Welcome to Sajjanpur
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| Welcome to Sajjanpur | |
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| Directed by | Shyam Benegal |
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| Produced by | Ronnie Screwvala |
| Written by | Shyam Benegal Ashok Mishra |
| Starring | Shreyas Talpade Amrita Rao Kunal Kapoor Ravi Kishan |
| Music by | Shantanu Moitra |
| Cinematography | Rajan Kothari |
| Editing by | Aseem Sinha |
| Distributed by | UTV Spotboy Motion Pictures |
| Release date(s) | September 192008 |
| Running time | 134 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Welcome to Sajjanpur is 2008 Hindi comedy film directed by Shyam Benegal, it stars Shreyas Talpade and Amrita Rao in the lead roles. With this film noted Parallel cinema director, Shyam Benegal, returns to comedy after his film, Charandas Chor (1975)
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[edit] Plot
Mahadev (Shreyas Talpade) is a Bachelor of Arts graduate from {Satna college, but unable to find a job and is forced to make a living writing letters for the uneducated people of his village. His real ambition is to become a novel writer. Though only a villager, Mahadev has the potential to change lives. How he can do this, is shown in this satirical take on an Indian village.
Mahadev's childhood crush Kamla (Amrita Rao) is desperate for communication from her husband Banshi Ram (Kunal Kapoor). A jealous Mahadev writes completely the opposite of the loving messages Kamla wants to give, while faking what her husband has written to her. There is a harried mother (Ila Arun) who wants to get her manglik daughter married, a eunuch Munni who is contesting the elections for the village Sarpanch but is tired of the danger to her life by an opposing candidate, and a love-torn compounder(Ravi Kishan) who is crazy about the widowed daughter-in-law of a retired army soldier and many other letters. Mahadev manages to get his friend engaged, police protection for Munni, and almost kisses Kamla before they are interrupted. However Munni is nearly killed, and he learns a shocking truth about Kamla's husband.
It soon turns out that the story was a fictional novel written by the real Mahadev, but it is mostly based on his own experiences. Though it turns out that some of the villagers didn't exactly have happy endings, Mahadev managed to improve his life, and sort out his mistakes.
As Mahadev, under pseudo name Sukhdev, reveals that Munnibai became a successful politician, becoming an MLA, or a Member of the State Legislature, with high connections and powerful people surrounding her. It is also revealed that Kamla and Bansi are happy in small house in Mumbai, who come to visit Sajjanpur every Diwali. In midst of all these good news, Mahadev notes that Ram Kumar and Shobha Rani were lynched because members of their community opposed a widow getting re-married. Mahadev also notes that he got married to Vindhya, the manglik, after cajoling her by writing 40 letters. While most people consider a manglik to be a great unfortune, Mahadev notes that he became successful due to his marriage, as he paid down his farm land mortgage, built a wonderful house and advanced his writing skills by becoming a novelist from a small town letter writer.
[edit] Cast
- Shreyas Talpade as Mahadev Kushwaha
- Amrita Rao as Kamla Kumharan
- Ravi Kishan as Ram Kumar
- Divya Dutta as Vindhya
- Rajeshwari Sachdev as Shobha Rani
- Ila Arun as Ramsakhi Pannawali
- Kunal Kapoor as Banshi
- Rajit Kapur as Collector
- Lalit Mohan Tiwari as Subedar Singh
- Yashpal Sharma as Ramsingh
- Ravi Jhankal as Munnibai Mukhanni
- Dayashankar Pandey as Chidamiram Naga Sapera
- Sri Vallabh Vyas as Ramavtar Tyagi(Masterji)
[edit] Soundtrack
Music of the film is by Shantanu Moitra. The music was released on 5 September, 2008. [1], there are a total of seven songs in the soundtrack including one remix.
- Sitaram Sitaram - K K
- Ek Meetha Marz De Ke - Madhushree, Mohit Chauhan
- Bheeni Bheeni Mehki Mehki - K K, Shreya Ghoshal
- Dildara Dildara - Sunidhi Chauhan, Sonu Nigam
- Aadmi Azaad Hai Desh - Kailash Kher
- Munni Ki Baari - Ajay Jhingran
- Sitaram Sitaram (Remix) - K K
[edit] Reception
Upon its release, an Indiatimes review said, "Shyam Benegal has always been accredited as a mesmerizing storyteller known for making ‘meaningful’ cinema. This time he also caters to commercial consumers, coming up with his most ‘entertaining’ attempt, by far."[2]
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