Director-Vamsi Paidipally
Writing- Vamsi Paidipally
Producer-Prasad V Potluri
Cast-Karthi
Tamannaah
Prakash Raj
Jayasudha
Genre-Drama, Family
Actor- Akkineni Nagarjuna
Karthi
Tamannaah
Releasedate-March 25, 2016
Country-India
Languages-Tamil
Thozha (Oopiri) Movie History:
Thozha is a Tamil/Telugu bilingual drama film starring Karthi and Nagarjuna in the lead roles.
Oopiri (English: Breath) is an upcoming Indian Telugu-Tamil drama film directed by Vamsi Paidipally which is simultaneously being shot in Telugu and Tamil languages. Produced by Prasad V Potluri under the banner PVP cinema, it features Akkineni Nagarjuna and Karthi playing the male leads, the film being the latter's first straight Telugu film. Tamannaah plays the female lead. Titled Thozha in Tamil, Gopi Sunder composes the film's music. Production began on 11 February 2015 at Hyderabad and principal photography began on 16 March 2015 at Chennai. The film is scheduled for a worldwide release on 25 March 2016.
After the release of Yevadu , Vamsi Paidipally approached Akkineni Nagarjuna and N. T. Rama Rao Jr. for a multistarrer film.[1] Prasad V Potluri announced in early April 2014 that he would be producing it under the banner PVP Cinema. Pre-production began in late March 2014 and the film was expected to go on floors in July 2014 During the promotion of Manam, Nagarjuna said that the final script is getting ready.[4] The final narration was given to both Nagarjuna and Rama Rao Jr. in the end of June 2014.
Nagarjuna said in an interview that both the leads will play two characters each. Regarding the selection of Karthi to replace Rama Rao Jr. after the latter walked out, PVP Cinema's executive director Rajeev Kamineni said to The Hindu that they opted for Karthi to bring "a combination of actors who had not collaborated before and who appealed to both the classes and masses", considering the fact that Karthi and Nagarjuna are familiar to both Telugu and Tamil audience. This marked Karthi's first straight Telugu film. Karthi persuaded the film's team to give the bound volume of the Telugu dialogues in advance.[18] He also polished his Telugu speaking skills for the role considering the fact that the film was his Telugu debut.
Rajeev Kamineni said that a substantial portion of the film will be shot abroad. Principal photography commenced at Chennai on 16 March 2015 and scenes focusing Karthi and Jayasudha were shot in the first schedule at a house set erected for the film's shoot. By the time Haasan was restricted by the court after walking out of the film, the first schedule of the principal photography was completed.Nagarjuna joined the film's shoot at Annapurna Studios on 8 April 2015. Scenes focusing Nagarjuna, Karthi, Tamannaah and others were shot from 10 April 2015 in the second schedule which lasted for 20 days. Nagarjuna completed filming for his part in this schedule on 25 April 2015.
On January 19, 2016 makers announced the worldwide release date as 25 March 2016. A poster was also released to confirm the same. On february 20 2016 a teaser was released in Telugu and Tamil.