Ajantha (2012 film)

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Ajantha
Directed byRajppa Ravishankar
Written byElora Movie Club inc
Produced byRajppa Ravishankar
Starring Vinu Mohan
Venkatesh
Honey Rose
Harisree Asokan
Kundara Johny
Anand
Ponnamma Babu
Salim Kumar
Mammukoya
Kalabhavan Santhosh
Lalithasree
Music by Ilaiyaraaja
Release date
  • 19 July 2012 (2012-07-19)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Ajantha is a 2012 Malayalam-language Indian feature film directed by Kataka Thirumavalan for Elora Movie Club starring Vinu Mohan and Honey Rose in lead roles, supported by Venkatesh , Harisree Asokan, Kundara Johny and Anand playing other important roles. [1]

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Cast

Music

Ilaiyaraaja recorded a record-breaking 36 songs for the film for all the 4 languages. [2] S. Ramesan Nair wrote the lyrics for the music. The audio was launched in August 2008. [3]

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