''Ajantha'' is an Indian film produced and directed by Rajppa Ravishankar. The film was simultaneously shot in

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and

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languages with different starcast. Ilavarasu was the cinematographer for the film and

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composed the music. The filming started in 2006 and took three years to complete. The Kannada version was released on 30 October 2009, the Tamil version was released on 9 November 2012 and the Malayalam version on 19 July 2012. The lead role was played by

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in Malayalam,

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in Tamil,

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in Telugu and Venkatesh in the Kannada version. Vandana Gupta played the female lead in the Tamil and Telugu version, while

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was female lead in the Malayalam and Kannada version. The Telugu version never released.

Plot

In this film, Venkatesh / Vinu Mohan / Ramana plays an upcoming musician. After finishing a recording, he is on his way home when he sees an artist creating art on the street and he is stricken with awe. Onlookers are giving the artist a few rupees each but not as much as the artist expected. At this point, it begins to rain and the drawing begins to dissolve as the onlookers disperse. Venkatesh / Vinu Mohan / Ramana hands over his entire 'bata' for the day to the artist.

Cast

Malayalam/Kannada *Venkatesh (Kannada) *

(Malayalam) *

* Anand *

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(Malayalam) *Aniyappan *

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(Malayalam) *

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(Malayalam) *Kalabhavan Santhosh *Usha *Varadha *Swathi *Madhavi *

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*Padmini Tamil *

*Vandana Gupta *Su. Senthil Kumaran *

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*Mahadevan *

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*Waheeda *Varalakshmi *Mukundan *Parthasarathy *

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Music

recorded a record-breaking 36 songs for the film. Mu. Mehta,

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, Muthulingam, Thirumavalavan and Su. Senthilkumar wrote the lyrics for the music. The audio was launched in August 2008. Ilaiyaraaja won the

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of 2009 for the film. ;Malayalam version *"Aarum Thodatha Poovil" - Madhu Balakrishnan, Bhavatharani *"Aayae Aayae" - Madhumitha *"Hradayam Thedum" - Madhu Balakrishnan,

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*"Kaiyil Oru Key Board" - Madhu Balakrishnan *"Oh Oh Madana Madana" - Chitra *"Oruvan Oruval Yen" -

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*"Thurigai Illa" - Chitra *"Vekkada Onnu" - Naveen, Swetha ;Tamil version *"Engae Irundhai" – K. J. Yesudas, Manjari *"Engae Irundhai Isaiyae" – Ilaiyaraaja *"Engae Irundhai" (Repeat) – Yesudas, Manjari *"Oh Oh Ilaignan" – Manjari *"Kaiyil Oru Keyboardum" – Tippu *"Keerthanai" –

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*"Poduda Sakkapodu" –

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, Tippu *"Thoorigai Indri" – Manjari *"Yaarum Thodatha Ondrai" – Ilaiyaraaja,

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*"Yarukku Yarendru" –

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ajantha 2012 films Indian multilingual films 2010s Malayalam-language films Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja 2010s Tamil-language films 2012 multilingual films 2010s Kannada-language films