Jai Chiranjeeva

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{{Infobox film

| name = Jai Chiranjeeva

| image = Jai Chiranjeeva.jpg

| caption = Poster

| director = K. Vijaya Bhaskar

| producer = C. Aswani Dutt

| writer = Screenplay:
K. Vijaya Bhaskar
Story & Dialogues:
Trivikram Srinivas

| starring = Chiranjeevi
Arbaaz Khan
Sameera Reddy
Bhumika Chawla

| music = Mani Sharma

| cinematography = Venu

| editing = Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao

| distributor = Vyjayanthi Movies

| released = {{Film date|2005|12|22|df=yes}}

| runtime = 173 minutes

| country = India

| language = Telugu

}}

Jai Chiranjeeva is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar and produced by Vyjayanthi Movies. The film stars Chiranjeevi, Arbaaz Khan, Sameera Reddy, and Bhumika Chawla. The film's music was composed by Mani Sharma with the editing by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao and cinematography by Venu. The film was released on 22 December 2005. The film was remade in Bangladeshi as Ziddi Mama (2012), starring Shakib Khan, Apu Biswas and Rumana.

Plot

Sathyanarayana Murthy is a rough but kind man living in Amalapuram with his niece Lavanya, mother, sister, and brother-in-law. 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 discovers that she has been murdered by arms dealer Pasupathi, who resides in Los Angeles. Driven by the desire for revenge, Sathya wants to travel to the US but faces an obstacle as he is uneducated and unable to obtain a travel visa. However, he meets and falls in love with Shailaja along the way. Despite his feelings for Shailaja, Sathya ends up marrying Neelima, who holds a US green card, to use her status to gain entry into LA. The story continues to unfold as Sathya and Neelima travel to LA, where Sathya plans to carry out his mission of killing Pasupathi. The remaining plot develops around this premise.

Cast

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Production

The film was launched on Ramanaidu Studios at 9 April 2005.{{cite web|work=Idlebrain|access-date=18 November 2023|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/muhurat-jaichiranjeeva.html|title=Jai Chiranjeeva opening function|date=9 April 2005}} the team has erected a 60 feet idol of Hanuman designed by art director Anand Sai near Gachibowli specifically for the film which took 20 days to be completed.{{cite web|work=Telugu Cinema|access-date=18 November 2023|url=http://www.telugucinema.com/c/stars/vijayabhaskarchit_no2705.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051228102355/http://www.telugucinema.com/c/stars/vijayabhaskarchit_no2705.php|archive-date=28 December 2005|title=Vijay Bahsakr on Jai Chiranjeeva}} The film's climax and one of the songs were shot in Los Angeles and on the Las Vegas strip, respectively.

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Mani Sharma. The audio was launched at Shilpa Kala Vedika on 14 November 2005.{{cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/audio-jaichiranjeeva.html|title=Jai Chiranjeeva audio launch|work=Idlebrain|access-date=18 November 2023}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Jai Chiranjeeva

| type = Album

| artist = Mani Sharma

| cover =

| alt =

| released =

14 November 2005 (India)

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Feature film soundtrack

| length = 30:58

| language = Telugu

| label =

Aditya Music

| producer = Mani Sharma

| prev_title = Allari Pidugu

| prev_year = 2005

| next_title = Ranam

| next_year = 2006

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Track list{{cite web | url = https://open.spotify.com/album/6uV1evSlrDgDHcPruEUR4O | website = Spotify | title = Jai Chiranjeeva | date = 12 November 2005 | access-date = 4 February 2021}}

| all_music = Mani Sharma

| extra_column = Singer(s)

| total_length = 30:58

| title1 = Jai Jai Ganesha

| lyrics1 = Chandrabose

| extra1 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Mallikarjun (Uncredited), Chorus

| length1 = 5:43

| title2 = Ko Ko Kodi

| lyrics2 = Bhuvana Chandra

| extra2 = Udit Narayan, K. S. Chithra

| length2 = 5:03

| title3 = Thumps Up Thunder

| lyrics3 = Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry

| extra3 = Mahalakshmi Iyer, Nihal Konduri

| length3 = 5:21

| title4 = Thillana

| lyrics4 = Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry

| extra4 = Shankar Mahadevan

| length4 = 4:48

| title5 = Hey Jana

| lyrics5 = Chandrabose, Bhaskarabhatla

| extra5 = KK, Chorus

| length5 = 5:04

| title6 = Maha Muddu

| lyrics6 = Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry

| extra6 = Shreya Ghoshal, Karthik

| length6 = 5:06

}}

Home media

The DVD of Jai Chiranjeeva was released by KAD Entertainment on February 7, 2006

Reception

Sify wrote "Jai Chiranjeeva offers very little by way of surprise and it is the one-man entertainment troupe called Chiranjeevi that salvages this uneven film".{{Cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/jai-chiranjeeva-review-telugu-pclvO8ihefjhj.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130085012/https://www.sify.com/movies/jai-chiranjeeva-review-telugu-pclvO8ihefjhj.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 November 2021|title = Jai Chiranjeeva|website=Sify }} Idlebrain wrote "First half of the film is satisfactory with entertainment. There is lag in the second half. [..] Climax should have been handled better. The plus points of the film are Chiranjeevi and comedy dialogues by Trivikram. On the flipside, the main revenge objective of hero was not efficiently projected".{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-jaichiranjeeva.html|title = Jai Chiranjeeva! - Telugu cinema Review - Chiranjeevi, Sameera Reddy & Bhumika Chawla}} Deccan Herald wrote "The only problem is that the script writers seem to have run out of steam and keep repeating the same old stories. And their safest formula is a judicious mix of dance, music, sentiment, and more than anything fights. If the mixture is in correct proportion, the film is a hit. Even if one of these is more or less, the film bombs at the box office. Jai Chiranjeeva offers nothing new. It is a revenge theme retold".{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec252005/movies17341420051224.asp|date=25 December 2005|website=Deccan Herald|access-date=7 April 2025|title=Jai Chiranjeeva|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060909214709/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec252005/movies17341420051224.asp|archive-date=9 September 2006|last=GU}}

Awards

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