Remo (2005)

Original title

ரெமோ

Directed by

Bakkiyaraj Kannan

Genre

romantic comedy, LGBTQ-related film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 31m

Rated

U

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 39 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An aspiring actor disguises himself as a female nurse to test his acting skills and win the love of a doctor. He tries to get close to her while keeping his real identity a secret.

lightheartedplayfulwarmromanticcomicupbeatquirky

What happens

Remo is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Bakkiyaraj Kannan, in his directorial debut and produced by R. D. Raja under 24AM Studios. The film stars Sivakarthikeyan and Keerthy Suresh, while Sathish, Rajendran, Aadukalam Naren, Anson Paul, K. S. Ravikumar, Saranya Ponvannan and Sri Divya portray supporting roles. The cinematography was handled by P. C. Sreeram, and editing work was done by Ruben. Sound designer Resul Pookutty, was also a part of the film. The soundtrack album and background score has been composed by Anirudh Ravichander, and the soundtrack received positive response, upon release. The film follows an aspiring actor who decides to don as a female nurse, to test his acting skills and also to win the hearts of his lady love, who is a doctor by profession. Remo is the first film produced by R. D. Raja, who earlier worked as a creative producer for Sivakarthikeyan, in his films Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam, Maan Karate, Kaaki Sattai and Rajinimurugan. The film was initially scheduled to release on 14 March 2015, but was briefly delayed due to the script completion, and finalising the cast and crew. The project was started, with the announcement of technical crew on 1 July 2015. Principal photography of this film took place on 25 October 2015 in Chennai, and continued till 2 August 2016. Filming was held in Chennai, Vizag and Pondicherry. The film's title Remo was announced in February 2016. The film had a worldwide theatrical release on 7 October 2016, coinciding with the occasion of Dusshera festival. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics and audience, praising Sivakarthikeyan's performance in the role of a female nurse, and the efforts he took for donning the make over, background score, soundtrack, cinematography and comedy. However, the film later faced criticism for glorifying stalking and the way in which Keerthy Suresh's character was written for the film. The film received three nominations at the 64th Filmfare Awards South, and five nominations at the 6th South Indian International Movie Awards, with two wins, and Sivakarthikeyan receiving the SIIMA Award for Best Actor. It was remade in Odia as Sister Sridevi (2017). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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