Oh Manapenne! (transl. Oh Dear Bride!) is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Kaarthikk Sundar in his directorial debut and written by Deepak Sundarrajan. A remake of the Telugu film Pelli Choopulu (2016), it stars Harish Kalyan and Priya Bhavani Shankar. The film began shooting in December 2019 and wrapped in February 2020. It was released on 22 October 2021 via Disney+ Hotstar.
In late October 2016, Gautham Vasudev Menon bought the rights to remake the Telugu film Pelli Choopulu (2015) in Tamil, under his banner Ondraga Entertainment.[4] The film was titled Pon Ondru Kandein, and was to be directed by Menon’s assistant Senthil Veerasamy.
In March 2017, Menon chose Vishnu Vishal and Tamannaah as the lead actors. S. R. Kathir was chosen as the cinematographer, with Darbuka Siva and Praveen Anthony as the music composer and editor respectively.
Vishal anticipated that filming would begin in July or August 2017. However, the film’s first schedule was repeatedly postponed, and ultimately by December, Vishal opted out of the project as he could no longer allot new dates due to the delays. Followed by the uncertainty prevailing over the film’s lead cast after Vishal’s exit, adding to the reason was budgetary constraints which prompted Menon to shelve the project halfway.