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Oriyardori Asal
Oriyardori Asal
	Film poster
Directed by	H. S. Rajashekar
Written by	Vijayakumar Kodialbail
Screenplay by	Vijayakumar Kodialbail
Story by	Vijayakumar Kodialbail
Based on	Oriyardori Asal; by Vijayakumar Kodialbail
Produced by	Roopa Vijayakumar Kodialbail
Starring	Likith Shetty ; Ramya Barna; Naveen D Padil; Aravind Bolar; Rekha Das
Cinematography	P. L. Ravee
Edited by	Srinivas P. Babu
Music by	A. K. Vijay (Kokila)
Production; company	Roopalakshmi Films
Release date	27 May 2011 (South Karnataka);
Country	India
Language	Tulu
Budget	₹1 crore (US$120,000)
Box office	₹1.5 crore (US$180,000)

Oriyardori Asal (English: One better than the other) is a 2011 Indian Tulu language film directed by H. S. Rajashekar and starring Likith Shetty, Ramya Barna, Naveen D Padil, Aravind Bolar and Rekha Das in the lead roles. It is the most successful Tulu film till date. The film is based on the famous Tulu comedy drama with the same title, written by Vijayakumar Kodialbail. He also wrote the story, screenplay, dialogue and lyrics for the film.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

Plot

The film is an out and out comedy and is basically about the misunderstanding between a landlord and his tenants on rent. The film is about a Vattara; homes in the same compound. This particular vattara is about three families living in the same compound. Munna(Likith Shetty) is the protagonist and plays the role of the son of the tenant and Priya (Ramya Barna) plays the role of the house-owner's daughter. The love triangle between Munna and Priya is the central theme of the film. Naveen D Padil has a stellar role as a Bhajane Basappa and Arvind Bolar as a corporator, Kanthappa. Rajesh Bantwal plays the character of a car driver.^[11]

Cast

Likith Shetty as Munna
Ramya Barna as Priya
Naveen D Padil as Basappa
Aravind Bolar as Kanthappa
Rekha Das
Santhosh Shetty
M. N. Lakshmi Devi as Lingamma
Rajesh Bantwal
Jayaram Acharya
Raymond D'souza
Gurukiran in a special appearance

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by AK Vijaya Kokila. The film features the first ever Tulu song by Bollywood singer Udit Narayan. S. P. Balasubrahmanyam also sang for the film, singing for a Tulu film after a gap of seven years. The film also features a song sung by Kannada music director Gurukiran.^[12] The audio release of the film was done in a unique way. Magician Kudroli Ganesh collected the petals of the flowers from the dignitaries on the dais and asked the actor and actress of the movie to release the audio CD. The first CD of the film was sold through an auction process which started at ₹ 50 and concluded at ₹ 18,000^[13]

Reception

The film turned out to be the biggest hit in Tulu film history till date. The film made good collection in Tulu dominated regions of South Karnataka.^[14] The film had a budget of ₹ 1 crore and made a profit of around ₹ 50 lakh.^[1] The film ran for more than 175 days.^[3]^[15] The film received unanimous praise from critics and it was observed that Oriyardori Asal has given a second life to the Tulu film industry.^[8]