family, gangsters and politicians and what happens in the end forms the crux of the story.

Director:

Dharani

Writers:

Dharani, Abhinav Kashyap (story),

Stars:

T.R. Silambarasan, Richa Gangopadhyay, Santhanam

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
T.R. Silambarasan	...	Osthi Velan
Richa Gangopadhyay	...	Neduvaali
Santhanam	...	Velan's Friend
Jithan Ramesh	...	Balan
Sonu Sood	...	Daniel
Vijayakumar	...	Minister
Nizhalgal Ravi	...	Thangam Perumaal
Nasser	...	Velan's stepfather
Revathy	...	Velan's Mother
Saranya Mohan	...	Nirmala
Thambi Ramayya	...	Maasaana Moorthy
Mayilsamy	...	Saravanan
Vaiyapuri	...	Velan's Friend
Alagam Perumal	...	Inspector Sangaralingam
Ganesh	...	Neduvaali's father

Storyline

Osthi Velan (STR) loves his mother (Revathy) and is an inspector in a village near Tirunelveli. He has a deep rooted animosity towards his stepfather (Nassar) and step brother Balan (Jithan Ramesh) from childhood. Balan is a loser who by hook or crook wants to marry his lady love (Sarnya Mohan). In between, our hero falls for Neduvali (Richa Gangopadhyay). Then there is this politician-thug Boxer Daniel (Sonu Sood) with whom Velan lock horns. The villain exploits the hostility between the brothers to get back at Velan.

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Plot Keywords:

police | police inspector | murder | remake | fight | 

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Genres:

Action

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

India

Language:

Tamil

Release Date:

8 December 2011 (India)

Filming Locations:

Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India

Box Office

Budget:

INR 240,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Balaji Real Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

150 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Remake of Dabangg (2010)

User Reviews

Osthi.....those who watched the film nasty!

The movie was not up to the mark. The promo they gave and they output the movie gave was totally irrelevant! Though it was a remake of the Hindi film Dabangg. STR did not perform to his best. Except for Santhanam's comedy and songs....the movie is not worth to be watched. After seeing so many awesome roles of surya vikram kamal ajith etc in police stories, simbhu's police role didn't give the exact feel of a typical police. Most scenes were expressionless. And also the movie was too long...after consistent hits like dhill dhool and gilli we expected more from Dharani. To say in short "Without Santhanam the film is nothing!".