Jai Chiranjeeva is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar and produced by Vyjayanthi Movies. The movie stars Chiranjeevi, Arbaaz Khan, Sameera Reddy and Bhumika Chawla.The film's climax was shot in Los Angeles, California and one of the songs on Las Vegas strip. The film's music was composed by Mani Sharma with editing by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao. The film released on 22 December 2005. The film was remade into Bengali Bangladesh as Ziddi Mama (2012) starring Shakib Khan, Apu Biswas and Rumana.
| Jai Chiranjeeva | |
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| Directed by | K. Vijaya Bhaskar |
| Written by | K. Vijaya Bhaskar (Screenplay) Trivikram Srinivas (Story & Dialogues) |
| Produced by | C. Aswani Dutt |
| Starring | Chiranjeevi Arbaaz Khan Sameera Reddy Bhumika Chawla |
| Cinematography | Venu |
| Edited by | Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao |
| Music by | Mani Sharma |
| Distributed by | Vyjayanthi Movies |
Release date | 22 December 2005 |
Running time | 173 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Synopsis edit
Sathyanarayana Murthy is a rough but kind man who lives in Amalapuram with his niece Lavanya, mother, sister, and brother-in-law. Sathya and Lavanya share a special bond and are the best of friends. One day, Lavanya falls off a swing in a park and dies. Sathya discovers that Lavanya, his niece, has been murdered by an arms dealer Pasupathi, who resides in Los Angeles. Driven by the desire for revenge, Sathya wants to travel to the US but faces an obstacle as he is uneducated and unable to obtain a travel visa. However, he meets and falls in love with Shailaja along the way. Despite his feelings for Shailaja, Sathya ends up marrying Neelima, who holds a US Green Card, with the intention of using her status to gain entry into Los Angeles. The story continues to unfold as Sathya and Neelima travel to Los Angeles, where Sathya plans to carry out his mission of killing Pasupathi. The remaining plot develops around this premise.
Cast edit
- Chiranjeevi as Sathyanarayana Murthy alias Sattipandu
- Arbaaz Khan as Pasupathi (Voiced by Pudipeddi Ravi Shankar)
- Bhumika Chawla as Neelima "Neelu"
- Sameera Reddy as Sailaja "Sailu"
- Venu Madhav as Venu, Sathya's friend
- Bramhanandam as Neelima's uncle
- Jaya Prakash Reddy as Ramakoti
- Rahul Dev as Asghar, Pasupathi's henchman (Voiced by Pudipeddi Ravi Shankar)
- Sunil as Dhanushkoti, Ramakoti's son
- Shriya Sharma as Lavanya, Sathya's niece
- Sujitha as Sathya's sister
- Sumithra as Sathya's mother
- Sameer as Sathya's brother-in-law
- Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Sailaja's father
- Sudha as Sailaja's mother
- Vizag Prasad as Neelima's father
- M. S. Narayana as Customs Officer
- Tanikella Bharani as Visa Agent
- AVS as Church Father
- Uttej as Sathya's family friend
- Naramalli Sivaprasad as Ramakoti's assistant
- Ping Pong Surya as Rasool
- Rajitha
Production edit
The film was launched on Ramanaidu Studios at 9 April 2005.[1] the team has erected a 60 feet idol of Hanuman designed by art director Anand Sai near Gachibowli specifically for the film which took 20 days to be completed.[2]
Soundtrack edit
Soundtrack was composed by Mani Sharma. The audio was launched at Shilpa Kala Vedika on 14 November 2005.[3]
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| Released | 14 November 2005 (India) | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
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| Producer | Mani Sharma | |||
| Mani Sharma chronology | ||||
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All music is composed by Mani Sharma[4]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Jai Jai Ganesha" | Chandrabose | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Mallikarjun (Uncredited), Chorus | 5:43 |
| 2. | "Ko Ko Kodi" | Bhuvana Chandra | Udit Narayan, K. S. Chithra | 5:03 |
| 3. | "Thumps Up Thunder" | Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry | Mahalakshmi Iyer, Nihal Konduri | 5:21 |
| 4. | "Thillana" | Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry | Shankar Mahadevan | 4:48 |
| 5. | "Hey Jana" | Chandrabose, Bhaskarabhatla | KK, Chorus | 5:04 |
| 6. | "Maha Muddu" | Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry | Shreya Ghoshal, Karthik | 5:06 |
| Total length: | 30:58 | |||
Home media edit
The DVD of Jai Chiranjeeva was released by KAD Entertainment on February 7, 2006
Reception edit
Sify wrote "Jai Chiranjeeva offers very little by way of surprise and it is the one-man entertainment troupe called Chiranjeevi that salvages this uneven film".[5] Idlebrain wrote "First half of the film is satisfactory with entertainment. There is lag in the second half. [..] Climax should have been handled better. The plus points of the film are Chiranjeevi and comedy dialogues by Trivikram. On the flipside, the main revenge objective of hero was not efficiently projected".[6]
Awards edit
- Nandi Award for Best Audiographer - Madhusudhan Reddy [7]
References edit
- ^ "Jai Chiranjeeva opening function". Idlebrain. 9 April 2005. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ "Vijay Bahsakr on Jai Chiranjeeva". Telugu Cinema. Archived from the original on 28 December 2005. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ "Jai Chiranjeeva audio launch". Idlebrain. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Jai Chiranjeeva". Spotify. 12 November 2005. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "Jai Chiranjeeva". Sify. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021.
- ^ "Jai Chiranjeeva! - Telugu cinema Review - Chiranjeevi, Sameera Reddy & Bhumika Chawla".
- ^ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)
