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''Ori Devuda'' () is a 2022 Indian
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romantic comedy film directed by Ashwath Marimuthu and produced by Pearl V. Potluri and Param V. Potluri through PVP Cinema. The film stars Vishwak Sen, Mithila Palkar (in her Telugu debut),
Asha Bhat Asha Bhat (born 5 September 1992) is an Indian actress, model and the winner of the Miss Supranational 2014 pageant. She is the first Indian to win the title. She made her acting debut with 2019 Hindi film ''Junglee'' alongside Vidyut Jammwal ...
while Venkatesh made an extended cameo appearance. and music was composed by Leon James. A remake of the Tamil film ''
Oh My Kadavule ''Oh My Kadavule'' () is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language romantic fantasy film, written and directed by Ashwath Marimuthu on his directorial debut. The film stars Ashok Selvan, Ritika Singh and Vani Bhojan, while Sha Ra and M. S. Bhaskar play su ...
'' (2020), it was released on 21 October 2022. The film garnered decent to mixed reviews from critics and audiences as well, praising the performances and storyline of the film.


Plot

Anu (Mithila Palkar), Arjun (Vishwak Sen) and Mani (Venkatesh Kakumanu) are best friends since childhood. During a party to celebrate Arjun clearing his Engineering arrear exams, Anu tells the other two of her father Paulraj (Murali Sharma) looking for a groom for her. She suddenly asks Arjun if he'd like to marry her, to which he agrees. One year later, Anu and Arjun are seen sitting in family court for a final hearing to obtain a divorce. A man (Rahul Ramakrishna) sits behind Arjun and predicts that he won't get his divorce on that day as his wife will faint and be rushed to hospital, then he provides him a visiting card and disappears. To Arjun's shock, all the events predicted by this strange man turn out true, and the case is postponed to the evening. Arjun rushes to the address mentioned on the visiting card. There, he encounters the man, who introduces himself as God (Venkatesh). Arjun explains his problems to God. Arjun, after marriage, continues to treat Anu as a friend and things are smooth until he starts working in Paulraj's toilet manufacturing factory as a quality control checker. Arjun hates this job but gets used to it. But he is unable to see Anu as anything more than a friend and is bored by the monotony of his life. One day, he meets Meera (Asha Bhat), his school senior and childhood crush, who now works as an assistant film director. They strike up a friendship, with Meera encouraging Arjun to explore his passion for acting and requesting him to audition for Puri Jagannadh's upcoming film. The audition goes very well, with Arjun impressing the director with his performance. Later at a pub, Meera tells Arjun about her failed film-making attempts and a past breakup. Arjun consoles Meera and hugs her, but this is noticed by Anu, who is already sad at Arjun not reciprocating her feelings and assumes they are having an extramarital affair. Anu and Arjun have a nasty quarrel, which ends with Arjun asking for a divorce. Back in the present, Arjun blames God for his current situation. So God gives Arjun a second chance to rectify the mistake with a golden ticket with three conditions - The ticket should stay with Arjun always, he should tell nobody about this ticket, and if at all he tells anyone about the ticket, he will die. Accepting the conditions, Arjun grabs the ticket and time travels to the night when he accepted Anu's marriage proposal. This time, Arjun rejects Anu's proposal. Therefore, Anu decides to marry Matthew, the groom chosen by her father. Meanwhile, Arjun decides to pursue Meera, feeling that she is the right person for him. They strike a friendship, with Arjun removing all barriers which caused Meera's film-making attempts to fail in the original timeline. Arjun also decides to pursue acting as a career and Anu manages to convince his parents on the same. Meera soon starts to reciprocate Arjun's interest in her. He goes to tell Paulraj to congrats Anu on his engagement and gets into a deep conversation with him. Paulraj tells Arjun that he hails from a very backward village in Prakasam Dist and his mother died 50 years ago by snake bite, due to a lack of toilets. He then left the village as a teenager, with the mission of eradicating open defecation in his area. That led to him creating his latrine company and achieving his goal of bringing toilets to his native village. This revelation makes Arjun realize his mistake of ridiculing their business. Anu learns that Arjun likes Meera and there is a fair chance that Meera might reciprocate his love too. So Anu offers to help Arjun to propose Meera, asking him to make a video for Meera's upcoming birthday with wishes from Meera's family/friends and propose to her at the end of the video. As a result, they go on a bike ride to Kerala, which is Meera's home state. By this time, through various instances, Arjun had started to realize how sweet and loving Anu is, and how supportive Anu's father was. During the trip, Arjun realizes that he loves Anu and that his interest in Meera is just an infatuation. While on the Kerala trip, Arjun and Anu come across Meera's ex-boyfriend Krishna (Santhosh Prathap), who broke up with Meera to focus on his boxing career, however, he has also not gotten over her. Arjun decides to reunite Meera and Krishna instead and modifies the video accordingly. Meera reconciles with Krishna on her birthday after watching the video. Arjun attends Anu's wedding with Matthew with a heavy heart. Unable to express his feelings for Anu, Arjun walks out of the church with Mani. At this juncture, they see Anu running out of the church without getting married. They meet her in their usual hangout pub, where she reveals her love for Arjun and also adds that she knew his feelings for her, hence she canceled the wedding at the last minute. But Arjun again refuses to marry her as he does not want to hurt her again. When confronted by Anu and Mani, he blurts out about the second chance and the golden ticket. Immediately the ticket flies away from Arjun and in a bid to catch it, he gets hit by a lorry, killing him. Arjun finds himself with God once again and pleads for one final chance; this time God states that no more final chances will be given to him and sends him away, asking him to take care of his problems. Then Arjun realizes that he is back in reality; on the day his divorce hearing is taking place. He rushes back to the court, where Anu is ready to give consent to the divorce. This time, Arjun refuses to divorce and confesses his love to Anu. Anu accepts Arjun's love and reunites with him. It is revealed that God has given Arjun yet another chance and blesses him to go and live happily with Anu.


Cast

* Vishwak Sen as Arjun Durgaraju; Anu's bestie turned husband * Mithila Palkar as Anu Arjun (née Paulraj); Arjun's bestie turned wife *
Asha Bhat Asha Bhat (born 5 September 1992) is an Indian actress, model and the winner of the Miss Supranational 2014 pageant. She is the first Indian to win the title. She made her acting debut with 2019 Hindi film ''Junglee'' alongside Vidyut Jammwal ...
as Meera; Arjun's senior in school on whom he had a crush (Voice dubbed by Chinmayi) *Venkatesh Kakumanu as Mani, Arjun and Anu's friend * Venkatesh as God in an extended cameo appearance * Rahul Ramakrishna as God's Assistant * Murali Sharma as Paulraj; Anu's father * Nagineedu as Durgaraju; Arjun's father *Rajashri Nair as Arjun's mother * Santhosh Prathap as Krishna, Meera's ex-boyfriend *
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as judge *Jeevan Kumar as divorce lawyer *Mounika Reddy as Swathi, Mani's wife * Puri Jagannadh as himself in a
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Soundtrack

The
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and soundtrack album were composed by Leon James.The audio rights were acquired by Mango Music and Saregama.


Release

The film was released in theatres on 21 October 2022, coinciding with Deepavali.


Reception

Paul Nicodemus of ''
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'' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "''Ori Devuda'' is a relatable rom-com with a touch of fantasy and tries to appeal to your senses. Watch it for its second half". Murali Krishna CH of ''
Cinema Express ''Cinema Express'' was an Indian Tamil-language entertainment fortnightly magazine published from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was a part of The New Indian Express Group, which also publishes ''Samakalika Malayalam Vaarika'' weekly as well as '' ...
'' rated the film 2.5 out of 5 Stars and wrote "For those who've seen ''Oh My Kadavule'', it's unlikely that the remake will keep them entertained. And for the rest, it might come across as a thoughtful romantic drama that is powered by beautiful writing". ''
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'' rated the film 2 out of 5 stars and wrote "''Ori Devuda'' has an exciting and relatable premise, but it fails to deliver the right dose of fun and drama to have an impact. It ends as a passable watch, with a few moments working intermittently".


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*{{IMDb title, 22486094 Indian fantasy comedy films Telugu remakes of Tamil films Indian romantic comedy films 2022 films 2020s Telugu-language films Films shot in Hyderabad, India Films set in Hyderabad, India Sri Venkateswara Creations films