Jai Chiranjeeva

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

Plot
Sathyanarayana Murthy is a rough but kind man who lives in Amalapuram who lives 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, with the intention of using 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

 * Chiranjeevi as Sathyanarayana Murthy alias Sattipandu
 * Arbaaz Khan as Pasupathi (Voiced by P. Ravi Shankar)
 * Bhumika Chawla as Neelima "Neelu"
 * Sameera Reddy as Sailaja "Sailu"
 * Bramhanandam as Neelima's uncle
 * Jaya Prakash Reddy as Ramakoti
 * Rahul Dev as Asghar, Pasupathi's henchman (Voiced by P. Ravi Shankar)
 * Sunil as Dhanushkoti, Ramakoti's son
 * Sumithra as Sathya's mother
 * Shriya Sharma as Lavanya, Sathya's niece
 * Sujitha as Sathya's sister
 * Sameer as Sathya's brother-in-law
 * Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Sailaja's father
 * Sudha as Sailaja's mother
 * Vizag Prasad as Neelima's father
 * Venu Madhav as Venu, Sathya's friend
 * M. S. Narayana as Customs Officer
 * Tanikella Bharani as Visa Agent
 * AVS as Church Father
 * Uttej as Sathya's family friend
 * Naramalli Sivaprasad as Ramakoti's assistant
 * Ping Pong Surya as Rasool
 * Rajitha

Production
The film was launched on Ramanaidu Studios at 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. 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.

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". 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".

Awards

 * Nandi Award for Best Audiographer - Madhusudhan Reddy