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Welcome to Sajjanpur

  • 20082008
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 2h 13m
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6.9/10
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Amrita Rao and Shreyas Talpade in Welcome to Sajjanpur (2008)
An educated man spends his days writing letters for the varied inhabitants of his small, poor, and illiterate village, in this political and social satire.
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An educated man spends his days writing letters for the varied inhabitants of his small, poor, and illiterate village, in this political and social satire.An educated man spends his days writing letters for the varied inhabitants of his small, poor, and illiterate village, in this political and social satire.An educated man spends his days writing letters for the varied inhabitants of his small, poor, and illiterate village, in this political and social satire.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
3.3K
YOUR RATING
    • Shyam Benegal
    • Ashok Mishra(screenplay and dialogue)
    • Shyam Benegal(story)
  • Stars
    • Shreyas Talpade
    • Amrita Rao
    • Ravi Kishan
    • Shyam Benegal
    • Ashok Mishra(screenplay and dialogue)
    • Shyam Benegal(story)
  • Stars
    • Shreyas Talpade
    • Amrita Rao
    • Ravi Kishan
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 35User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    Shreyas Talpade
    Shreyas Talpade
    • Mahadev
    Amrita Rao
    Amrita Rao
    • Kamala
    Ravi Kishan
    Ravi Kishan
    • Ramkumar
    Ila Arun
    Ila Arun
    • Ramsakhi Pannawali
    Rajeshwari Sachdev
    Rajeshwari Sachdev
    • Shobharani
    • (as Rajeshwari Sachdev Badola)
    Divya Dutta
    Divya Dutta
    • Vindhya
    Yashpal Sharma
    Yashpal Sharma
    • Ramsingh
    Ravi Jhankal
    Ravi Jhankal
    • Munnibai Mukhanni
    Lalit Tiwari
    Lalit Tiwari
    • Subedar Singh
    • (as Lalit Mohan Tiwari)
    Shri Vallabh Vyas
    Shri Vallabh Vyas
    • Ramavtar
    • (as Vallabh Vyas)
    Masood Akhtar
    Masood Akhtar
    • Postman
    Dayashankar Pandey
    Dayashankar Pandey
    • Chidamiram Sapera
    • (as Dayasankar Paandey)
    Satish Sharma
    Satish Sharma
    • Publisher
    Mangala Kenkre
    Mangala Kenkre
    • Mahadev's Mother
    Vineeta Malik
    Vineeta Malik
    • Kamala's mother-in-law
    Charan Saluja
    • Ramkhelawan
    Rajit Kapoor
    Rajit Kapoor
    • Collector
    Kunal Kapoor
    Kunal Kapoor
    • Banshi
      • Shyam Benegal
      • Ashok Mishra(screenplay and dialogue)
      • Shyam Benegal(story)
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    • Trivia
      Original title of the film was "Mahadev Ka Sajjanpur".
    • Goofs
      At the beginning of the film, the table that Mahadev uses to write letters is covered with newspaper. After he starts talking to the man on the motorcycle, all of sudden, the table is magically covered with a plastic sheet.
    • Connections
      Features Saajan (1991)
    • Soundtracks
      Sita Ram, Sita Ram
      Written by Ashok Mishra

      Composed by Shantanu Moitra

      Performed by Krishnakumar Kunnath

      Courtesy of Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)

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    9/10
    Great to have Shyam Benegal back
    It's great to have Shyam Benegal back making films again. He's relaunched himself with a fairly light film, one that reminded me of another of my favorite directors of the 80s, Sai Paranjpe. Both Sai and Shyam are so good at capturing the quirks of village life, warts and all. Welcome To Sajjanpur actually does have some dark elements, but the director doesn't seem to want to ruin India Shining's cheery mood by dwelling on these too much. Be warned, a lot of the language in this film is Bhojpuri, especially the dialogs of Ila Arun. I missed a lot of her funny lines, but the Bhojpuri speaking people in the audience were laughing out loud. The performances of the actors were all great - Shyam is obviously good at casting. Don't know if this film is destines to run for long, so I'd advise everyone to go out and see it right away. Or you could always wait to see it on TV (UTV Spotboy movies make it to TV in 3 months) or buy the DVD (for Rs 50!).
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    • Sep 23, 2008

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    • Release date
      • September 19, 2008 (India)
      • India
      • Official site
      • Hindi
    • Also known as
      • India
    • Production companies
      • IX Faces Pictures
      • UTV Bindass
      • UTV Spotboy Motion Pictures
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    • 2 hours 13 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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