Jolly Days

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Jolly Days
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Directed by M. D. Sridhar
Written byB. A. Madhu (Dialogue)
Story byShekar Kammula
Produced byMadireddy Param
StarringPradeep
Aishwarya Nag
Vishwas
Ruthuva
Praveen Tej
Niranjan Shetty
CinematographyA. V. Krishna Kumar
Edited byP. R. Soundar Raj
Music byMickey J Meyar
Release date
  • 23 January 2009 (2009-01-23)
Running time
133 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Jolly Days is an Indian 2009 Kannada-language film directed by M. D. Sridhar and produced by Madireddy Param under Young Dream Productions. The film featured mostly newcomers in lead roles including Pradeep, Aishwarya Nag, Vishwas, Praveen Tej and others. [1] The music was scored by Mickey J. Meyer. It is a remake of the 2007 Telugu movie Happy Days . It was released in India on 23 January 2009 and became a hit.

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Plot

The story is about four pairs of engineering students and their activities in college campus and their hostel stories including ragging, teasing, gaming and their love interests.

Cast

Soundtrack

Jolly Days
Soundtrack album by
Released2009
Recorded2009
Genre Soundtrack
Length28:27
Language Kannada
Label Anand Audio
Mickey J. Meyer chronology
Happy Days
(2007)
Jolly Days
(2009)
Buguri
(2015)

The official soundtrack contains seven songs, tuned by Mickey J. Meyer with all the tunes reprising from his own Telugu Happy Days. All the lyrics were penned by Kaviraj.

Track-List
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Saluge Saluge" Kaviraj Karthik 4:59
2."Joy Joy Jolly"KavirajKrishna Chaitanya, Kranti, Aditya Siddharth, Sashi Kiran4:34
3."Jolly Days"KavirajMickey J. Meyer, Harshika3:51
4."Yakundendu"TraditionalPranavi1:24
5."Sarigama sarigama"Kaviraj Ranjith, Sunitha Sarathy 4:45
6."Raktha sambandhagala"KavirajKarthik5:03
7."Jolly Days" (Rock Version)KavirajSuresh Iyer, Mickey J. Meyer3:51
Total length:28:27

Reception

A critic from The Times of India wrote that "A campus love story with lively narration and brilliant script that is sure to take you back to your college life". [2] A critic from IANS wrote that "'Jolly Days' is a jolly good film. Watch it and revive your memories of college days". [3] Film critic R. G. Vijayasarathy for Rediff.com wrote that "All in all, Jolly Days is worth watching". [4] A critic from Bangalore Mirror wrote that "Even if you are not a college student you can still relive you can still relive your student days watching Jolly Days". [5] A critic from New Indian Express wrote that the film "is a mix of emotions one too many - romance, comedy and friendship. It is a mustwatch for college students who have big ambitions in life". [6]

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References

  1. "Haughty newcomers". Bangalore Mirror . 19 January 2009.
  2. "JOLLY DAYS MOVIE REVIEW". The Times of India . 13 July 2017. Archived from the original on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. "'Jolly Days' - a faithful remake of a Telugu hit (Kannada Film Review)". IANS . 24 January 2009 via India Forums.
  4. Vijayasarathy, R. G. (27 January 2009). "Jolly Days is just like Happy Days". Rediff.com .
  5. "Jolly Days: 'Happy Days' are here again". Bangalore Mirror . 23 January 2009.
  6. "Journey back in time to your college days". The New Indian Express . 24 January 2009.