Oh My Kadavule
{{Short description|2020 film directed by Ashwath Marimuthu}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| image = Oh My Kadavule poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Ashwath Marimuthu
| writer = Ashwath Marimuthu
| producer = G. Dilli Babu
Ashok Selvan
Abinaya Selvam
| starring = {{plainlist|
- Ashok Selvan
- Ritika Singh
- Vani Bhojan
}}
| cinematography = Vidhu Ayyanna
| editing = Boopathi Selvaraj
| music = Leon James
| studio = Axess Film Factory
Happy High Pictures
| distributor = Sakthi Film Factory
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2020|02|14}}
| runtime = 153 minutes{{Cite web |title=Oh My Kadavule |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/oh-my-kadavule-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc00oty2nde |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241224000006/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/oh-my-kadavule-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc00oty2nde |archive-date=24 December 2024 |access-date=24 December 2024 |website=British Board of Film Classification}}
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross =
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Oh My Kadavule ({{Translation|Oh My God}}) is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language romantic fantasy comedy film written and directed by Ashwath Marimuthu in his directorial debut. The film stars Ashok Selvan, Ritika Singh and Vani Bhojan as the leads while Shah Ra and M. S. Bhaskar play supporting roles. Vijay Sethupathi and Ramesh Thilak make extended cameo appearances. The film had its theatrical release on 14 February 2020, Valentine's Day. Oh My Kadavule was selected for official screening at International Indian Film Festival in Toronto, held in August 2020.{{Cite web |title=Oh My Kadavule |url=https://iifft.ca/oh-my-kadavule.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025170451/https://iifft.ca/oh-my-kadavule.html |archive-date=25 October 2020 |access-date=4 December 2020 |website=International Indian Film Festival Toronto}} Critics lauded the movie for its performances (mainly of Sethupathi, Singh, and Selvan), story, and humor. It was remade in Kannada as Lucky Man (2022) and in Telugu as Ori Devuda (2022).
Plot
{{Long plot|date=February 2025}}
Anu, Arjun and Mani are best friends since childhood. During a party, Anu tells the other two of her father Paulraj looking for a groom for her. She suddenly asks Arjun if he'd like to marry her, to which he agrees. One year later, Anu and Arjun are seen sitting in family court for final hearing to obtain divorce. A man sits behind Arjun and predicts that he won't get his divorce on that day as his wife will faint and be rushed to hospital, then he provides him a visiting card and disappears. To Arjun's shock, all the events predicted by this strange man turn out true. Arjun rushes to the address mentioned on the visiting card. There, he encounters the man, who introduces himself as God. Arjun explains his problems to God.
Arjun, after marriage, continues to treat Anu as a friend and things are smooth until he starts working in Paulraj's toilet manufacturing factory as a quality control checker. Arjun hates this job, but gets used to it. But he is unable to see Anu as anything more than a friend and is totally bored by the monotony of his life. One day, he meets Meera, his school senior and childhood crush, who now works as an assistant film director. They strike up a friendship, with Meera encouraging Arjun to explore his passion for acting and requesting him to go to an audition. The audition goes very well. Later at a pub, Meera tells Arjun about her failed film-making attempts and a past break-up. Arjun consoles Meera and hugs her, but this is noticed by Anu, who is already sad at Arjun not reciprocating her feelings and assumes they are having an extramarital affair. Anu and Arjun have a nasty quarrel, which ends with Arjun asking for divorce.
Back in the present, Arjun blames God for his current situation. So God gives Arjun a second chance to rectify the mistake with a golden ticket with three conditions – The ticket should always stay with Arjun, he should tell nobody about this ticket and if he does, he will die. Accepting the conditions, Arjun grabs the ticket and time travels to the night where he accepted Anu's marriage proposal.
This time, Arjun rejects Anu's proposal. Therefore, Anu decides to marry Matthew, the groom chosen by her father. Meanwhile, Arjun decides to pursue Meera, feeling that she is the right person for him. They strike a friendship, with Arjun removing all barriers which caused Meera's film-making attempts to fail in the original timeline. Arjun also decides to pursue acting as a career and Anu manages to convince his parents on the same. Meera soon starts to reciprocate Arjun's interest for her. Arjun also gets a chance to perform in an audition and is selected for final audition. He goes to tell Paulraj about this news and gets into a conversation with him. Paulraj tells Arjun that he hails from a very backward village in Tirunelveli and his mother had died 50 years ago by snake bite, due to lack of toilets. He then left village as a teenager, with the mission of eradicating open defecation in his area. This led to him creating his latrine company and achieving his goal of bringing toilets to his native village. This revelation makes Arjun realise his mistake of ridiculing their business.
Anu learns that Arjun likes Meera and there is fair chance that Meera might reciprocate his love too. So Anu offers to help Arjun to propose Meera, asking him to make a video for Meera's upcoming birthday. As a result, they go on a bike ride to Kerala, which is Meera's home state. By this time, through various instances, Arjun had started to realise how sweet and loving Anu is, and how supportive Anu's father was. During the trip, Arjun realises that he actually loves Anu. While on the Kerala trip, Arjun and Anu come across Meera's ex-boyfriend Krishna, who has also not gotten over her. Arjun decides to reunite Meera and Krishna. Meera reconciles with Krishna on her birthday.
Arjun attends Anu's wedding with Matthew with a heavy heart. Unable to express his feelings for Anu, Arjun walks out of the church with Mani. At this juncture, they see Anu running out of the church without getting married. They meet her in their usual hangout pub, where she reveals her love for Arjun. But Arjun again refuses to marry her as he does not want to hurt her again. When confronted by Anu and Mani, he blurts out about the second chance and the golden ticket. Immediately the ticket flies away from Arjun and in a bid to catch it, he gets hit by a lorry, killing him.
Arjun finds himself with God once again and pleads for one final chance; this time God states that no more final chances will be given to him and sends him away, asking him to take care of his own problems. Then Arjun realises that he is back in reality; on the day his divorce hearing is taking place. He rushes back to the court, where Anu is ready to give consent to the divorce. This time, Arjun refuses divorce and confesses his love to Anu. Anu accepts Arjun's love and reunites with him. It is revealed that God has given Arjun yet another chance.
Cast
File:Ashok Selvan, Vani Bhojan and Ritika Singh in Oh My Kadavule success meet.jpg
{{cast listing|
- Ashok Selvan as Arjun Marimuthu
- Jay Adithya as young Arjun
- Ritika Singh as Anu Arjun (née Paulraj, voiceover by M. M. Manasi)
- Amrutha Dhivanand as young Anu
- Vani Bhojan as Meera
- Shah Ra as Mani, Anu and Arjun's childhood best friend
- Master Jagannath as young Mani
- M. S. Bhaskar as Paulraj, Anu's father
- Vijay Sethupathi as Kadavul (Extended Cameo Appearance)
- Ramesh Thilak as Kadavul's assistant
- Gajaraj as Marimuthu, Arjun's father
- Sujatha Babu Ramesh as Arjun's mother
- Santhosh Prathap as Krishna, Meera's boyfriend, a boxer
- Abhishek Vinod as Mathew, Anu's ex-fiancé
- Aditi Dinesh as Swathi, Mani's wife
- Saranya as Krishna's sister
- Gautham Vasudev Menon as himself (Guest appearance)
- Seema as a Judge (Guest appearance)
}}
Production
The film is Ashwath Marimuthu's directorial debut.{{Cite web |date=23 September 2019 |title=Ashok Selvan-Rithika Singh starrer "Oh My Kadavule" Movie Details |url=https://moviegalleri.net/2019/09/ashok-selvan-rithika-singh-starrer-oh-my-kadavule-movie-details.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250210140043/https://moviegalleri.net/2019/09/ashok-selvan-rithika-singh-starrer-oh-my-kadavule-movie-details.html |archive-date=10 February 2025 |access-date=10 February 2025 |website=Moviegalleri.net |language=en}} Vani Bhojan made her feature film acting debut through this project while Vijay Sethupathi was signed to play a cameo role.{{Cite news |last=CR |first=Sharanya |date=17 October 2019 |title=Vijay Sethupathi to do a cameo in 'Oh My Kadavule' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/vijay-sethupathi-to-do-a-cameo-in-oh-my-kadavule/articleshow/71614437.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016194252/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/vijay-sethupathi-to-do-a-cameo-in-oh-my-kadavule/articleshow/71614437.cms |archive-date=16 October 2019 |access-date=13 January 2020 |work=The Times of India |language=en}} Filming wrapped in October 2020.{{Cite web |date=2 November 2019 |title=It's A Wrap For 'Oh My Kadavule' |url=https://silverscreen.in/news/its-a-wrap-for-oh-my-kadavule/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103034008/https://silverscreen.in/news/its-a-wrap-for-oh-my-kadavule/ |archive-date=3 November 2019 |access-date=13 January 2020 |website=Silverscreen.in |language=en}} In February 2020, Gautham Vasudev Menon was announced to be portraying a cameo role as himself.{{Cite news |date=1 February 2020 |title=Here's why team Oh My Kadavule decided to cast Gautham Menon for a cameo |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/heres-why-team-oh-my-kadavule-decided-to-cast-gautham-menon-for-a-cameo/articleshow/73839963.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317021315/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/heres-why-team-oh-my-kadavule-decided-to-cast-gautham-menon-for-a-cameo/articleshow/73839963.cms |archive-date=17 March 2022 |access-date=13 February 2020 |work=The Times of India}} During the same month, the Telugu remake rights were acquired by PVP Cinema.{{Cite news |date=9 February 2020 |title=Oh My Kadavule Telugu remake rights bagged |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/oh-my-kadavule-telugu-remake-rights-bagged/articleshow/74044190.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822020127/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/oh-my-kadavule-telugu-remake-rights-bagged/articleshow/74044190.cms |archive-date=22 August 2020 |access-date=13 February 2020 |work=The Times of India}}
Themes and influences
The plot aspect of what would happen if Arjun rejected Anu and showing two different outcomes of the same scenario was compared by several critics to It's a Wonderful Life (1946), Sliding Doors (1998) and its Indian remake 12B (2001).{{Cite web |last=Rangan |first=Baradwaj |author-link=Baradwaj Rangan |date=21 March 2020 |title="Oh My Kadavule"… Ashok Selvan and Ritika Singh battle it out in a half-decent rom-com |url=https://baradwajrangan.wordpress.com/2020/03/21/oh-my-kadavule-ashok-selvan-and-ritika-singh-battle-it-out-in-a-half-decent-rom-com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625071139/https://baradwajrangan.wordpress.com/2020/03/21/oh-my-kadavule-ashok-selvan-and-ritika-singh-battle-it-out-in-a-half-decent-rom-com/ |archive-date=25 June 2022 |access-date=21 February 2025 |website=Baradwaj Rangan}}{{Cite web |last=Menon |first=Vishal |date=13 February 2020 |title=Oh My Kadavule Movie Review: Ashok Selvan And Ritika Singh Star In A Likeable, Yet Messy RomCom About Messy Relationships |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/oh-my-kadavule-movie-review-ashok-selvan-and-ritika-singh-star-in-a-likeable-yet-messy-romcom-about-messy-relationships |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222215009/https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/oh-my-kadavule-movie-review-ashok-selvan-and-ritika-singh-star-in-a-likeable-yet-messy-romcom-about-messy-relationships |archive-date=22 February 2024 |access-date=21 February 2025 |website=Film Companion}}{{Cite web |last=S |first=Srivatsan |date=13 February 2020 |title='Oh My Kadavule' movie review: An endearing romcom exploring a second chance at love/ life |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/oh-my-kadavule-movie-review-an-endearing-romcom-exploring-a-second-chance-at-love-life/article30810657.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213125003/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/oh-my-kadavule-movie-review-an-endearing-romcom-exploring-a-second-chance-at-love-life/article30810657.ece |archive-date=13 February 2020 |access-date=24 February 2020 |website=The Hindu}}
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Leon James, with the lyrics for the songs were written by Ko Sesha. The audio rights were secured by Sony Music India. The first single "Friendship Anthem" was released on 8 November 2019. The lyric video of the song features 1,000 photos of common people with their gang, accommodated in the song.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p7paslm7Bo |title=Oh My Kadavule – Friendship Anthem Lyric {{!}} Ashok Selvan, Ritika Singh {{!}} Leon James {{!}} Anirudh |date=8 November 2019 |last=Sony Music South |author-link=Sony Music India |access-date=10 February 2025 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/5p7paslm7Bo |archive-date=22 February 2025 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} In an interview with The Times of India, Ashwath Marimuthu shared his hope that the song would become popular as a friendship-themed song like "Mustafa" from Kadhal Desam (1996).{{Cite news |date=9 November 2019 |title=We want this friendship song to become the next Mustafa: Ashwath |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/music/we-want-this-friendship-song-to-become-the-next-mustafa-ashwath/articleshow/71970872.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112103910/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/music/we-want-this-friendship-song-to-become-the-next-mustafa-ashwath/articleshow/71970872.cms |archive-date=12 January 2020 |access-date=17 May 2020 |work=The Times of India |language=en}} The second single "Haiyo Haiyo" was released on 22 November 2019.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJXDFmqr564 |title=Oh My Kadavule – Haiyo Haiyo Music Video {{!}} Ashok Selvan, Ritika Singh {{!}} Leon James |date=22 November 2019 |last=SonyMusicSouthVEVO |author-link=Sony Music India |access-date=10 February 2025 |via=YouTube |archive-date=10 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250210144704/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJXDFmqr564 |url-status=live }} The third single "Kadhaippoma" was released on 3 January 2020.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOw8fKZ2rps |title=Oh My Kadavule – Kadhaippoma Lyric {{!}} Ashok Selvan, Ritika Singh {{!}} Leon James {{!}} Sid Sriram |date=3 January 2020 |last=Sony Music South |author-link=Sony Music India |access-date=10 February 2025 |via=YouTube |archive-date=10 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250210144557/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOw8fKZ2rps |url-status=live }} The fourth single "Ennada Life Idhu" was released on 29 January 2020.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqE4xZ2sf-I |title=Oh My Kadavule – Ennada Life Idhu Lyric {{!}} Ashok Selvan, Ritika Singh, Vani Bhojan {{!}} Leon James |date=28 January 2020 |last=Sony Music South |author-link=Sony Music India |access-date=10 February 2025 |via=YouTube |archive-date=6 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506052101/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqE4xZ2sf-I |url-status=live }} The remaining two songs, were released along with the complete soundtrack album on 7 February 2020.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhpxt-o3J78 |title=Oh My Kadavule – Jukebox {{!}} Ashok Selvan, Ritika Singh, Vani Bhojan {{!}} Leon James |date=6 February 2020 |last=Sony Music South |author-link=Sony Music India |access-date=10 February 2025 |via=YouTube |archive-date=30 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241130103653/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhpxt-o3J78 |url-status=live }}
Sruthi Raman from The Times of India gave a positive review for the album, in which "Kadhaipoma" as a perfect meet-cute song, in which Sid Sriram injects his characteristic charm in the song, which brims with beautiful acoustics. Reviewing for "Friendship Anthem", Raman stated "the song paints a nice picture of a long-standing friendship. The crisp song is rendered by Anirudh with peppy notes. Also tracing the friendship along with Anirudh in the song are Leon and MM Manasi." For "Ennada Life Idhu", Raman stated the song as a bright number by Santhosh Narayanan and Leon, ruing the complexities of life. Raman also stated "Kadhal Kozhappudhey begins with sharp tunes of jazz and goes on to shine in Sanjeev T's voice, which stands out with its conversational lyrics." She also reviewed about Haiyo Haiyo song in which Leon's voice sounds crisper in its remastered version.{{Cite news |last=Raman |first=Sruthi |date=15 February 2020 |title=Music Review: Oh My Kadavule |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/music/music-review-oh-my-kadavule/articleshow/74135009.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200826061037/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/music/music-review-oh-my-kadavule/articleshow/74135009.cms |archive-date=26 August 2020 |access-date=17 May 2020 |work=The Times of India |language=en}}
{{Track listing
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| length8 =
| extra6 = Leon James
| extra5 = Leon James, Sanjeev T
| extra4 = Santhosh Narayanan
| extra3 = Anirudh Ravichander, M. M. Manasi
| extra2 = Sid Sriram, Sinduri Vishal
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| extra1 = Leon James
| all_lyrics = Ko Sesha
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| title1 = Haiyo Haiyo
| length7 =
| title7 =
| length6 = 2:09
| title6 = Haiyo Haiyo
| length5 = 4:08
| title5 = Kadhal Kozhappudhey
| length4 = 2:41
| title4 = Ennada Life Idhu
| length3 = 3:52
| title3 = Friendship Anthem
| length2 = 4:42
| title2 = Kadhaippoma
| length1 = 3:29
| note6 = Remix
}}
;Background score
The original background score of the film was released on 26 February 2020. It features 30 original compositions from the film with two additional songs.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
{{track listing
| total_length = 48:09
| note =
| title1 = Marappadhilai Nenje
| length1 = 3:29
| note1 = Additional Song
| title2 = Dinamum Dinamum
| length2 = 2:53
| note2 = Additional Song
| title3 = Are Marriages Made in Heaven
| length3 = 1:10
| note3 =
| title4 = Anu Enters Court
| length4 = 0:38
| note4 =
| title5 = Fantasy Strikes
| length5 = 0:32
| note5 =
| title6 = Unakku Sonna Puriyathu
| length6 = 2:02
| note6 =
| title7 = Love Court – The New World
| length7 = 1:01
| note7 =
| title8 = The First Night
| length8 = 0:47
| note8 =
| title9 = Toilet Quality Controller
| length9 = 1:50
| note9 =
| title10 = When Crush Comes Back
| length10 = 1:28
| note10 =
| title11 = Open Air Theater
| length11 = 0:54
| note11 =
| title12 = The Gautham Menon Audition
| length12 = 3:28
| note12 =
| title13 = Arjun Falls for Meera
| length13 = 1:39
| note13 =
| title14 = Meera or Anu
| length14 = 0:54
| note14 =
| title15 = Divorce
| length15 = 0:54
| note15 =
| title16 = Vijay Sethupathi God Theme
| length16 = 1:52
| note16 =
| title17 = Life Restarts Theme
| length17 = 1:33
| note17 =
| title18 = Haiyo Haiyo Flute Version
| length18 = 2:09
| note18 =
| title19 = Arjun, Anu & Mani
| length19 = 1:15
| note19 =
| title20 = A Father's Struggles
| length20 = 2:54
| note20 =
| title21 = The Friend's Reunite
| length21 = 2:31
| note21 =
| title22 = Marapadhillai Nenje Instrumental
| length22 = 0:31
| note22 =
| title23 = Anu Teases Arjun
| length23 = 0:37
| note23 =
| title24 = The Wedding Shopping
| length24 = 2:04
| note24 =
| title25 = Krishna the Boxer
| length25 = 0:41
| note25 =
| title26 = Kadhaippoma Reprise
| length26 = 1:17
| note26 =
| title27 = Friendship Than Sotthu
| length27 = 0:24
| note27 =
| title28 = Krishna Re-Enters Meera's Life
| length28 = 2:13
| note28 =
| title29 = Anu Leaves Church
| length29 = 0:48
| note29 =
| title30 = Final Confrontation with God
| length30 = 0:44
| note30 =
| title31 = Arjun Runs Back to Court
| length31 = 0:49
| note31 =
| title32 = Arjun Wins Anu in the Court
| length32 = 2:07
| note32 =
| all_writing =
| lyrics1 = Ko Sesha
| lyrics2 = Ko Sesha
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| extra1 = Leon James, Sudharshan Ashok
| extra2 = Leon James
}}
Release
The film was released on 14 February 2020, Valentine's Day,{{Cite news |date=6 January 2020 |title=Ashok Selvan's Oh My Kadavule to be released for Valentine's day |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/ashok-selvans-oh-my-kadavule-to-be-released-for-valentines-day/articleshow/73124023.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505065036/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/ashok-selvans-oh-my-kadavule-to-be-released-for-valentines-day/articleshow/73124023.cms |archive-date=5 May 2022 |access-date=17 May 2020 |work=The Times of India |language=en}} and received a U/A certificate from the Central Board of Film Certification after the director refused to cut what he felt was "the most important shot in the film".{{Cite tweet |number=1222080160997838855 |user=dir_ashwath |title=Censor board offered U if I take off one shot from the film ! Couldn't accept since it's the most important shot in the film and hence U/A ! Even one shot can cost a different certificate but it's worth it !! :) |author=Ashwath Marimuthu |author-link=Ashwath Marimuthu |date=28 January 2020 |access-date=28 March 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241223100658/https://x.com/dir_ashwath/status/1222080160997838855 |archive-date=23 December 2024 |url-status=live}} The film's distribution rights for Tamil Nadu were bought by Sakthi Film Factory.{{Cite tweet |number=1214141363542904832 |user=SakthiFilmFctry |title=Happy to be associated with @AxessFilm For #OHMYkadavule |author=Sakthi Film Factory |access-date=10 February 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250210122303/https://x.com/SakthiFilmFctry/status/1214141363542904832 |archive-date=10 February 2025 |url-status=live}} The film began streaming on ZEE5 from 24 April 2020.{{Cite web |date=21 April 2020 |title=Oh My Kadavule Trailer: Ashok Selvan's Rom-Com Strikes The Right Chord With The Youth |url=https://www.zee5.com/zee5news/oh-my-kadavule-trailer-ashok-selvans-rom-com-strikes-the-right-chord-with-the-youth/ |website=ZEE5 |language=en |access-date=21 February 2025 |archive-date=21 February 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250221190712/https://www.zee5.com/zee5news/oh-my-kadavule-trailer-ashok-selvans-rom-com-strikes-the-right-chord-with-the-youth/ |url-status=live }}
Critical reception
M Suganth of The Times of India gave a rating of 3.5 out of 5, stating "Despite some conventional turns, Oh My Kadavule is a refreshing romance."{{Cite web |last=Suganth |first=M. |date=13 February 2020 |title=Oh My Kadavule Movie Review: It is this sensitivity that makes Oh My Kadavule refreshing |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/oh-my-kadavule/movie-review/74104692.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200315123744/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/oh-my-kadavule/movie-review/74104692.cms |archive-date=15 March 2020 |access-date=17 May 2020 |website=The Times of India }} Janani K of India Today gave 3 out of 5 stars and stated, "Director Ashwath Marimuthu's debut film Oh My Kadavule is an endearing romantic comedy that gives treats its characters with utmost respect."{{Cite magazine |last=K |first=Janani |date=14 February 2020 |title=Oh My Kadavule Movie Review: Ashok Selvan and Ritika Singh shine in delightful rom-com |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/oh-my-kadavule-movie-review-ashok-selvan-and-ritika-singh-shine-in-delightful-rom-com-1646569-2020-02-14 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214183459/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/oh-my-kadavule-movie-review-ashok-selvan-and-ritika-singh-shine-in-delightful-rom-com-1646569-2020-02-14 |archive-date=14 February 2020 |access-date=17 May 2020 |magazine=India Today |language=en}} S Subhakeerthana of The Indian Express gave 3 out of 5 stars to the film stating "This Ashok Selvan and Ritika Singh film largely works because of the fantasy spin and the fun treatment to the subject matter—but the writing is problematic."{{Cite web |last=Subhakeerthana |first=S |date=15 February 2020 |title=Oh My Kadavule review: Of friendship, romance and second chances |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/oh-my-kadavule-movie-review-rating-6267932/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215170520/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/oh-my-kadavule-movie-review-rating-6267932/ |archive-date=15 February 2020 |access-date=17 May 2020 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}} Sify gave 3.5/5 to the film stating it as "A breezy feel-good romantic entertainer."{{Cite web |date=13 February 2020 |title=Oh My Kadavule review: A breezy feel-good romantic entertainer |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/oh-my-kadavule-review-a-breezy-feel-good-romantic-entertainer-review-tamil-ucnf8qieedijb.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213123415/https://www.sify.com/movies/oh-my-kadavule-review-a-breezy-feel-good-romantic-entertainer-review-tamil-ucnf8qieedijb.html |archive-date=13 February 2020 |access-date=17 May 2020 |website=Sify}}
Remakes
The film was remade in Kannada as Lucky Man and in Telugu as Ori Devuda by the same director,{{Cite web |last=CH |first=Murali Krishna |date=21 October 2022 |title=Ori Devuda Movie Review: A faithful remake that's less fun |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/telugu/review/2022/Oct/21/ori-devuda-movie-review-a-faithful-remake-thats-less-fun-35865.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241223101508/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/telugu/review/2022/Oct/21/ori-devuda-movie-review-a-faithful-remake-thats-less-fun-35865.html |archive-date=23 December 2024 |access-date=23 December 2024 |website=Cinema Express |language=en}} both released in 2022.{{Cite web |date=31 December 2021 |title=One of Puneeth's final few appearances, the first look of Lucky Man is here |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/one-of-puneeth-rajkumars-final-few-appearances-the-first-look-of-luckyman-is-here/articleshow/88607044.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231143953/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/one-of-puneeth-rajkumars-final-few-appearances-the-first-look-of-luckyman-is-here/articleshow/88607044.cms |archive-date=31 December 2021 |access-date=31 December 2021 |website=The Times of India}}
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