Ore Raththam

Ore Raththam (pronounced [oɾeː ɾattam] transl. Same Blood)^[1] is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language political drama film directed by K. Sornam and written by M. Karunanidhi. The film has an ensemble cast including Karthik, Pandiyan, Radha Ravi, Kishmu, M. K. Stalin, Seetha and Madhuri. It is based on Karunanidhi's novel of the same name which was serialised in the magazine Kungumam. The film was released on 8 May 1987.

Ore Raththam
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	K. Sornam
Written by	M. Karunanidhi
Based on	Ore Raththam by M. Karunanidhi
Produced by	M. Suryanarayanan
Starring	Karthik Pandiyan Radha Ravi Kishmu M. K. Stalin Seetha Madhuri
Cinematography	M. S. Annadurai
Edited by	L. Kesavan
Music by	Devendran
Production company	Murasu Movies
Release date	8 May 1987 (1987-05-08)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Karthik as Magesh
• Pandiyan as Ponnan
• Radha Ravi
• Kishmu as the rigid religionist
• M. K. Stalin as Nandhakumar^[2]
• Seetha as the straying girl
• Madhuri
• K. K. Soundar
• M. R. Krishnamurthy
• Chinni Jayanth
• C. I. D. Sakunthala
• Bhagyalakshmi as Merry
• Manorama as Parvathi

Production

Ore Raththam was a story which was serialised in the magazine Kungumam. The author M. Karunanidhi adapted it for the screen with the same title.^[3] His son Stalin made his cinematic acting debut with this film.^[4]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Devendran.^[5][6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Ore Raththam Than Oduthu"	Devendran	4:08
2.	"Oru Poralien Payanam Idu"	Devendran	3:11
Total length:			7:19

Release and reception

Ore Raththam was released on 8 May 1987.^[7] N. Krishnaswamy of The Indian Express liked the film because "most of the characters get a say, the focus shifts to each of them one time or another". He also praised the narration, dialogue, background score, camera work, and editing.^[8] Jayamanmadhan of Kalki felt that Karunanidhi wrote this script seemed like not go towards political area and also felt the song sequences and method of story telling has outdated feel, citing director Sornam was in huge slumber then woke up suddenly and went to the sets and concluded saying if the film was ended showing Kishmu's character as reformed than dying it would have been a propaganda play preaching life education.^[9]