Jarasandha (film)

Jarasandha is an Indian Kannada-language action crime film directed by Shashank and produced by A. Venkatesh. It stars Duniya Vijay, Pranitha Subhash, Rangayana Raghu, Devaraj, Roopa Devi, Swayamvara Chandru, Chetan and Naveen D. Padil. It was dubbed in Hindi under the same name.

Jarasandha was released on 25 November 2011 and became a box office success.

Plot
Krishamurthy, alias Kitty (Duniya Vijay) is a gym trainer, who is happy leading life with his mother (Roopa Devi). His aim is to win the Mr. India title and Naidu (Rangayana Raghu) is sponsoring him by bearing all his expenses. Don Poojari heads a gang and operates from Dubai, whose men are assassinated by another gang, "Z". Samantha (Pranitha) comes in between and falls for Kitty. Kitty has a hidden face or horror which is kept secret from the outside world. Meanwhile, the cops are waiting for the arrival of Ravi Poojari after his brother was killed by Z gang. Later, it is all about the battle between the two gangs to rule the underworld.

Production
The song "Avarivara Jothe" was shot in the Bidar fort and surroundings of Basavakalyana. With ₹70 lakh expenditure, the song was shot featuring Duniya Vijay and Pranitha Subhash. The foreign dancers were part of the song. Another song "Padhe Padhe Phoninalli" was shot in four days at Bangkok. Harsha has choreographed for both the songs.

The song "Nee Neerige Bare Channi" was based on the Sinhalese song "Mata Aloke Genadevi".

Soundtrack
The audio album of Jarasandha was released in September 2011. The five songs of the album tuned by Arjun Janya were released by well known actors. Yogaraj Bhat and Shashank have written the lyrics for the songs.

The Jarasandha soundtrack album has been well received in the market according to sources.

Reception
Shruti Indira Lakshminarayana from Rediff gave 2/5 stars and wrote "Shashank had promised a stylish action flick and with Vijay at the helm, that was what was expected, but the film comes as a disappointment". Bangalore Mirror wrote "Without Arjun Janya's music, Harsha’s cute concepts for the songs and Shekar Chandra's cinematography which reaches credible heights in scenes like the temple car festival, Jarasandha would have been relegated to a much poorer film". The New Indian Express wrote "Jarasandha is worth watching if you are fond of action-oriented films".