Nila Nila Odi Vaa
| Nila Nila Odi Vaa | |
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| Genre | romantic comedy thriller |
| Based on | vampire |
| Written by | Nandhini JS |
| Directed by | Nandhini JS |
| Creative director | Venkatesh Harinathan |
| Starring | |
| Theme music composer | Ashwath Naganathan |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Tamil |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Viu & Make Believe Productions |
| Production location | Chennai |
| Cinematography | Vijay Armstrong |
| Editor |
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| Running time | approx. 22 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Viu |
| Release | 24 July – 5 September 2018 |
Nila Nila Odi Vaa (Template:Lang-en) is a 2018 Indian Tamil language vampire based Rom-Com (romantic comedy) thriller web series. It is hosted by Viu, a video on demand digital distribution platform. The web series is directed by Nandhini JS and produced by Viu and Make Believe Productions. This is Nandhini's first web series as a director who already shot to prominence in Kollywood industry through her debut directorial venture Thiru Thiru Thuru Thuru in 2009.[1] The web series was released on the streaming platform Viu on 24 July 2018 and eventually ended up on 5 October 2018 with only 13 episodes as the first season ends up with a cliffhanger and thereby leaving the choice of more sequential seasons.[2] It starred popular Kollywood actress Sunaina in the female lead role as she made her web series debut through this series and Ashwin Kakumanu in the male lead role who is known for his role in the film Mankatha while Anupama Kumar, Aswath Chandrasekhar, Srikrishna Dayal, Hariish, Praveen Kumar and Abhishek Vinod played pivotal and supportive roles in the series.[3][4] This web series is also the first Tamil web series to be launched by Viu network in India.[5][6]
The show received positive reviews from critics and audience especially for the performances of Ashwin and Sunaina. Aswath Chandrasekhar and Bavithra who previously worked as video jockeys for Sun TV were also added to the cast.[2]
Cast
- Ashwin Kakumanu as Om
- Sunaina as Nila
- Anupama Kumar as Devi
- Meesha Ghoshal as Meera
- Srikrishna Dayal as Jamaal
- Abhishek Vinod as Alex
- Aswath Chandrasekhar as Thomas
- Gabrella Sellus as Poonkodi
- Shira Gaarg as Patricia
- Praveen Kumar as Vikram
- Hariish CK as Anand
- Bavithra as Yamuna
Plot
Om. a tattoo artist in order to expand his career purchases a studio on the outskirts of Chennai. He meets up with his college crush Nila, a vampire who tries attack him and stops after she recognizes him.love blossoms between the both and Nila reveals how she was turned into a vampire by Alex who wants to turns the human dominant civilization into a vampire dominant one. A group of people called slayers are trying to demolish these vampires since they are considered as blood sucking animals. Oneday Nila introduces Om to her best friend Meera (125 year old vampire) who rejects her relationship with Om since he is an human, on the same night Alex catches Nila red handed with Om they both are assaulted by Alex and the rest of the group until they are rescued by slayers who burns Alex and his group by a new weapon. Om takes a promise from Nila not to turn him into a vampire in turn he promises her to turn her back to human. After many trials he arrives at the doorstep of Devi(sorceress), whose blood can turn vampires back to human and she herself becomes vampire and turns back normal after reading certain scriptures. Devi refuses to accept Om's pleas since she feels herself losing her control after her last encounter with a vampire in which she loses control and kills her own disciples. A completely shattered Om is blackmailed by a goon who tries to kidnap his assistant Poonkodi suddenly Nila emerges out of no where and kills the goon. Om loses his temper and asks Nila to not be like a monster and get lost from his life. Next day inspector Jamal, a slayer investigates the case and finds out Nila to be a vampire. Nila hides in Meera's home and stops drinking blood because of Om's accusations. Om becomes more concerned about Nila and goes to rescue her when Meera was caught by the slayers. He confesses to Nila that he was afraid to lose her and is deeply in love with her, suddenly the slayers attack them and Nila hypnotized one of the slayers to sleep while the other was hurt by Om. Nila becomes very weak because of her blood strike Om offers his blood but she refuses it because of her promise. Om takes Nila to Devi. Devi changes her mind and decides to help Nila while preparing for the arrangements. Inspector Jamal attacks them from outside the home. Devi asks Nila if she had hypnotised Om into loving her Nila reveals that none of the vampires are able to hypnotise Om. Jamal shoots an arrow which strikes Om. Devi informs to almost dying Om that he is just like her and his blood can turn Nila back human upon hearing this he asks Nila to suck his blood and she obeys. Jamal breaks into Devi's house and is shocked to see Nila who is now a human. The series ends by revealing that Om has become an ferocious vampire. [7]
Production
This was the first Tamil web series developed by Viu network with the intention of developing at least 100 more web series within a space of 3 years.[8][9] Viu Tamil network roped in Nandhini JS as the director for the series titled Nila Nila Odi Vaa. It was also revealed that popular film cinematographer Vijay Armstrong used practical lights instead of the traditional film set lighting.[10][1]
References
- ^ a b tabloid!, Mythily Ramachandran, Special to (2018-07-18). "Nandhini JS directs Tamil vampire rom-com". GulfNews. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "Ashwin and Sunainaa's web series, Nila Nila Odi Vaa, to be about vampires". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
- ^ "Sunaina To Play A Vampire In Web Series". Silverscreen.in. 2018-07-20. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
- ^ "Anupama Kumar On Nila Nila Odi Vaa: It's A Fierce Character That I Have Tried To Play With Empathy". filmibeat. 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
- ^ "Ashwin, Sunainaa team up for Nila Nila Odivaa web series". Kolly Buzz. 2018-07-17. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
- ^ "Are Web-Series The New Big Thing In Tamil Entertainment?". Silverscreen.in. 2018-07-23. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
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- ^ "VIU launches in Tamil market with millennial-focused fresh content". Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
- ^ "Viu aims to produce at least 100 Tamil original series within three years". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
- ^ "Nalan Kumarasamy's new series on TN weddings". Deccan Chronicle. 2018-07-27. Retrieved 2018-10-04.