Jai Chiranjeeva
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| Directed by | K. Vijaya Bhaskar |
| Written by | Trivikram Srinivas |
| Produced by | C. Ashwani Dutt |
| Starring | Chiranjeevi Sameera Reddy Bhumika Chawla Arbaaz Khan |
| 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 |
Jai Chiranjeeva is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar and produced by Vyjayanthi Movies. The movie stars Chiranjeevi, Sameera Reddy, Bhumika Chawla, and Arbaaz Khan. 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.
Plot
Sathyanarayan Murthy (Chiranjeevi) is a rough but kind man who lives in Amalapuram with his niece Lavanya (Shriya Sharma), mother, sister (Sujitha), and brother-in-law (Sameer). 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 later finds out that she has been shot by gun dealer Pasupathi (Arbaaz Khan), who lives in Los Angeles. He wants to go the US to avenge Lavanya's death but could not get a visa as he is uneducated. He meets and falls in love with Shailaja (Sameera Reddy) but marries Neelima (Bhumika Chawla) as she is a US Green card holder. He then goes to LA with Neelu and kills Pasupathi.
Cast
- Chiranjeevi as Sathyanarayana Murthy "Satipandu"
- Sameera Reddy as Shailaja "Shailu"
- Bhumika Chawla as Neelima "Neelu"
- Arbaaz Khan as Pasupathi, the main antagonist
- Bramhanandam as Neelima's uncle
- Jaya Prakash Reddy as Ramakoti
- Rahul Dev as Asghar, Pasupathi's henchman
- Sunil as Dhanushkoti, Ramakoti's son
- Shriya Sharma as Lavanya, Sathya's niece
- Sujitha as Sathya's sister
- Sameer as Sathya's brother-in-law
- Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Shailaja's father
- Sudha as Shailaja's mother
- Venu Madhav as Venu, Sathya's friend
- AVS as Church Father
- M. S. Narayana as Customs Officer
- Uttej as Sathya's family friend
- Naramalli Sivaprasad as Ramakoti's assistant
- Tanikella Bharani as Visa Agent
- Vizag Prasad as Neelima's father
- Ping Pong Surya as Rasool
Music
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| Released | 14 November 2005 (India) | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
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| Producer | Mani Sharma | |||
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The film has six songs composed by Mani Sharma. The soundtrack was released on 14 November 2005.
| Song Title | Singers |
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| "Jai Jai Ganesha" | S. P. Balu |
| "Ko Ko Kodi" | K. S. Chithra, Udit Narayan |
| "Thumbs Up Thunder" | Mahalakshmi Iyer, Nihal |
| "Thillana" | Shankar Mahadevan |
| "Hey Jana" | KK |
| "Maha Muddu" | Shreya Ghoshal, Karthik |
DVD
The DVD of Jai Chiranjeeva was released by KAD Entertainment on 07-02-2006[clarification needed]
Crew
- Director: K. Vijaya Bhaskar
- Screenplay: K. Vijaya Bhaskar
- Story: Trivikram Srinivas
- Dialogue: Trivikram srinivas
- Producer: C. Ashwani Dutt
- Music: Mani Sharma
- Art director: Anand Sai
- Cinematography: Venu Gopal
- Costumes: K. Sushmita
- Choreography: Chinni Prakash, Raghava Lawrence, Raju Sundaram, Brinda
- Stunts: Vijay, Allan Amin
- Editing: Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Remakes
The film was dubbed into Hindi and Tamil as Bajrang and Deva respectively. It was remade in Bangladeshi Bengali as Ziddi Mama starring Shakib Khan & Apu Biswas.