Onan (English

English language

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 literal translation:Chameleon

Chameleon

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) is a 2009

2009 in film

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 action

Action film

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 thriller film. It is the debut film of writer/director Shyam Madhavan Sarada. http://beta.thehindu.com/arts/movies/article29366.ece

The Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

/English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 guerrilla film

Guerrilla filmmaking

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 was shot in the India

India

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n cities of Chennai

Chennai

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 and Kochi with a mainly amateur cast.
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Cast

Actor	Role
Ramar Ramamoorthy	Charlie
David W. Williams	Chopper
Kaamatchinaadhan	Thambi
Kabirdas Madhavan	Dev
Dawn Akemi	Jenny
Heera Selvaraj	Heera

Onan features an ensemble cast and marks the feature debut of Ramar Ramamoorthy http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3637688/, David W. Williams http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2998975/ and Kabirdas Madhavan http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3631400/ as actors. Onan also features Kollywood

Kollywood

Kollywood is a word referring two different movie industries in India and Nepal, derived from the word Hollywood and their local movie centers.* Tamil cinema, the Tamil language film industry based on Kodambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu,...

 actors Kaamatchinadhan http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2876915/, of Kalloori

Kalloori

Kalloori is a Tamil language film by director Balaji Shakthivel. The movie was produced by Shankar's banner S Pictures and the story of the film is drama based on the college campus featuring Tamanna Bhatia and debutant, Akil...

 (2007) fame and Heera Selvaraj http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3628779/, who was last seen in Eeram

Eeram

Eeram is a 2009 Tamil-language thriller film written and directed by newcomer Arivazhagan Venkatachalam. Starring Aadhi, and Sindhu Menon in the lead roles, with Saranya Mohan and Nandha in supporting roles, the film was produced by S. Shankar and was released on 11 September 2009...

(2009). Actor Dawn Akemi http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0015177/ appears in an Indian movie for the first time.

Awards

Onan was an official selection at the Global Cinema Festival 2009, and featured in the "Vista India" section. http://www.gcfest.com/sec_vista.html

External links

• Movie Stills http://wannabestudios.ning.com/photo/albums/onan-stills