Vinnaithandi Varuvaya Full Movie (VTV)

Vinnaithandi Varuvaya Full Movie (VTV)

Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (English: Will you Cross the Skies and Come?) is a 2010 Tamil romantic drama film directed and written by Gautham Menon, featuring Silambarasan Rajendar and Trisha Krishnan in the lead roles. The film, distributed byUdhayanidhi Stalin, features a successful soundtrack composed by A. R. Rahman, cinematography by Manoj Paramahamsa and editing by Anthony Gonsalves. The film's story was also simultaneously shot and released by Gautham in Telugu as Ye Maaya Chesave, starring Naga Chaitanya and Samantha Ruth Prabhu, however, with a different cast and climax.^[3]

Launched by a wave of publicity posters with no details about the cast and crew, the film began its initial run in February 2009.^[4]Shooting continued through 2009, with the film garnering significant media interest, through schedules in Malta and the United States.^[5] Prior to release, the film became the first Tamil project to have a music soundtrack premiere outside of India, with a successful launch at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in London.^[6]

The film explores the complicated relationship between a Hindu Tamil assistant director, Karthik, and a Syrian Christian Malayaligirl, Jessie Thekekuttu. Karthik falls in love with Jessie only to be met by her indifference and reluctance as they belong to different religions and her strict conservative family will never consent to this. Undeterred Karthik pursues her, going as far as her native town. She also falls in love with him. However, they have to face many problems and emotional conflicts. The film released on 26 February 2010, along with the Telugu version to advanced bookings worldwide. Upon release, the film achieved positive reviews, with several critics giving the film "modern classic" status, whilst also becoming a commercially successful venture.^[7][8]It was later remade in Hindi as Ekk Deewana Tha starring Prateik Babbar and Amy Jackson, which was not as successful.

[edit]Plot

Karthik (Silambarasan) is a student of mechanical engineering in Chennai who aspires to become a filmmaker. His friend introduces him to cinematographer Ganesh (Ganesh Janardhanan). With Ganesh's help Karthik becomes an assistant to directorK. S. Ravikumar. Karthik's family, who are Hindu Vellalars, rent Jessie's (Trisha Krishnan) house. Jessie is from a conservativeNasrani Christian family from Alappuzha, Kerala, that lives upstairs. Karthik falls in love with Jessie the moment he meets her. Karthik tries to interact with Jessie, who is afraid of speaking to men around her strict father, and ends up angering Jessie. Unable to hide his feelings for her any longer, Karthik confesses his love for her, to which she does not respond. A few days later, Karthik learns from his sister that Jessie has gone to Kerala to visit her grandmother. He, along with Ganesh, ends up in Kerala to look for her. After several days, he finds her, apologises and she introduces him to her family in Kerala as her "classmate". Jessie denies she has any feelings for him, but agrees to be his friend. On the train journey back home, however, the two get close and share a kiss. Karthik is convinced Jessie loves him; the two meet several times and Jessie begins to admit that she also likes Karthik, but wants to refrain from any problems because she knows her father wouldn't give her hand in marriage to a Hindu. Consequently, due to various misunderstandings between Jessie's brother and Karthik, her parents learn of their supposed affair. They fix a match and schedule her wedding. The day arrives and midway through the ceremony, Jessie refuses to marry the groom, displeasing everyone in her family. Karthik, who had, without anyone's knowledge, come to Kerala to witness the wedding is ecstatic and secretly visits Jessie at her home. It is then that Jessie admits she has indeed fallen in love with him. Karthik and Jessie continue to love each other without the knowledge of their parents.

At this point of time, Karthik goes to Goa on a 45-day shoot, where he gets rather busy. Meanwhile, the topic of Jessie's marriage comes up again at her home when the guy whom she refused to marry earlier pays them a visit. Panicking, Jessie calls Karthik and tells him that she wants to elope with him. Karthik, since he is traveling through less than ideal places, tells Jessie to stay in Chennai for now, and that soon he would be back and they can discuss. Jessie stops taking Karthik's calls and so he goes back one night to check on Jessie. He comes to know that Jessie has decided to break up, as the relationship is not peaceful due to her parents' disapproval. She says she has agreed to get married to a boy of their choice. When Karthik pleads her not to do it, she tells him that a time had come when she was willing to elope, but the moment was gone. She doesn't want Karthik to wait for her too long, as he has his dreams to fulfill. Karthik later comes to know that she is married and settled abroad.

Two years later, Karthik meets Nandhini (Samantha Ruth Prabhu). She falls in love with him, but is rejected by Karthik by saying that he hasn't yet gotten over Jessie. He then comes up with a script for his first film, which happens to be his very own love story. He calls upon Naga Chaitanya Akkineni as the film's protagonist, Nandhini as the female lead and Ganesh as the film's cinematographer, and the film is eventually titled Jessie. While shooting for the film in New York, he sees Jessie and she comes to speak with him. She admits that she is not married and is still in love with him, and he too says she is still in his heart. Karthik proposes yet again and they get married the same day. This is actually revealed to be the end scene in Karthik's movie – which Karthik and Jessie in real life are watching together in the theatre. After it gets over, it is revealed to the audience that Jessie had in fact seen Karthik in New York but had not come forward to meet him. She is married now and hence asks Karthik to fall in love again and move on. She tells Karthik that they cannot lead a life which is full of obstacles and they part, once and for all to lead different lives and different destinies.

[edit]Cast

• Silambarasan Rajendar as Karthik Sivakumar, a Hindu Vellalar. He aspires to become a film director, and subsequently becomes assistant director to K. S. Ravikumar. Paralleley, he falls for his neighbor Jessie, a Syrian Christian. She accepts him, but her parents do not because of their personal differences. Despite all attempts to connect with Jessie, he ends up getting rejected by her.

• Trisha Krishnan as Jessie Thekekuttu, a Syrian Christian from Aalappuzha, Kerala. She comes from a strict family, to whom watching films, attending clubs, etc. are considered as sins. She falls for her assistant director neighbor Karthik and asks her parents to unite her with him, but they disapprove of him because of his profession and because he is a different religion from them. Forced to obey her parents, Jessie finally rejects Karthik, but still keeps him in her heart and eventually gets estranged from her family.

• Ganesh Janardhanan as Ganesh, a cinematographer and Karthik's right hand. He assists Karthik in his repeated attempts to connect with Jessie.

• K. S. Ravikumar as himself. Karthik works for him as an assistant director.

• Naga Chaitanya as himself. An actor hired by Karthik to act as the male lead in Jessie, a film directed by Karthik himself.

• Samantha Ruth Prabhu as Nandhini. After Karthik's split with Jessie, she falls for him. He does not return her love, but let's her act in his directorial venture Jessie, as the titular character.

• Babu Antony as Joseph Thekekuttu. He is Jessie's father, and disapproves of her relationship with Karthik, as they both are from different backgrounds.

• Kitty as Sivakumar
• Sathiya as Jerry Thekekuttu
• Uma Padmanabhan as Mrs. Sivakumar
• Lakshmi Ramakrishnan as Teresa Thekekuttu
• Trisha Alex as Karthik's sister
• Janani Iyer as an assistant director

[edit]Production

[edit]Development

In late January 2009, speculation arose surrounding a potential collaboration between Silambarasan Rajendar, Gautham Menon and A. R. Rahman, but none confirmed the news.^[10]However, in a surprise move, in early February 2009 a poster appeared in Indian papers featuring Silambarasan, but with no names of crew members. This was a significant move as this was Gautham's first project after his split with Harris Jayaraj. Furthermore, the early poster suggested that the film was titled Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, in homage to the song "Vennilavae Vennilavae" from the 1997 film, Minsaara Kanavu.^[11] Subsequently, each day leading up to Valentine's Day saw the launch of a new poster, still without details of the crew except the inclusion of Trisha Krishnan as the lead actress; posters released after the one tributing Minsara Kanavu were those of stills from Dil Se.., Alaipayuthey, Kaakha Kaakha and Geethanjali.^[12] The film eventually surfaced as a Gautham Menon film, with music by Rahman and cinematography by Manoj Paramahamsa. Gautham stated that the film would be his return to the love genre after having opted to direct action thriller post his debut venture, Minnale.^[13] Nagarjuna Akkineni approached Gautham Menon to do a Telugu version of the film simultaneously. He agreed and the scenes were simultaneously shot. Menon cited that he was "a week away from starting the film with a newcomer" before his producer insisted they looked at Silambarasan, with Menon revealing that he was unimpressed with the actor's previous work^[14]

[edit]Filming

The shooting started on February 14, 2009 and was held in several locations as New York City, Malta, Kerala, Chennai, Trichy, Thanjavur and Rome. The songs of the film were shot in Malta at sets and choreographed by Flexy Stu. Prior to release, the film was passed with a U/A (Parental Guidance) rating by the Indian Censor Board due to intimate scenes between Silambarasan and Trisha.^[15]

[edit]Release

[edit]Critical response

The film opened to positive reviews from critics. Oneindia.in said "The slow phase of the second half and frequent use of bad words (Chennai Tamil) are major minuses in Goutham's narration. But these are all not preventing one to enjoy the content of true and painful love of the film!"^[16]

Sify said that the movie was "Very good" further citing "The film is a must watch for those who cares for cinema of sense and substance. It stresses the fact that Tamil cinema has to break the mould if it aims to grab eyeballs. Gautham Menon has crafted a movie that will stay in our hearts for a long, long time."^[17] Indiaglitz stated "If and only if, you have all the time in the world, and you like the slow romantic genre, you'll enjoy this one."^[18]

Pavithra Srinivasan of Rediff.com called the film a "Must watch" further citing "The best part about VTV is that it revolves around people, rather than events. It's like putting a camera into the intimate, everyday life of two people and following them on their adventures. The characters go through a whirlwind of emotions, laugh and cry, and take you along with them." However, the reviewer points out certain drawbacks in the film citing "On the minus side, VTV suffers from the same defect as Vaaranam Aayiram: the second half lags in pace. The dialogues and confrontations are repetitive. There's a would-be love-track that seems unnecessary before the story takes off again. "^[19]

Malathi Rangarajan from The Hindu said "Twenty two-year old Karthik's true-to-life overtures, reactions and recklessness are just as you would expect from a director of Menon's calibre. It is his authentic depiction of Jessie's confusion that's all the more amazing — Menon's complete understanding of a woman's psyche bowls you over! So do the young lovers!".^[20] Aravindan D. I. of nowrunning.com gave the film three stars out of five and said "Gautam Vasudev Menon's "Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaaya" is a clean romantic story without any deviation or sub-plots."^[21]

Chennai Online said, "‘Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaaya’ (VTV) is an excellent effort on the part of Gautam Vasudev Menon in narrating a clean romantic story without any deviation from the plot." and further cited "As is Menon’s forte, the dialogues and the execution of scenes are top-notch. The joys of falling of love and the pangs of separation have been portrayed well. The way Simbu nurtures his love for Jesse and the positive but ambiguous reactions from Trisha to his overtures are very nice indeed."^[22]

[edit]Box office

The film took a grand opening, grossing around 67 lakh (US$133,700) in its first three days in Chennai.^[23] The film grossed 5.75 crore (US$1.15 million) at the Chennai box office in the 12th weekend. It totally grossed 30 crore (US$5.99 million) and was officially declared a commercial success.^[2]

[edit]Soundtrack

Main article: Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (soundtrack)

Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa
Soundtrack album by A. R. Rahman
Released	January 12, 2010[24]
Recorded	Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios
Length	35:02
Label	Sony Music Entertainment
Producer	A. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman chronology
Couples Retreat (2009) Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010) Ye Maaya Chesave (2010)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
IndiaGlitz	[25]
Rediff.com	[26]
Behindoods	[27]
Music Aloud	[28]

The soundtrack was composed by A.R. Rahman.Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa marked the beginning of a famed collabration between A.R. Rahman and Gautham Menon. The world premiere was held at BAFTA in London on 19 December 2009 and later it was relaunched inChennai on January 12, 2010. The album consists of 7 tracks released with positive responses and was appreciated.^[29] The audio also received overwhelming pre-release response and was marked as #1 in Asia, in terms of advance bookings.^[30] The album was ranked among the best musicals of 2011.^[31]

Tracklist
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Omana Penne"	Benny Dayal, Kalyani Menon	5:30
2.	"Anbil Avan"	Devan Ekambaram, Chinmayi	4:12
3.	"Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa"	Karthik	3:12
4.	"Hosanna"	Vijay Prakash, Suzanne D'Mello, Blaaze	5:30
5.	"Kannukkul Kannai"	Naresh Iyer	3:52
6.	"Mannipaaya"	A. R. Rahman, Shreya Ghoshal	6:56
7.	"Aaromale"	Alphons Joseph	5:47
Total length:			35:02

[edit]Awards and nominations

Edison Awards^[32]

• Best Actor – Silambarasan Rajendar
• Best Actress – Trisha Krishnan
• Best Male Singer – Vijay Prakash

Vikatan Awards^[33]

• Best Music Director – A. R. Rahman
• Best Male Singer – Benny Dayal
• Best Female Singer – Shreya Ghoshal
• Best Lyricist – Thamarai
• Best Costume Designer – Nalini Sriram^[34]

BIG Tamil Entertainment Awards^[35]

• Most Entertaining Actor – Silambarasan Rajendar
• Most Entertaining Male Singer – Vijay Prakash

Vijay Music Awards

• Best Music Director 2010 – A. R. Rahman
• Best Male Singer 2010 – Vijay Prakash
• Best Female Singer 2010 – Shreya Ghoshal
• Popular Album of the Year 2010 – Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa

Vijay Awards^[36]

• Best Music Director – A. R. Rahman
• Best Male Playback Singer – Vijay Prakash
• Best Female Playback Singer – Shreya Ghoshal
• Favorite Heroine – Trisha Krishnan

Filmfare Awards

• Best Music Director – A. R. Rahman
• Best Lyricist – Thamarai (for "Mannipaaya")
• Best Cinematographer – Manoj Paramahamsa

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Osthe HD (ஒஸ்தி)

Osthe HD (ஒஸ்தி)

Osthe (English: Pinnacle) is a 2011 Tamil action film directed by S. Dharani, starring Silambarasan. A remake of the 2010 blockbuster Hindi film Dabangg, directed by Abhinav Singh Kashyap and written by Dileep Shukla, it featured Githan Ramesh, Richa Gangopadhyay, Sonu Sood, reprising his role from the original, Nassar and Revathi in supporting roles.[2][3] The film released world wide on 8 December 2011. Upon release, the film generally received mixed reviews.[4]

Plot

Velan, a young boy, lives with his younger half-brother Balan, stepfather (Nassar) and mother (Revathi) in Kattuppakkam in the Tirunelveli district. His stepfather is always partial towards Balan which constantly angers Velan.

Fifteen years later, a gang of robbers steal money from a bank and cause property damage while entering Kattuppakkam, when Velan (Silambarasan), now a cop going by the name "Osthe" Velan, apparently tries to recover the money by beating up the robbers. It becomes clear later that he keeps the money for himself, using it to buy new police jeeps and dividing it among his fellow cops (Santhanam, Thambi Ramaiah, Mayilsamy and Vaiyapuri). Velan still lives with his family and does not have a good relationship with his stepfather and Balan (whom he bullies at times).

Balan (Githan Ramesh) is in love with a girl called Nirmala (Saranya Mohan) whose father (Nizhalgal Ravi) opposes their relationship. Osthe Velan, meanwhile, falls in love with a girl called Neduvaali (Richa Gangopadhyay), whom he chances upon while chasing a gang of thugs.

Boxer Daniel (Sonu Sood), an aspiring politician and goon, meets Velan and tells him that the people he beat up and stole the money from are party workers and that they were getting money for the party. Velan is unperturbed, and dismisses him flatly. Balan asks his father to arrange his marriage with Nirmala, but his father refuses saying that he needs money to repay the loans he took to make his factory so he needs his son to marry a rich girl. Balan, in desperate need of money, steals it from Velan's cupboard, but is caught red-handed by his mother. He tells his mother that he intends to give the money to Nirmala's father, who in turn will return the money after marriage through dowry. Although his mother refuses, he takes the money and gives it to Nirmala's father.

Meanwhile, Velan meets Neduvaali and proposes marriage. She rejects it saying that she has to look after her father (VTV Ganesh), who is always drunk and that she cannot marry while he is alive. Velan then comes home to find his mother dead. He tries to make peace with his stepfather, as he is the only family left, but his stepfather says that Velan is not part of the family anymore.

Velan is then attacked at the railway station by Daniel's men, when he is with Neduvaali and her father, but, he beats up all of them in a fight.

He sees Balan buying a horse and chariot, though he does not suspect that Balan stole the money. Balan tells him that he is getting married to Nirmala and invites Velan to the marriage. Velan tries to convince Neduvaali's father to give his daughter's hand in marriage to him and to stop drinking. Neduvaali's father accepts and after Velan leaves, he plunges into a lake and commits suicide, as he knows that his daughter will not marry anyone while he is alive. Velan takes Neduvaali to Balan's exuberant wedding and, honoring his mother's wish that her elder son be married first, marries Neduvaali in an impromptu ceremony. Nirmala's father feels disgraced and cancels the wedding.

Balan beats up one of the workers in his factory due to a small accident. The worker goes to the police station along with his mother to file a complaint. But instead Velan beats up Balan in public, thus disgracing him. Daniel decides to take advantage of the situation and suspend Velan. He takes Balan and his father to the police station. But Balan's father resolves the situation by accepting an apology from Velan. Velan meets the minister leading Daniel's party (Vijayakumar) who also dislikes Daniel. They both come to an agreement to keep Daniel in control. Velan adulterates the breweries of Daniel due to which many people fall ill and Daniel is blamed. Daniel is confronted by Velan who openly reveals to him that he adulterated the breweries.

To take revenge, Daniel burns Balan's factory. Balan's father gets a heart attack due to shock and is hospitalized. Balan, in desperate need of money for his father's treatment agrees to do anything for Daniel, without realizing that it was Daniel who burnt his factory. Daniel gives him a task telling him to deliver a crate of mangoes to the minister' house. But, unknown to Balan, there is a bomb in it. After he leaves the house, it explodes, killing the minister and many innocents. Daniel gives Balan a task to kill Velan. Balan, knowing that he would not do it, accepts it and meets Velan. He confesses to Velan that he was sent to kill him by Daniel. He reveals to Velan that Daniel made him plant the bomb unknowingly. Velan forgives him and reconciles with his stepfather.

Balan meets Daniel, who thinks that Balan killed Velan and reveals to Balan that he had killed Balan's mother. Daniel is then informed that Velan is arriving with a huge police force. Balan reveals to Daniel that he did not kill Velan. In a final battle, Velan arrives and takes down all the goons and rescues Balan, leading to a final fight with Daniel. After Balan reveals to Velan that Daniel killed their mother, the two kill Daniel by forcing smoke through his mouth.

In a happy ending, Velan gets Balan married to Nirmala in the presence of their father.

Cast

Silambarasan as Osthe Velan

Richa Gangopadhyay as Neduvaali

Santhanam as Selvam

Githan Ramesh as Balan

Sonu Sood as Daniel

Saranya Mohan as Nirmala

Nassar as Velan and Balan's Father

Revathi as Velan and Balan's Mother

Nizhalgal Ravi as Thanga Perumal, Nirmala's father

Azhagam Perumal as Shankaralingam

Ganesh as Neduvaali's father

Vijayakumar

Mayilsamy as Saravanan

Thambi Ramaiah as Maasaana Moorthy

Mallika Sherawat as Mallika (Special appearance in the song "Kalasala")

[edit]Production

Casting

After considering Bollywood actresses Sonakshi Sinha and Sonam Kapoor,[5] Bengali actress Richa Gangopadhyay, who had starred in a number of Telugu ventures before, was roped in to portray the lead female character.[6] Githan Ramesh was chosen to play the lead character's brother, while Sonu Sood would reprise his role from the original.[7] Reports indicating that Madhu Shalini of Avan Ivan fame was signed to play Ramesh's pair in the film, were dismissed by Silambarasan, who clarified that Saranya Mohan had been finalized for the role.[8] Producer-turned-actor VTV Ganesh, following collaborations with Silambarasan in Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa and Vaanam was signed to portray the father of the female lead character, played by Mahesh Manjrekar in the original version.[9] The team took considerably more time to finalize the actress to perform the item number in the film. Sources reported that several actresses including Nayantara, Shriya Saran,[10] Zarine Khan,[11] Katrina Kaif, Bipasha Basu,[12] Deepika Padukone,[13] Mallika Sherawat and Vidya Balan[14] were considered or even approached, with Sherawat eventually being selected.[15]

Filming

The film was officially launched with a pooja held at the AVM studios in Chennai on May 10, 2011,[16] while filming commenced on June 26 in Mysore.[17] Almost the entire film was shot in and around Mysore in a single schedule,[18][19] which was completed by mid-August.[20] Silambarasan had hit the gyms to tone up his physique,[21] on the contrary to Salman Khan who had undergone a special diet to shed his six pack abs.[22] Silambarasan trained for an eight pack within 25 days for the climax scene as he wanted it to be the highlight of the film.[23] The final schedule of the film was completed with a song shot in Dubai. [24] Mallika Sherawat shot the anticipated item number "Kalasala" during late September and the first week of October in Chennai.[25]

Soundtrack

Osthe

Original CD cover

Soundtrack album by S. Thaman

Released 19 October 2011

Recorded 2011

Genre Feature film soundtrack

Length 20:40

Label Sony Music

Producer S. Thaman

S. Thaman chronology

Dookudu

(2011) Osthe

(2011) Ishtam

(2011)

The soundtrack of Osthe was scored by S. Thaman. Silambarasan revealed that composer Yuvan Shankar Raja, who he generally collaborates with, had suggested to sign Thaman as the music director. Initially planned to be released on October 6, the audio launch was pushed to October 19, 2011. The lyrics were written by Vaali and Yugabharathi, while Silambarasan penned the lyrics for the song "Pondaati", which would revolve around a "husband’s praises for his wife." The equivalent version to the chartbusting "Munni Badnaam Hui" from the original was named "Kalasala". Shruti Haasan was reported to have rendered her voice in "Kalasala",[30] but the rumours were denied and instead veteran singer L. R. Eswari had sung the song. "Osthe" was Thaman's first combo with Dharani who usually collaborates with Vidyasagar.

Tracklist

No. Title Lyrics Singer(s) Length

1. "Kalasala Kalasala"   Vaali L. R. Eswari, T. Rajendar, Solar Sai 4:12

2. "Pondaati"   Silambarasan Silambarasan 4:26

3. "Osthi Maamey"   Vaali Baba Sehgal, Rahul Nambiar, Ranjith, Naveen Madhav 3:54

4. "Unnale Unnale"   Yugabharathi Thaman, Rita 3:47

5. "Neduvaali"   Yugabharathi Rahul Nambiar, Mahathi 4:21

Total length:

20:40

The soundtrack generally received mixed reviews from music critics. P.G Devi from Behindwoods gave 3 out of 5 and stated that "Osthi lives up to its huge expectations with generous mass entertainers like 'Kalasala Kalasala', 'Pondatti' and 'Neduvaali'. It will be a top musical grosser, alluring listeners with its hits".[32] Prakash Upadhyaya from Oneindia.in praised Thaman's music sense and claimed that it is Simbu's Diwali treat.[33] Indiaglitz also gave a positive verdict writing that "'Kalasala' the Tamil equivalent of Bollywood chartbuster 'Munni' fulfills all expectations, and even exceeds at some places. If your choice is an album that is a collection of mass numbers, there can't be better pick than Osthi. Go and grab it".[34] Pavithra Srinivasan from Rediff also complimented the soundtrack's "mildly appealing combination of masala beats", giving 2.5 out of 5.[35]

Release

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores

Source Rating

Rediff

Deccan Chronicle

Osthe opened to mixed to negative reviews. The New Indian Express said "unfortunately it’s unable to recreate the same magic of the earlier version, the film a passable routine masala entertainer" and stated the movie lacked the punch in original.[36] Deccan Chronicle rated the film three stars commenting "Osthi is worth watching once."[37] Malathi Rangarajan of thehindu.com said "If Dabangg could make it, Osthe should! And if Salman could do it, so can STR."[38] Pavithra Srinivasan of Rediff rated it 2/5 complaining "Osthi lacks the magic that made Dabangg work."[39] IndiaGlitz.com opined "Osthi ends up as an entertainer."[40] Behindwoods rated it 2.5/5 stating that it entertains.[41] Sify called it a "time-pass entertainer."[42] Rohit Ramachandran of Nowrunning.com gave 1/5 and termed the movie "a snoozefest."