Oh Maane Maane

Oh Maane Maane (transl. Oh dear, Oh dear) is a 1984 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by A. Jagannathan. The film stars Mohan and Urvashi. It is a remake of the 1974 Malayalam film Chattakari, which itself was based on a Malayalam novel of the same name.^[1] The film was released on 22 October 1984.^[2]

Oh Maane Maane
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	A. Jagannathan
Screenplay by	A. L. Narayanan
Story by	Pamman
Starring	Mohan Urvashi
Cinematography	P. Ganesa Pandian
Edited by	R. Devarajan
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production company	Filmco
Release date	22 October 1984 (1984-10-22)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Mohan as Mahesh
• Urvashi as Stella
• Thengai Srinivasan as George
• Sivachandran as Joseph
• Calcutta Viswanathan
• Vennira Aadai Moorthy as Sivaraman
• Vadivukkarasi as Victoria
• Manorama
• Vasantha as Meenakshi
• Sangeeta
• Arundhathi as Kasthuri

Soundtrack

The music composed by Ilaiyaraaja.^[3][4] Kamal Haasan recorded a song in his voice for the film.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Roja Ondru"	Vairamuthu	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki	4:27
2.	"Oh Devan"	Na. Kamarasan	S. P. Balasubramanyam, S. Janaki	4:38
3.	"Abiramiye Annaiye"	Vaali	P. Susheela, Bangalore Latha	4:48
4.	"Happy New Year"	Gangai Amaran	Malaysia Vasudevan, S. Janaki, Deepan Chakravarthy and Sundarrajan	4:30
5.	"Pon Maanai"	Mu. Metha	Kamal Haasan	4:36
Total length:				22:59

Reception

Kalki felt the film was not as great as the original film Chattakari and panned Jagannathan's direction but praised Ilaiyaraaja's music and concluded that theatre owners should be warned that if seats are torn, fans are not responsible for it.^[6]

References

1. "Noted filmmaker K S Sethumadhavan dies at 90 in Chennai". The Times of India. 25 December 2021. from the original on 7 February 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
2. ராம்ஜி, வி. (5 December 2019). "ஒரே வருடத்தில் மோகன் 15 படங்கள்; ஒரேநாளில் 3 படம் ரிலீஸ்; அத்தனையும் ஹிட்". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
3. "Oh Maanae Maanae Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by Ilayaraja". Mossymart. from the original on 31 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
4. . Raaga.com (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
5. ராம்ஜி, வி. (12 August 2020). "மோகன், அஜித்துக்கு பாடிய பின்னணிப் பாடகர் கமல்; கமல் 61 ஸ்பெஷல்!". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
6. "ஓ மானே மானே". Kalki (in Tamil). 11 November 1984. p. 58. from the original on 8 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.

External links

• Oh Maane Maane at IMDb