Happy Journey (2014 Marathi film)

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Happy Journey
Happy Journey Marathi film poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Sachin Kundalkar
Screenplay bySachin Kundalkar
Produced bySanjay Chhabria
Starring Atul Kulkarni
Priya Bapat
CinematographyRangarajan Ramabadran
Edited byJayant Jathar
Nitesh Rathod
Music byKaran Kulkarni
Production
company
Everest Entertainment
Release date
  • 28 November 2014 (2014-11-28)
Running time
129 minutes
CountryIndia
Language Marathi
Box office4 crore (US$480,000) [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. [ citation needed ] It was remade in Malayalam in 2018 as Koode , with Prithviraj Sukumaran, Nazriya Nazim and Parvathy Thiruvothu in lead roles. [2] [3] [4] This film was remade in Telugu as #Bro starring Naveen Chandra and Avika Gor in lead roles. Production Designer 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). produced by Red Chillies Entertainment & Bound Script Production. TV Series Kathmandu Connection, Chalo Koi Baat Nahi, The Whistleblower with Sony Pictures Network India Pvt. Ltd., Film Directed by Sujoy Ghosh for Netflix Jaane Jaan & Lust Stories2, Upcoming film Rumi ki Sharafat produced by Maddock Films. And Ul-JOLOOL ISHQ produced by Manish Malhotra Production Stage5.

Contents

Our style is realistic & mix of rusty colours with pop art.

Plot

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.

Cast

Music

Happy Journey
Soundtrack album by
Karan Kulkarni
Released8 August 2014 (2014-08-08)
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length12:50
Label Everest Entertainment
Karan Kulkarni chronology
That Day After Everyday
(2013)
Happy Journey
(2014)

The soundtrack of the film has been given by Karan Kulkarni and lyrics have been penned by Omkar Kulkarni, Kshitij Patwardhan and Tejas Modak. [5] [6] The first single "Fresh", sung by Shalmali Kholgade released on 8 July 2014. [7]

All music is composed by Karan Kulkarni

Happy Journey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
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

Adaptation

It was officially adapted into Malayalam as Koode , directed by Anjali Menon and starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, Nazriya Nazim, and Parvathy. [8] It was also remade in Telugu as #BRO starring Naveen Chandra which got released on Sony Liv.[ citation needed ]

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