Ajith (film)
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| Ajith | |
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| Directed by | Mahesh Babu |
| Written by | Mahesh Babu |
| Story by | N. Lingusamy |
| Based on | Paiyaa |
| Produced by | G Prem Pranav Gowda S |
| Starring | Chiranjeevi Sarja Nikki Galrani |
| Cinematography | Mohan |
| Music by | Songs: Yuvan Shankar Raja Score: V. Harikrishna |
Production company | B M R Productions |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Ajith is a 2014 Indian Kannada-language romantic action film written and directed by Mahesh Babu, starring Chiranjeevi Sarja and Nikki Galrani.[1][2] It is a remake of the Tamil film Paiyaa.[3] G Prem is the producer, with five songs in the music direction of Yuvan Shankar Raja.[4]
The film was released across Karnataka cinema halls on 9 May 2014.[5]
In Bangalore, Ajith, an unemployed young graduate meets Charulatha and falls in love with her. One day, Charulatha tells Ajith to drop her at her grandmother's house in Mumbai to escape from a forced marriage arranged by her father. During the journey, the duo encounter two gangs after them (one after Ajith and the other gang after Charulatha) for their personal reasons, but Ajith manages to defeat the gangs and unites with Charulatha, who has also fallen in love with him.
Cast
- Chiranjeevi Sarja as Ajith
- Nikki Galrani as Charulatha
- Arav Chowdharry as Baali, a notorious gangster in Mumbai
- Arpit Ranka as Baali's henchman
- Rockline Sudhakar as a Telugu gang member
- Shivamanju as Ajith's friend in Mumbai
- Anand as Anand, Ajith's friend
- Harish Babu as Ajith's friend
Some scenes from the original film featuring the two gangs were reused.[6]
Production
The rights of the film were sold to makers in Kannada for approx ₹20 lakh (US$24,000).[7] While it was earlier said that Purushotham, of Modalasala fame, would helm the project, Mahesh Babu, whose last directorial outing was the Prem-starrer Prem Adda, was confirmed to direct Ajith.[3] Mahesh Babu zeroed in on Nikki Galrani, actress Sanjjanaa's sister as the heroine.[2] The film was launched in January 2013.[1] The shooting began from 12 February 2013.[8] An action shoot was held in Ravi Verma's stunt direction at Hesaraghatta for which Vice Camera was used that gives 1000 frames for an action portion.[4] The shooting was continued in Mysore, going on in Gandhi Square, which is located at the heart of the city.[9] In June the shoot for the songs of the film happened in Bangalore.[10]
Soundtrack
Yuvan Shankar Raja who scored the music for Paiyaa composes the songs of Ajith. All tunes from the original Tamil soundtrack are reused for the Kannada version.[11] The audio was launched on 16 January 2014.[12]
| Ajith | |
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| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 16 January 2014 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Language | Kannada |
| Label | Anand Audio |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Suthade Suthade Bhoomi" | Mahesh Babu | Karthik | |
| 2. | "Santhosha Santhosha" | Raghavendra Kamath | Ranjith | |
| 3. | "Nanna Aaseyanu" | Mahesh Babu | Santhosh Venky | |
| 4. | "Raaya Raaya Maleraaya" | Dr. V. Nagendra Prasad | Rahul Nambiar, Archana Ravi | |
| 5. | "Hani Hani" | Mahesh Babu | Tippu |