Oththa Seruppu Size 7

Oththa Seruppu Size 7
Theatrical release poster
Directed byR. Parthiban
Written byR. Parthiban
Produced byR. Parthiban
StarringR. Parthiban
CinematographyRamji
Edited byR. Sudharsan
Music by
Production
company
Release dates
  • 30 August 2019 (2019-08-30) (Singapore South Asian Film Festival)
  • 20 September 2019 (2019-09-20) (India)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Oththa Seruppu Size 7 (transl. Single Slipper Size 7), simply known as Oththa Seruppu (transl. Single Slipper), is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language thriller film produced, written and directed by R. Parthiban under the banner Bioscope Film Framers.[1] The film stars Parthiban himself as the only character. The background score for the film is composed by C. Sathya and the film has only one song, which is composed by Santhosh Narayanan.[2][3] The film entered the Asia Book of Records and India Book of Records for having a single person writing, directing, solo acting and producing a film.[4][5][6] It was the third South Indian film to feature a single actor after The Guard (2001- Malayalam) and Shanti (2005- Kannada).[7]

Oththa Seruppu premiered at the Singapore South Asian Film Festival on 30 August 2019.[8][9] The film was released worldwide on 20 September 2019.The film opened to high critical acclaim.

It is being remade in Hindi with Abhishek Bachchan in the lead role and directed by Parthiban.[10][11] The movie was also reported to be remade in Indonesian making it the first Tamil movie to be remade in that language[12] and the second Indian movie to be remade in that language after Drishyam.

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  4. ^ "'Oththa Seruppu Size 7' gets Parthiban into two record books". News Today | First with the news. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Parthiban's Oththa Seruppu enters the record books". The Times of India. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
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  9. ^ Dinamalar (6 August 2019). "சிங்கப்பூர் சர்வதேச திரைப்பட விழாவில் ஒத்த செருப்பு | Otha Seruppu to screen in Singapore film festival". தினமலர் – சினிமா (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Abhishek Bachchan's first glimpse from Hindi remake of Oththa Seruppu Size 7 revealed, see pic". Hindustan Times. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  11. ^ "'Oththa Seruppu' Hindi remake starts rolling in Chennai". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  12. ^ www.dtnext.in[dead link]