Harish
Kalyan's
highly
anticipated
film
Oh
Manapenne
has
just
hit
Disney+
Hotstar.
Also
starring
Priya
Bhavani
Shankar,
the
film
released
on
Friday
(October
22)
on
the
popular
video
streaming
platform.
Within
hours
of
its
release,
the
romantic
drama
leaked
on
infamous
piracy
websites
and
platforms
including
Telegram,
Movierulz
and
Tamilrockers
and
that
too
in
high
definition
(HD)
quality,
which
might
now
hinder
the
film's
viewership
on
the
OTT
platform.
This
is
not
the
first
time
when
a
Tamil
film
released
on
a
streaming
platform
has
leaked
online
within
hours.
Earlier,
OTT
films
like
Tughlaq
Durbar,
Udanpirappe,
Raame
Aandalum
Raavane
Aandalum
were
also
leaked
online.
Notably,
Harish's
previous
film
Kasada
Thapara
that
released
on
SonyLIV
had
also
fallen
prey
to
piracy.
Well,
Oh
Manapenne
marks
the
actor's
second
venture
post
the
pandemic.
Directed
by
Kaarthikk
Sundar,
the
film
is
an
official
remake
of
Vijay
Deverakonda's
2016
film
Pelli
Choopulu,
which
was
also
remade
in
Hindi
and
Malayalam
as
Mitron
(2018)
and
Vijay
Superum
Pournamiyum
(2019).
Backed
by
Satyanarayana
Koneru
and
Ramesh
Varma
Penmesta,
the
film
features
an
ensemble
cast
including
Cooku
with
Comali
2
fame
Ashwin
Kumar
Lakshmikanthan,
Siddhanth,
Abishek
Kumar,
Anbuthasan
and
Venu
Arvind.
Oh
Manapenne's
shooting
kick-started
in
December
2019
and
was
wrapped
a
week
before
the
pandemic
in
February
2020.
The
film's
tracks
and
the
background
score
have
been
composed
by
Vishal
Chandrashekhar.
So
far,
the
romantic
entertainer's
six
songs
have
been
released
including
'Oh
Manapenne',
'Lazy
Song',
'Nee
Yenadharuginil
Nee',
'Aao
Ji
Aao',
'Bodhai
Kaname'
and
'Sakiye'
With
camera
cranked
by
Krishnan
Vasant,
the
film
has
editing
carried
out
by
Kripakaran.
On
a
related
note,
Oh
Manapenne
marks
director
Kaarthikk's
debut
project.