Friday, October 8, 2010

Welcome to Sajjanpur, Bollywood Movie (2008)





Review : It was Jawaharlal Nehru who changed the name of a small town, Durjanpur, to Sajjanpur, and that was about all the change that had occurred there since then. The town still lacks adequate infrastructure, no safe drinking water; in a 24 hour period, electricity is out for almost 23 hours, and most people, even though they own mobile phones, cannot speak or write English. One of the residents, who does speak and write English fluently, Mahadev Kuswah, lives with his mother, and both run a small fresh vegetable store after his dad abandoned them when he was very young. He has since obtained a degree from Satna University, and assists residents with written correspondence for a fee. Amongst his clients are Man Singh - who wants his homicidal wife to stand for the Municipal elections; a eunuch, Munnibai Mukhrani, who also to stands for elections; a snake charmer who is trying to make a living with fake snakes and is trying to locate his father; Ram Kumar...

Welcome to Sajjanpur, Bollywood Movie (2008) : 
Genre : Comedy, Drama
Runtime : 133 min
Release Date: 19 September 2008 
Director : Shyam Benegal
Cast : 
Shreyas Talpade   ...  Mahadev
Amrita Rao   ...  Kamala
Ravi Kishan           ...  Ramkumar
Ila Arun           ...  Ramsakhi Pannawali
Divya Dutta           ...  Vindhya
Yashpal Sharma   ...  Ramsingh
Ravi Jhankal   ...  Munnibai Mukhanni
Lalit Mohan Tiwari   ... Subedar Singh
Shri Vallabh Vyas    ... Ramavtar (as Vallabh Vyas)
Masood Akhtar   ...  Postman
Satish Sharma   ...  Publisher
Mangala Kenkre   ...  Mahadev's mother (as Mangal Kenkre)
Vineeta Malik   ...  Kamala's mother-in-law


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