Director: | Murugesh |
Producer: | Sonali Nikhil Sunanda Murali Manohar |
Story: | Praveen Kanth |
Screenplay: | Murugesh |
Based On: | Jodi (Tamil) |
Starring: | Dhyan Sharmila Mandre Anant Nag |
Music: | Songs: A. R. Rahman (Compositions reused from Jodi) Background score: Sabesh–Murali |
Cinematography: | M. M. Rangaswamy Ian Howes |
Editing: | V. T. Vijayan |
Studio: | Metro Film Corporation Ltd |
Runtime: | 146 minutes |
Country: | India |
Language: | Kannada |
Sajni, (also spelled as Sajani or Sajini), is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Murugesh. The film stars Dhyan, Sharmila Mandre and Anant Nag in lead roles. lead actress Sharmila Mandre makes her Kannada debut through this film.[1] The film is produced by Sonali Nikhil and Sunanda Murali Manohar. The film is the Kannada remake ofTamil film Jodi which was released in 1999. For the first time in Kannada cinema, the film featured a soundtrack composed by A. R. Rahman with all compositions re-used from Rahman's Tamil film Jodi which in turn had re-used the tracks from Rahman's Hindi movie Doli Saja Ke Rakhna.The film was released statewide on 23 February 2007.[2] [3]
Sajni | |
Type: | soundtrack |
Artist: | A. R. Rahman |
Released: | 25 December 2006 |
Recorded: | Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios |
Genre: | Film soundtrack |
Producer: | A. R. Rahman |
Prev Title: | Guru |
Prev Year: | 2006 |
Next Title: | Provoked |
Next Year: | 2007 |
The official soundtrack contains seven songs re-used from A. R. Rahman's Jodi soundtrack, which itself reused five of its songs from his earlier Bollywood film Doli Saja Ke Rakhna.The background score of the film was composed by Sabesh–Murali due to Rahman's unavailability.
Song | Artist(s) | Duration | Lyrics |
---|---|---|---|
"Chandramukhiye" | Madhushree, Naresh Iyer, Roop Kumar Rathod | 5:27 | Kaviraj |
"Lovely London" | Swetha Mohan | 4:22 | Belluru Ramamoorthy |
"Turu Tunthuru" | Shreya Ghoshal | 3:51 | Kaviraj |
"Ondu Sulladaru" (Duet) | Srinivas, Sujatha Mohan | 5:57 | J. M. Prahlad |
"Jaana O Jaana" | Vasundara Das, Kailash Kher | 4:53 | V. Manohar |
"Ondu Sulladaru" (Solo) | Srinivas | 5:57 | J. M. Prahlad |
"Chandramukhiye" (Instrumental) | None | 6:27 | None |
R G Vijayasarathy of Rediff.com gave the film 2 out of 5, writing "Though Sajini has all the ingredients of a good family entertainer, it doesn't rise above mediocrity."[4]