Sajni (film)

Sajni
VCD cover
Directed by	Murugesh
Screenplay by	Murugesh
Story by	Praveen Kanth
Based on	Jodi (Tamil)
Produced by	Sonali Nikhil Sunanda Murali Manohar
Starring	Dhyan Sharmila Mandre Anant Nag
Cinematography	M. M. Rangaswamy Ian Howes
Edited by	V. T. Vijayan
Music by	Songs: A. R. Rahman (Compositions reused from Jodi ) Background score: Sabesh–Murali
Production company	Metro Film Corporation Ltd
Release date	23 February 2007 (2007-02-23)
Running time	146 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Sajni, (also spelled as Sajani or Sajini), is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Murugesh. The film stars Dhyan, Sharmila Mandre and Anant Nag in lead roles. lead actress Sharmila Mandre makes her Kannada debut through this film. ^[1] The film is produced by Sonali Nikhil and Sunanda Murali Manohar. The film is the Kannada remake of Tamil film Jodi which was released in 1999. For the first time in Kannada cinema, the film featured a soundtrack composed by A. R. Rahman with all compositions re-used from Rahman's Tamil film Jodi which in turn had re-used some of the tracks from Rahman's Hindi movie Doli Saja Ke Rakhna . The film was released statewide on 23 February 2007. ^[2]

Cast

• Dhyan as Vikram
• Sharmila Mandre as Sajni
• Anant Nag as Ananth Murthy
• Avinash as Vikram's father
• Bhavya as Ananth Murthy's sister
• Amulya as Vikram's sister
• Shivaram as Grandfather
• M. S. Umesh as Secretary
• Master Anand
• Himanshu Malik as Singer Kailash
• Chaya Singh in a cameo appearance

Soundtrack

Sajni
Soundtrack album by A. R. Rahman
Released	25 December 2006
Recorded	1998–2006
Studio	Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios
Genre	Film soundtrack
Label	Metro Audio
Producer	A. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman chronology
Guru (2006) Sajni (2006) Provoked (2007)

The official soundtrack contains seven songs re-used from A. R. Rahman's Jodi soundtrack, which itself reused five of its songs from his earlier Bollywood film Doli Saja Ke Rakhna . The background score of the film was composed by Sabesh–Murali due to Rahman's unavailability.

Song	Artist(s)	Duration	Lyrics
"Chandramukhiye"	Madhushree, Naresh Iyer, Roop Kumar Rathod	5:27	Kaviraj
"Lovely London"	Swetha Mohan	4:22	Belluru Ramamoorthy
"Turu Tunthuru"	Shreya Ghoshal	3:51	Kaviraj
"Ondu Sulladaru" (Duet)	Srinivas, Sujatha Mohan	5:57	J. M. Prahlad
"Jaana O Jaana"	Vasundara Das, Kailash Kher	4:53	V. Manohar
"Ondu Sulladaru" (Solo)	Srinivas	5:57	J. M. Prahlad
"Chandramukhiye" (Instrumental)	None	6:27	None

Reception

R. G. Vijayasarathy of IANS wrote, "Sajini is good in its second half. It is a family entertainer which could be seen once". ^[3] A critic from Rediff.com gave the film 2 out of 5, writing "Though Sajini has all the ingredients of a good family entertainer, it doesn't rise above mediocrity." ^[4]

References

1. "Gandhinagar gossip: Sharmeila Mandre". The Hindu. 16 February 2007. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
2. "Chitraloka.com ::: Mega Portal for Kannada Cinema – Kannada Films released in February 2007". Archived from the original on 19 May 2008. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
3. Vijayasarathy, R. G. (25 February 2007). "Sajini Movie Review". IANS – via Nowrunning.
4. Vijayasarathy, R. G. (26 February 2007). "Nothing original about Sajini". Rediff.com . Archived from the original on 13 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.

External links

• Sajni at IMDb