Soorarai Pottru

Soorarai Pottru Movie Details:

Also known as	Aakasam Nee Haddu Raa (Tamil); Udaan (Hindi)
Based on	Simply Fly: A Deccan Odyssey by G. R. Gopinath
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Dubbed in	Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam
Genre	Drama
Release date	12 November 2020 (Streaming)
Running time	2hr 29min
Age rating	16+
Cast	Suriya Aparna Balamurali Paresh Rawal
Directed by	Sudha Kongara
Screenplay by	Shalini Usha Nair Sudha Kongara
Produced by	Suriya Jyothika Guneet Monga
Cinematography by	Niketh Bommireddy
Edited by	Sathish Suriya
Music by	G. V. Prakash Kumar
Production Company	2D Entertainment Sikhya Entertainment
Distributor	Amazon Prime Video

Soorarai Pottru Movie Cast & Characters:

• Suriya as Nedumaaran “Maara” Rajangam
• Aparna Balamurali as Sundari “Bommi” Nedumaaran
• Paresh Rawal as Paresh Goswami
• Mohan Babu as M. Bhaktavatsalam Naidu
• Urvashi as Pechi Rajangam
• Poo Ramu as Rajangam
• Karunas as Alapparai
• Krishnakumar as Chaitanya “Che” Rao
• Vivek Prasanna as Sebastian
• Kaali Venkat as Kaali
• Vinodhini Vaidyanathan as Chitra Ramaswamy
• Prakash Belawadi as Prakash Babu
• Achyuth Kumar as Anantha Narayanan
• Dan Dhanoa as Vimal Balaiyya
• R. S. Shivaji as Anantha Narayanan’s PA
• Ramachandran Durairaj as Arivu
• G. Gnanasambandam as Chinnaswamy
• Vishalini as Muthulakshmi
• Supergood Subramani as a marriage broker
• RJ Anandhi as a stewardess
• Priya Prince as Seby’s wife
• Cassendra as Preethi
• Ilan as Seby’s son
• Iyal as Seby’s daughter
• Udumalai Kalam as the President of India
• Somasekar as an IAF cadet
• Senthil Kumar as himself (uncredited)

Storyline:

Inspired by the book ‘Simply Fly’, the film tells the story of Nedumaaran Rajangam known to friends as Maara, the son of a teacher, who sets out to make the common man fly and takes on the most capital intensive industry in the world with the help of his friends, family and sheer will power.

About Soorarai Pottru Movie:

Soorarai Pottru was inspired by events from the life of G. R. Gopinath, founder of Indian low-cost airline Simplifly Deccan, as described in his memoir Simply Fly: A Deccan Odyssey.

The project was announced in mid-2018 under the working title Suriya 38 and the official title was announced in April 2019.

Principal photography began the same month and ended that September, and filming took place in Madurai, Chennai, and Chandigarh.

The theatrical release of the film was affected by post-production delays and the COVID-19 pandemic; it was released digitally through Amazon Prime Video on 12 November 2020, the eve of the Diwali festival, and simultaneously its dubbed versions in Malayalam and Kannada were released under the same title, and a Telugu dub was released as Aakasam Nee Haddu Raa (transl. The Sky is the Limit). A Hindi-dubbed version titled Udaan (transl. Flight) was released on 4 April 2021.

Soorarai Pottru received critical acclaim, with praise for the film’s major technical aspects and appreciation for the writing, Suriya’s performance and Kongara’s direction.

It was selected as one of ten Indian films to be screened in the Best Foreign Film category at the 78th Golden Globe Awards. The film also entered the Panorama Section of the Shanghai International Film Festival.

It won five awards at the 68th National Film Awards: Best Feature Film, Best Actor (Suriya), Best Actress (Aparna), Best Screenplay (Kongara and Nair) and Best Background Score (Prakash Kumar).

Soorarai Pottru was praised by celebrities such as filmmaker Shankar, and actors Mahesh Babu and Samantha Ruth Prabhu.

The film became the second-most-tweeted hashtag of the year in entertainment, according to a survey report by Twitter. The film also became the second-most-searched topic in Google Trends, becoming the only South Indian film to appear in the list.

As of February 2021, Soorarai Pottru is the most-watched regional language film in the history of Amazon Prime Video in India.

A Hindi remake titled Sarfira, again directed by Kongara, is scheduled to be released in theatres on July 12, 2024.