Happy Journey | |
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Directed by | Sachin Kundalkar |
Screenplay by | Sachin Kundalkar |
Produced by | Sanjay Chhabria |
Starring | Atul Kulkarni Priya Bapat |
Cinematography | Rangarajan Ramabadran |
Edited by | Jayant Jathar Nitesh Rathod |
Music by | Karan Kulkarni |
Production company | Everest Entertainment |
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Running time | 129 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Marathi |
Box office | ₹4 crore (US$500,000) [1] |
Happy Journey is a 2014 Indian Marathi drama film directed by Sachin Kundalkar and produced by Sanjay Chhabria under the banner of Everest Entertainment. It features Atul Kulkarni and Priya Bapat in the lead roles. [2] It was remade in Malayalam in 2018 as Koode , with Prithviraj Sukumaran, Nazriya Nazim and Parvathy Thiruvothu in lead roles. [3] [4] [5] This film was remade in Telugu as #Bro starring Naveen Chandra and Avika Gor in lead roles. Art Director Ajay Sharma won the Best Art Director Award, Maharashtra State Film Awards (2015) for Happy Journey and worked in movies such as Liar’s Dice (2013), Welcome 2 Karachi (2015), Fever (2016) and Bob Biswas (2021).
The story is about the love of brother and sister. A sister who hardly has seen her brother in her life. So after her death her ghost shares her experiences and helps her brother and finally disappears.
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Soundtrack album by Karan Kulkarni | ||||
Released | 8 August 2014 | |||
Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
Length | 12:50 | |||
Label | Everest Entertainment | |||
Karan Kulkarni chronology | ||||
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The soundtrack of the film has been given by Karan Kulkarni and lyrics have been penned by Omkar Kulkarni, Kshitij Patwardhan and Tejas Modak. [6] [7] The first single "Fresh", sung by Shalmali Kholgade released on 8 July 2014. [8]
All music is composed by Karan Kulkarni
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Fresh" | Omkar Kulkarni | Shalmali Kholgade | 3:57 |
2. | "Ka Saang Na" | Kshitij Patwardhan | Shreya Ghoshal, Swapnil Bandodkar | 5:00 |
3. | "Aakash Jhale" (Lullaby) | Tejas Modak | Shalmali Kholgade | 3:53 |
Total length: | 12:50 |
It was officially adapted into Malayalam as Koode , directed by Anjali Menon and starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, Nazriya Nazim, and Parvathy. [9] It was also remade in Telugu as #BRO starring Naveen Chandra which got released on Sony Liv. [10]
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