Jarasandha (film)

Jarasandha
Jarasandha Poster
Directed by	Shashank
Written by	Shashank
Produced by	B. K. Gangadhar B. Basavaraj
Starring	Duniya Vijay Pranitha Rangayana Raghu Devaraj Roopa Devi Swayamvara Chandru Chetan Naveen D. Padil
Cinematography	Shekhar Chandra
Edited by	Sri Crazy Mindz
Music by	Arjun Janya
Production company	Sri Manthralaya Combines
Release date	25 November 2011 (2011-11-25)
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Jarasandha is an Indian Kannada-language action crime film written & directed by Shashank and produced by Sri Manthralaya Combines. It stars Duniya Vijay, alongside Pranitha Subhash, Rangayana Raghu, Devaraj, Sampath Raj, Roopa Devi, Swayamvara Chandru, Chetan and Naveen D. Padil. The music was composed by Arjun Janya, while cinematography and editing were handled by Shekhar Chandra and Sri Crazy Mindz.

Premise

Krishnamurthy "Kitty", a gym instructor instructor in Bangalore, leads a secret life as a gangster and forms a gang called Z with a motive of killing JP alias "Don Poojari", an international crime boss, in order to rule the crime syndicate.

Cast

• Duniya Vijay as Krishamurthy "Kitty" alias "Z"
• Pranitha Subhash as Samantha
• Karthik Jayaram as Ravi, Don Poojari's brother
• Rangayana Raghu as Bull Naidu
• Devaraj as DGP Ajay Deshpande
• Roopa Devi as Sharadamma
• Swayamvara Chandru
• Mallesh Gowda
• Uday K. Mehta
• Danny Kuttappa
• Shashank as a reporter
• Sadashiva Brahmavar
• Chetan Chandra
• Naveen D. Padil
• Vikas
• Sampath Raj as JP alias Don Poojari
• Ramesh Indira
• Manmohan Rai
• Venkata Ram
• Arasu Maharaj
• Ravi Chethan
• Apoorva
• Sharath
• Gopinath Bhat
• Rithesh
• Shankar Narayan

Production

The song "Avarivara Jothe" was shot in the Bidar fort and surroundings of Basavakalyana. With ₹70 lakh expenditure, the song was shot featuring Duniya Vijay and Pranitha Subhash. The foreign dancers were part of the song. The film's another song "Padhe Padhe Phoninalli" was shot in four days at Bangkok. Harsha has choreographed for the songs. The song "Nee Neerige Bare Channi" was based on the Sinhalese song "Mata Aloke Genadevi".^[1]

Soundtrack

Jarasandha
Soundtrack album by Arjun Janya
Released	September 2011 (2011-09)
Genre	Film soundtrack

Tracklist

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Neerige Baare Chenni"	Arjun Janya, Shamitha Malnad	03:31
2.	"Avarivara Jothe"	Sonu Nigam, Anuradha Bhat	04:13
3.	"Padhe Padhe Phoninalli"	Upendra, Priya Himesh	04:32
4.	"Hale Hubli"	Arjun Janya	04:11
5.	"Yaradru Halagogli"	Kailash Kher, Shashank Sheshagiri, Harshasadananda	03:42

Reception

Critical response

The Times of India wrote "Director Shashank, known for making movies with social themes, tries his hand at action. Though it’s a good attempt, the director is better off sticking romantic movies."^[2] Rediff wrote "Shashank had promised a stylish action flick and with Vijay at the helm, that was what was expected, but the film comes as a disappointment".^[3] Bangalore Mirror termed it as "just another underworld film — without substance."^[4] The New Indian Express wrote "Jarasandha is worth watching if you are fond of action-oriented films".^[5]

References

1. "Mata Aloke Genadevi - Jikki (Aiyai Malli 1957)". YouTube.
2. "Jarasandha Movie Review". The Times of India.
3. "Review: Jarasandha is disappointing". Rediff.com. 25 November 2011.
4. "Jarasandha: Cock-and-bull story". Bangalore Mirror. 25 November 2011.
5. "Jarasandha". The New Indian Express. 16 May 2012.

External links

• Jarasandha at IMDb