Orr Eravuu

Orr Eravuu
Directed by	Hari Shankar Hareesh Narayan Krishna Sekhar
Produced by	Shankar Bros.
Starring	Sathish. G Asha Heaventhika Anand Chandersekar Srijith.P.S.
Music by	K. Venkat Parbu Shankar
Cinematography	Sathish. G
Editing by	Hari Shankar
Release date(s)	June 11, 2010 (2010-06-11)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

'Orr Eravuu' (ஓர் இரவு - started as 'Eraaa' இரா) is a New Age Horror film directed by 3 debutants; Hari Shankar, Hareesh Narayan and Krishna Sekhar. This film talks seemingly outside normal sensory channels, termed as Paranormal - something believed to have no accordance with scientific laws. Orr Eravuu in ancient Tamil means One Night. Spirits and Ghosts are believed to have a close kinship with Night. Based on this concept Orr Eravuu has been made with a completely new dimension by Shankar Bros.

This film's special feature is that the film is shot with the Protagonist's viewpoint. This encourages the viewer to put himself or herself in the shoes of the character, and thus also experience the latter's fear.

Plot

Nakulan Ponnusamy, a paranormal investigator and proprietor of Silver Chord Services, travels from Chennai to Munnar where he goes to solve a case of a house believed to be haunted, belonging to a businessman Anand Chandrasekar. Nakul spends one full night in the haunted house and conducts his sophisticated paranormal investigation. Meanwhile, Nakul finds that three other investigators belonging to Seventh Sense Para-psychology team also had come to the house for investigation. After some horrible sequences and mysterious circumstances, Nakul is found dead in the house. Daisy, a reporter in a Television Program Metro Crimes analyzes Nakul's death.

Cast

Nakulan Ponnusamy - Sathish. G
Nithee - Asha
Daisy - Hevanthika
Anand - Anand Chandersekhar
Govardhan - Srijithj. P.S. Ajai - Ajai
Vishwa - Hari Shankar
Harish - Hareesh Narayan
'Villivakkam' Raman - Krishna Sekhar

Crew

After Munnar Shoot

Cinematography - Sathish. G
Editing - Hari Shankar
Music - K. Venkat Prabu Shankar
Produced by - Hari Shankar
Written and Directed by - Hari Shankar, Hareesh Narayan and Krishna Sekhar

Production

The film was produced by one of the directors Hari Shankar under the banner 'Shankar Bros.'

The Company

'Shankar Bros.' was founded by Hari Shankar in October 2008 with the motto to change the dimension of conventional cinema. Orr Eravuu was the firest film Project to the Company, acclaiming the first Indian Viewpoint Film, creating a history in Indian Cinema with its distinctive Filmmaking.

Making

The crew of the film had done their homework. They have involved in the study of paranormal procedures, been working on field with Ouija board (wee-gee board), electronic voice phenomenon, EMF meters, micro cassette recorder and much more scientific instruments. Also they involved at night shoots in the locations which were broadly believed to be haunted.

Without using daggers, blood, gory faces, computer graphics, hero, heroine, songs, fights, double meaning dialogues, Orr Eravuu still makes the chillness run through your spines without the usual cinema formula. All the technicians who have worked in this venture are debuts / first timers.

The Protagonist

Sathish. G plays both the lead role and cinematographer himself. All the scenes of the lead character were shot in Point-of-View.

Camera and the Rig

Sathish. G designed his own rig to exactly fix the camera at the level of human's eye and perfectly shot the whole film, assembling the rig on his head with the Sony HD Camera. With this camera setup, he walks, drives, climbs, runs, performs all the paranormal tests and takes the audience into the scene.

Editing

Since the movie is made in digital, Hari Shankar decided to have a sophisticated Edit Setup and preferred to use the Apple Systems. The entire film is edited in Apple Final Cut Pro with the true HD resolution 1080p.

Music

The Movie has no songs. This happens rarely in Tamil Cinema. First, the Movie was planned to be released without Background Music and only a theme music at the end credits. But later, the crew decided that the BGM would add some more chill for audience to experience this mysterious screenplay.

Score

Music is scored by K. Venkat Prabu Shankar.
The theme of the score is based on 3 states of matter; solitariness, seeking and terror. The music is scored giving high priority to the Silence, Live Sound and Stunning Visuals.

End Credit Song

Unique attraction of this film is, presence of a song penned by the spirit of late legend Thiru. Kaviyarasu Kannadasan, through a medium Mr. C.M. Rathnasamy, who has vast experience in this field of spirit interactoin for nearly 30 years.

The song goes like this...
meyyodu poyyaga oor thoongum neram
irulodu oliyingu pore seyyum kaalam
kottaanum saathaanum irai thedum jaamam
irundhaalum irandhaalum pollaadhu yemam...

aagaayam irulkondu niram maari pogum
nizhalkooda nijam endru manam ingu vaadum
aanmaakkal kudiyera koodondrai thedum
edhai thedi alaindhaalum aatkollum yemam...

The song was composed and performed by Sathish Kumar. The song includes the narration of Tamil Old Classic Play 'Harichandra' in which the lead character lives as a grave digger, describing the practice of funeral according to the good or bad life of the dead.

Soundtracks

Thera are mainly 3 soundtracks composed for the film.

1. Ucchi malayil
This song was composed and performed by Sam C.S.
The song conveys the force and effects occur in a haunted place.

2. Kaadhala
This song was composed by Sam C.S. and performed by Mancy and Sam C.S.
The song narrates the feel of deep love by the fiance of Nakul after his death.

3. Naan oru Netraya Nayagan
This song was composed by Sathish Kumar and performed by Benny Dayal.
The song expresses the passion of life by Nakul's Spirit.

Sound and Mixing

The sound was recorded live to make the audience feel the real ambience of the scene. The DTS sound was mixed in the A.M. Studios by Shiva Kumar and Kannan.

Awards

Orr Eravuu won 'Best Tamil Independent Film 2010' Award at Chennai International Film Festival organized by Indo Cine Appreciation Foundation (ICAF).

References

• Eraaa retitled Orr Eravuu
  
• Movie Review at TamilWire.com
  
• Movie Review at behindwoods.com
  
• Orr Iravu - Offers lot more than just the first ever "View Point" experience at Clapsandboos.com

External links

• Official Website
  
• Orr Eravuu at Internet Movie Database (IMDb)