Jalsa
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Directed by | Trivikram Srinivas |
Written by | Trivikram Srinivas |
Produced by | Allu Aravind |
Starring | Pawan Kalyan Ileana D'Cruz Parvati Melton Kamalinee Mukerji |
Cinematography | K. V. Guhan Rasool Ellore |
Edited by | A. Sreekar Prasad |
Music by | Devi Sri Prasad |
Distributed by | Geetha Arts |
Release date |
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Running time | 167 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Jalsa(transl. Fun) is a 2008 IndianTelugu-languageaction comedy filmwritten and directed byTrivikram Srinivasand produced byAllu Aravind,under theGeetha Artsbanner. The film starsPawan Kalyan,Ileana,Parvati MeltonandKamalinee Mukerji,whileMukesh Rishi,Prakash Raj,Brahmanandam,Ali,andSunilplay supporting roles. The soundtrack of the film was composed byDevi Sri Prasad.
Released on 1 April 2008,Jalsaset multiple box office records on its opening day, achieving the highest first-day collection inTelugu cinemahistory and the highest for anySouth Indian filmin a single state.[1]It emerged as a blockbuster, becoming thehighest-grossing Telugu film of the year,and was praised for its lead performances, music, humour, and witty dialogues.[2]
The marketing of the film included the release of anactionmobile video gamedeveloped by RZ2, a Goa-based firm.[3]Owing to the film's popularity andcult status,it was re-released in 2022 and became the highest grossing Telugu re-release of all time until surpassed by another Pawan Kalyan filmKushi.[4]
Plot
[edit]Sanjay Sahu aka Sanju is a post-graduate and works as a aerobics instructor. He is in love with Indu, who wishes to marry him. She makes him meet her father, who is a police officer and also happens to be his old acquaintance. Her father declines to approve of their love, and she is forced to marry according to her father's choice. Meanwhile, Indu's sister Bhagyamathi aka Bhagi and her friend Jyothsna aka Jo are chased by hoodlums before being rescued by Sanju. Furthermore, Jo and Bhagi are ragged in the college before being again rescued by Sanju. Both begin to like Sanju and even decide to propose their love to him without their knowledge of the other. However, it is Jo who proposes first to Sanju, who rejects her. Careful after seeing her friend's love rejected, Bhagi, with the help of Seenu, begins wooing Sanju.
Bhagi keeps wooing Sanju in different ways under Seenu's supervision. Seenu keeps advising Bhagi with new ideas to impress Sanju. With Seenu's idea, Bhagi vacates the previous tenants in Sanju's house and gets into the house to woo Sanju. She keeps trying in many ways to impress him, which evokes comedy. Bhagi keeps meeting Sanju and tries to know more about him. After many comical situations coming their way, love blossoms between them, but unfortunately at a party where Jo is also one of the attendees, she spills all the beans about Bhagi. Sanju is infuriated and ends their relationship. Later that party, however, when having a conversation with Bhagi, a drunken Sanju begins to showcase that he is not a correct fit to her, yet the unending love of Bhagi towards Sanju makes him fall for her. Both again get into a relationship, marking it with a kiss.
Meanwhile, Damodar Reddy, a powerful land grabber who takes care of all the settlements while still in jail, is out onparole.He is in search of Sanju for spoiling his land deals in the past and thrashing his son, who was one of the goons who chased Bhagi. He makes an attempt on Sanju's life but in vain. However, Sanju's friend Abhi is taken hostage during the attack. Sanju rescues Abhi but is enraged when his friends stop him from assaulting the kidnapper by questioning his authority to take the law into his hands and bringing them troubles. Sanju then reveals his flashback, in which he hailed from a poor rural family. His brother dies of heart disease as a child. His father Janardhan Sahu kills himself as crops fail, and his mother too passes away. While going to the burial ground, he repeatedly slips and swoons at a stone pillar. He plucks it out, which enrages Damodar Reddy's henchmen. When they attack him, Sanju beats them up, disappears into a forest, and joins theNaxalites.During a combing operation, he joins hands with Indu and Bhagi's father (a police officer) and his team to eliminate the team in an encounter. Sanju is then rehabilitated as a college student inHyderabad.
Bhagi confesses to her father about her intention to marry Sanju, but her father rejects it by revealing to her about Sanju being an ex-lover of her sister Indu, and an ex-Naxal. Shocked, Bhagi agrees to get married as per her father's choice. Her father arranges the engagement of Bhagi with Raghuram. Sanju is disgusted that Bhagi has given her assent to the engagement and decides to break it. Meanwhile, Sanju learns that the man who attempted on his life is none other than Damodar Reddy and that Raghuram is Damodar Reddy's elder son. Sanju confronts Damodar Reddy in jail and challenges him. Damodar Reddy leaves jail and forcibly arranges the marriage of Raghuram with Bhagi. Sanju, meanwhile kidnaps Damodar Reddy's younger son. He then takes Damodar Reddy head-on and defeats him, ensuring that he fears death, and walks out without killing Damodar Reddy and his son, proclaiming that the art of winning a war is to defeat the enemies, not to kill them. Sanju ends up marrying Bhagi.
After a few months, Damodar Reddy, now paralyzed, dies of a heart attack on the same road on which Sanju defeated him.
Cast
[edit]- Pawan Kalyanas Sanjay 'Sanju' Sahu
- Ileanaas Bhagyamathi 'Bhagi', Indu's younger sister, Jyo's friend and Sanju's love interest (dubbed bySwathi Reddy)
- Parvati Meltonas Jyothsna 'Jyo', Bhagi's Friend and Sanju's one-sided lover
- Kamalinee Mukerjias Indu, Bhagi's elder sister and Sanju's former love interest
- Mukesh Rishias Damodar Reddy[5]
- Prakash Rajas Indu and Bhagyamati's father
- Brahmanandamas Head Constable Pranav
- Alias Abhi, Sanju's friend
- Sunilas Seenu
- Tanikella Bharanias Bulli Reddy
- Sivajias Raghuram Reddy, Damodar Reddy's elder son
- Aditya Redijas Damodar Reddy's younger son
- Kamal Kamarajuas Indu's husband
- Makarand Deshpandeas a naxalite
- Shishir Sharmaas Janardhan Sahu, Sanju's father
- Dharmavarapu Subramanyamas Doctor
- Mallikarjuna Raoas Minister
- Bianca Desaias Bhagyamathi's friend
- Ravi Varmaas a naxalite
- Krishnuduas Damodar Reddy's aide
- Ravi Prakashas Sanju's friend
- Uttejas Sanju's friend
- Satyam Rajeshas College student
- Bharath Reddy
- Mahesh Babuas Sekhar (voiceover)
Soundtrack
[edit]The soundtrack of the film was launched on 29 February 2008. The audio rights were sold toAditya Musicfor₹90lakh,[6]the highest for a Telugu film of its released month.[7]The music got very good reviews from websites[8][9][10]and an excellent response from the public itself.[11]The music has topped the charts for months after its release.[12][13]Devi Sri Prasadreceived the 2008Santosham Best Music Director Awardfor his work on the film's music.
Jalsa | ||||
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Soundtrack albumby | ||||
Released | 2 April 2008 | |||
Recorded | 2008 | |||
Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
Length | 36:24 | |||
Label | Aditya Music | |||
Producer | Devi Sri Prasad | |||
Devi Sri Prasadchronology | ||||
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No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Jalsa" (Picturised onPawan KalyanandIleana) | Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry | Baba Sehgal,Rita | 4:19 |
2. | "My Heart is Beating" (Picturised on Pawan Kalyan and Ileana D'Cruz) | Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry | K. K. | 4:59 |
3. | "You and I" (Picturised on Pawan Kalyan,Parvati Meltonand Ileana D'Cruz) | Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry | Devi Sri Prasad | 5:00 |
4. | "Chalore Chalore Chal" (Picturised on Pawan Kalyan andPrakash Raj) | Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry | Ranjith | 2:46 |
5. | "Jennifer Lopez" (Picturised on Pawan Kalyan andParvati Melton) | Ramajogayya Sastry | Benny Dayal,Priya | 4:19 |
6. | "Gaallo Thelinattunde" (Picturised on Pawan Kalyan andIleana) | Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar | Tippu,Gopika Poornima | 4:52 |
7. | "Chalore Chalore Chal (Hindi)" (Bonus track) | Raqueeb Alam | Devi Sri Prasad | 3:05 |
8. | "My Heart is Beating (Remix)" (Remix) | Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry | K. K. | 3:02 |
9. | "Jalsa (The Devi Mix)" (Remix of title song) | Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry | Baba Sehgal, Devi Sri Prasad | 4:02 |
Total length: | 36:24 |
Release
[edit]Theatrical
[edit]Jalsawas released on 1 April 2008 in theaters worldwide. The film was originally scheduled to be released on 27 March 2008, but because of delays in thedigital intermediate(DI) process.Jalsawas later released with 400 prints in 800 theaters worldwide across 1000 screens.[14][15]
Remastered re-release
[edit]Jalsawas re-released in theaters worldwide on 3 September 2022, coinciding with Kalyan's birthday, with remastered picture and sound.[16]Jalsagrossed over ₹3.25crorein its 2022 re-release and became the highest grossing Telugu re-release of all time until surpassed by another Pawan Kalyan filmKushi.[4][17][18]The collections of the special shows were reported to be donated to charity.[19]
Awards and nominations
[edit]Ceremony | Category | Nominee | Result | Ref(s) |
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56th Filmfare Awards South | Best Film – Telugu | Allu Aravind | Nominated | [20] |
Best Director – Telugu | Trivikram Srinivas | Nominated | ||
Best Actor – Telugu | Pawan Kalyan | Nominated | ||
Best Actress – Telugu | Ileana D'Cruz | Nominated | ||
Best Supporting Actress – Telugu | Parvati Melton | Nominated | ||
Best Music Director – Telugu | Devi Sri Prasad | Nominated | ||
Best Lyricist – Telugu | Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry- (Chalore Chalore) | Nominated | ||
Santosham Film Awards[21] | Best Film – Telugu | Jalsa | Won | [22] |
Best Director – Telugu | Trivikram Srinivas | Won | ||
Best Actor – Telugu | Pawan Kalyan | Nominated | ||
Best Actress – Telugu | Ileana D'Cruz | Won | ||
Best Supporting Actor – Telugu | Prakash Raj | Nominated | ||
Best Supporting actress – Telugu | Parvati Melton | Nominated | ||
Best Misic Director – Telugu | Devi Sri Prasad | Won |
References
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- ^"Mahesh goes a step ahead with 'Jalsa'".17 March 2008. Archived fromthe originalon 19 March 2008.Retrieved24 March2008.
- ^"'Jalsa' audio rights bagged for 90 Lakhs ".Telugucinema.com.29 January 2008. Archived fromthe originalon 20 February 2008.Retrieved24 March2008.
- ^"Power Star Pawan Kalyan's JALSA Title Song".Archived fromthe originalon 12 March 2008.Retrieved24 March2008.
- ^"Jalsa Music Review – Jalsa All The Way".Archived fromthe originalon 5 March 2008.Retrieved24 March2008.
- ^"Jalsa Music Review".Archived fromthe originalon 26 February 2008.Retrieved24 March2008.
- ^"Jalsa is sheer fun".Archived fromthe originalon 30 March 2008.Retrieved26 March2008.
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External links
[edit]- 2008 films
- Films directed by Trivikram Srinivas
- Films with screenplays by Trivikram Srinivas
- Geetha Arts films
- Films scored by Devi Sri Prasad
- 2000s Telugu-language films
- 2000s Indian films
- Indian action comedy films
- Films shot in Hyderabad, India
- Films about Naxalism
- 2008 action comedy films
- Films adapted for other media