The Tamil movie, “Soorarai Pottru” was the only Indian film that has been made eligible for the nomination of Best Picture at the Oscars 2021. The movie is also a huge stepping stone for the entire south Indian entertainment industry, however, the whole south Indian industry has a huge fan base anyways, and it is regarded as very entertaining by people all across India. in fact, most of Bollywood movies are a remake of the already famous South Indian movies.
It has also been a notable fact that south Indian movies are not very heavy-budget movies, and despite that, the movies earn way more than some of the heavy-budget Hollywood movies. Now, one look at the trailer of the movie Soorarai Pottru and you know that the movie is going to be an underdog. One of the biggest actors from South India is playing such an inspiring role, the movie kept all of us at the edge of our seats till the very end.
Soorarai Pottru also won the Best feature film at the 68th National Awards 2022, and the actor Suriya won the award for Best Actor as well. The actress of the movie Aparna Balamurali also won the award for Best Actress. It won two other awards for Best Screenplay as well as Best Background Score.
The movie is based on the life of Gita Gopinath who is the founder of Air Deccan Airlines.
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Is Soorarai Pottru Based On A Real Story?
Yes, indeed the movie is based on a real story. It is based on the life events of the retired army officer, Gita Gopinath who is also the founder of Air Deccan Airlines. The movie was based on his autobiography named Simply Fly: A Deccan Odyssey, the book was released in 2011. The book narrates his journey from riding a bullock card when he was a young boy to owning an airline in his name. He definitely came a long way.
His whole name is Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar Gopinath, he was born in the year 1952 in a small village named Gorur situated in Karnataka. He was homeschooled by his father and he was the second of eight children with his parents. After a few years of being homes schooled, he was enrolled in a Kannada-medium school in class 5. Later, in 1962, he enrolled in Bijapur’s Sainik School, where young boys are trained to join the armed forces. He then passed the National Defence Academy exams, graduated from the Indian Military Academy, and served in the Indian Army for eight years. He also fought in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. At the age of twenty-eight he took early retirement and then he tried a lot of businesses however, he ventured into the aviation sector in the year 1996.
Suriya is the lead actor here, he is playing the role of Maara, who is a young man who has a big dream to fly. He wants to fly a low-cost airline someday. The story is worth millions of dollars, and it was received in such a way as well, the huge audience response to the movie owing to the storyline as well as the huge popularity of Suriya. it ensured that it was a worthy movie to be dubbed in order to reach a larger audience, and the Hindi version is looking to make a bigger impact for the south star. “An ordinary man with extraordinary dreams,” the caption says, and we’re hooked.
About Soorarai Pottru
Soorarai Potru was released on the 12th of November in 2020, the movie has been directed by Sudha Kongara, and the actors Suriya, Paresh Rawal, and Aparna Balamurali are in the lead roles. Suriya has produced the movie along with Jyothika and Guneet Monga as well.
Initially, the movie got marred by the widespread COVID pandemic. The film’s theatrical release was hampered by post-production delays and the COVID-19 pandemic. On November 12, 2020, the film will be available digitally through Amazon Prime Video. OTT platforms really saved us from ennui as well as the entertainment industry from going downhill.
There is news that there is going to be a Hindi remake of the movie as well, and in that Paresh Rawal will reprise his role.
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