''Ee Sanje'' () is a 2011

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written and directed by Sree of '' Orata I Love You'' fame. It features newcomer Aarya and

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. The music is composed by Jai Shiva and cinematography is by Shankar. The film released on 28 January 2011 to negative reviews from critics.

Plot

plays a dual character in ''Ee Sanje'' where the first half has some rural backdrop while the second half has the city life as backdrop. Aarya, a nephew of actor

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, makes his debut.

Cast

* Aarya as Arya *

as Anu * Kishore as Balli *

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* Sumithra * Sathyajith *

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* Ninasam Ashwath * Apoorva

Soundtrack

Jai Shiva, born as J. Shivakumar (16 December 1982) composed the music for the film. At the age of 16, he started composing music and landed his first break through this film at the age of 21. Shiva learnt classical/carnatic music from Shanmugham Master in Bangalore. The film featured seven songs composed by him and written by Hrudaya Shiva and Hemanth Das. Popular singers such as Hemanth, Rajesh Krishnan, Tippu, Udit Narayan, Anuradha Sriram, S P Balasubramaniam, K.S. Chitra, Shankar Mahadevan and Jai Shiva sang the songs.

Track list

Reception

Critical response

A critic from ''

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'' scored the film at 3 out of 5 stars and says "Rangayana Raghu has made a fool of himself by accepting such a stupid role. Music by Jaishivu and cinematography by Shankar are average". A critic from Bangalore Mirror wrote "The second half gets better, only slightly with the film delving into Arya’s background, his mother and the circumstances that led to his ire against the minister. There is also a strange terrorist group with a Muslim head and Sikh hitman and which targets corrupt politicians. Except for pleasing locales, nothing else in the film makes for a good watch". G S Kumar from

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wrote "Arya, though impressive, has to improve his dialogue delivery and expression. Sanjana fails to impress. Rangayana Raghu has made a fool of himself by accepting such a stupid role. Music by Jaishivu and cinematography by Shankar are average".

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* 2011 films 2010s Kannada-language films Indian romance films 2011 romance films {{2010s-romance-film-stub