Ajay (2006 film)
| Ajay | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | Meher Ramesh |
| Produced by | Rockline Venkatesh |
| Written by | Gunashekhar |
| Starring |
Puneeth Rajkumar Anuradha Mehta |
| Music by | Mani Sharma |
| Cinematography | Vasu |
| Edited by | Marthand K Venkatesh |
Production company |
Rockline Entertainments Pvt Ltd. |
Release dates |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Ajay[1] is a 2006 Kannada language sports film starring Puneeth Rajkumar and Anuradha Mehta[2] It was Anuradha's debut Kannada film. The film is remake of Telugu blockbuster Okkadu.[3]
Plot
Ajay is a sweet name. Ajay is so clever he keeps Paddu in his house for sometime without the knowledge of his father who is a cop. When Prakash comes looking for his would be there is further more actions. On the other hand Ajay with the gang of his friends is making his own effort to send off Paddu to Australia as she is ready with Visa and passport. In the last minute he prepares for the final bout in Kabaddi game. It is victory everywhere for Ajay. In life he finds a profession, in personal life he gets a beautiful wife Paddu and he finishes of the strong opponent the rabble rouser Prakash Rai and his team.
Cast
- Puneeth Rajkumar as Ajay
- Anuradha Mehta as Paddu
- Prakash Raj
- Srinath
- Doddanna
- Nassar
- Sumithra
- Satyajith
Reception
Ajay got negative reviews from critics. Nowrunning rated the film 2/5, stating that "Comparisons can be dangerous sometimes. Particularly in the case of Kannada remake films which have been hitting the screen more often than not these days.".[4]
Soundtrack
| Ajay | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Mani Sharma | |
| Released | June 2006 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Track # | Song | Singer(s) | Lyrics |
| 1 | Rama Anta Krishna Anta | Shankar Mahadevan | Hamsalekha |
| 2 | Enayitu Nanageedina | K S Chithra, Kunal Ganjawala | K. Kalyan |
| 3 | En Chenda | Shreya Goshal | Hamsalekha |
| 4 | Ene Aagali | Mallikarjun | K. Kalyan |
| 5 | Saahasa | S P Balasubrahmanyam | K. Kalyan |
Remakes & character map
| Okkadu (2003) (Telugu) | Ghilli (2004) (Tamil) | Ajay (2006) (Kannada) | Zor (2008) (Bengali) | Tevar (2015) (Hindi) |
| Ajay (Mahesh Babu) | Saravanavelu (Vijay) | Ajay (Puneeth Rajkumar) | Surja (Jeetendra Madnani) | Pintoo Shukla (Arjun Kapoor) |
| Swapna Reddy (Bhumika Chawla) | Dhanalakshmi (Trisha Krishnan) | Paddu (Anuradha Mehta) | Sumi (Barsha Priyadarshini) | Radhika Mishra (Sonakshi Sinha) |
| Obul Reddy (Prakash Raj) | Muthupandi (Prakash Raj) | (Prakash Raj) | Indrajit (Subrat Dutta) | Gajendar Singh (Manoj Bajpai) |
| Ajay's father (Mukesh Rishi) | Sivasubramanian (Ashish Vidyarthi) | Surja's father (Deepankar De) | S. P. Shukla (Raj Babbar) |