Oh Manapenne!

Oh Manapenne!
Official release poster
Directed byKaarthikk Sundar
Screenplay byDeepak Sundarrajan
Sanjeev
Kaarthikk Sundar
Based onPelli Choopulu
by Tharun Bhascker
Produced bySatyanarayana Koneru
Ramesh Varma Penmesta
StarringPriya Bhavani Shankar
Harish Kalyan
CinematographyKrishnan Vasant
Edited byKripakaran
Music byVishal Chandrashekhar
Production
companies
A Studios LLP
A Havish Production
SP Cinemas
Madhav Media
Third Eye Entertainment
Distributed byDisney+ Hotstar
Release date
  • 22 October 2021 (2021-10-22)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Oh Manapenne! (pronounced [maɳappeɳɳeː] transl. Oh Dear Bride!) is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Kaarthikk Sundar in his directorial debut and written by Deepak Sundarrajan. A remake of the Telugu film Pelli Choopulu (2016), it stars Priya Bhavani Shankar and Harish Kalyan as a girl and boy who meet during a matchmaking event. How their aspirations bring them together forms the rest of the story.

The rights to remake Pelli Choopulu in Tamil were initially acquired by Gautham Vasudev Menon in 2016, and the film titled Pon Ondru Kandein (transl. I saw a girl) was to be directed by Senthil Veerasamy, with Vishnu Vishal and Tamannaah Bhatia starring. The project faced delays and was ultimately shelved due to budgetary constraints; by November 2019, it had undergone a complete change in cast and crew. The new film, Oh Manapenne!, began principal photography in December 2019 and wrapped in February 2020. It was released on 22 October 2021 via Disney+ Hotstar.