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 |
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.
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 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 | |||
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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 |
The DVD of Jai Chiranjeeva was released by KAD Entertainment on February 7, 2006
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]