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- Soorarai Pottru (transl. Praise the brave) is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language drama film that was written and directed by Sudha Kongara, and produced by Suriya, Jyothika and Guneet Monga. Kongara and Shalini Usha Nair wrote the screenplay; Aalif Surti and Ganeshaa provided additional screenplay; and Vijay Kumar and P. Virumandi, wrote the dialogue. The film stars Suriya, Aparna Balamurali and Paresh Rawal; and Mohan Babu, Urvashi and Karunas appear in supporting roles. The film 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. G. V. Prakash Kumar composed the film's music while Niketh Bommireddy was the cinematographer and Sathish Suriya edited the film. 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 category Best Foreign Film 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). In November 2022, a Hindi remake, again directed by Kongara and produced by Suriya, was in production with Rawal reprising his role. (en)
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