Ajantha (2009 film)

Ajantha

CD Cover
Directed by Rajppa Ravishankar
Produced by Rajppa Ravishankar
Story by Elora Movie Club inc.,
Starring Ramana
Vandana Gupta
Sriman
Pandiarajan
Manobala
Madan Bob
Mahadevan
Balu Anand
Waheeda
Varalakshmi
Mukundan
Parthasarathy
Crane Manohar
Chithiram Seenu
Music by Ilaiyaraaja
Production
company
Elora Movie Club Inc
Release dates
  • 30 October 2009 (2009-10-30) (Tamil Nadu)
  • 19 July 2012 (2012-07-19) (Kerala)
Country India
Language Tamil

Ajantha is a 2012 Tamil-language Indian feature film produced and directed by Rajppa Ravishankar. The film was simultaneously shot in Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam languages too with different starcast.[1][2]

Ilavarasu, was responsible for the film's cinematography and Ilaiyaraaja composed the music. The film started in 2006 and was in making for three years.[3] The Tamil version was released on 9 November 2012[4] and the Malayalam version on 19 July 2012.

The lead role was played by Vinu Mohan in Malayalam, Ramana in Tamil, Sai Kiran in Telugu and Venkatesh in the Kannada version.[5] Vandana Gupta played the female lead in the Tamil and Telugu version, while Honey Rose was female lead in the Malayalam and Kannada version.[5]

Plot

In this film, Vinu Mohan / Ramana plays an upcoming musician. After finishing a recording, he is on his way home when he sees an artist creating art on the street and he is stricken with awe. Onlookers are giving the artist a few rupees each but not as much as the artist expected. At this point, it begins to rain and the drawing begins to dissolve as the onlookers disperse. Vinu Mohan / Ramana hands over his entire 'bata' for the day to the artist.

Cast

Tamil/Telugu

Kannada/Malayalam

Music

Ilaiyaraaja recorded a record-breaking 36 songs for the film.[6] Mu. Mehta, Pa. Vijay, Snehan, Muthulingam, Thirumavalavan and Su. Senthilkumar wrote the lyrics for the music. The audio was launched in August 2008.[7] Ilaiyaraaja won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Music Director of 2009 for the film.[8]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.assimilateinc.com/pdfs/DigitalMagic_SCRATCH_CaseStudy.pdf
  2. ↑ "Cinema Plus / Cinema : Ajantha". The Hindu. 2008-10-24. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
  3. ↑ "'Ajantha' set for the next week - Malayalam Movie News". Indiaglitz.com. 2008-11-19. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
  4. ↑ "Friday Fury - November 9". Sify.com. 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
  5. 1 2 "'Ajantha' to release in four languages - Malayalam Movie News". Indiaglitz.com. 2008-10-30. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
  6. ↑ cinesouth. "Dailynews - Isaignani Peravai in December â€" Ilayaraja". Cinesouth.com. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
  7. ↑ "Ajantha audio launched - Oneindia Entertainment". Entertainment.oneindia.in. 2008-08-22. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
  8. ↑ "Front Page : Rajini, Kamal win best actor awards". The Hindu. 2009-09-29. Retrieved 2013-09-04.

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