''Jai Maruthi 800'' is a 2016 Indian

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film written and directed by A. Harsha and produced by Jayanna. It stars Sharan,

Shruthi Hariharan Sruthi Hariharan (born 2 February 1989) is an Indian actress and producer who appears primarily in Kannada language films. She debuted in a 2012 Malayalam film, ''Cinema Company'', and her first film in the Kannada cinema industry was '' Lucia' ...

and

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in the lead roles. The music is composed by

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and cinematography by Swamy J. Gowda.

Plot

Jeeva ( Sharan) must correct the mistakes understood about his best friend Raghu by his villagers in childhood after his death. Then he goes to his friend's village where two village heads are enemies. When he enters he sees Raghu's sister and her boyfriend are just to be killed by the head because he is from another village. He manages to save them by marrying them and separating them in the eyes of the head. He says that he is Jeeva and a fan of the head. He lies to Raghu's mother and two sisters that he is Raghu. He then goes to another village in the form of a director. There he falls in love with the head's daughter Geeta (

Shruti Hariharan Sruthi Hariharan (born 2 February 1989) is an Indian actress and producer who appears primarily in Kannada language films. She debuted in a 2012 Malayalam film, ''Cinema Company'', and her first film in the Kannada cinema industry was '' Lucia' ...

), who later reciprocates it after knowing his good character. But the twist in the tale comes when his village's head's sister Smita ( Shuba Punja) tells that she loves him. Later Geeta's father learns his mistake. Jeeva violently beats up Smita's brother and gives him a chance to change which he does. The film ends with Raghu's sister's marriage. The pandit asks about Jeeva's marriage which again creates a rift which Jeeva resolves. Jeeva asks the god Maruti which he advices to choose himself.

Cast

* Sharan as Jeeva *

as Geetha *

as Smitha *

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* Jehangir.M.S. * Mico Nagaraj *

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as Narasimha *

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as Veerappa * Pavan kumar * Mohan Juneja * Apoorva * Vidya Rao * Tanuja * Padmaja rao * Harini Shrikanth * Girija lokesh * Ravindranath * Vijayanand * Bhajarangi Mohan * Vijay Koundinya

Production

Director Harsha, known for his action films like ''

Bhajarangi ''Bhajarangi'' is a 2013 Indian Kannada-language fantasy action film starring Shiva Rajkumar and Aindrita Ray. Directed by choreographer-turned-director Harsha, the film was released on 12 December 2013 and received positive response from critic ...

'' and ''

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'' came up with a light hearted comedy script in order to break the stereotype. Actor Sharan was roped in to play the main role while Shruthi Hariharan was selected to play the opposite lead role. Shubha Poonja was cast in the second lead role. The principal photography started in August 2015. The first schedule of the shooting was held at

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. For some of the action scenes, Sharan underwent rigorous workouts and developed six packs. The director revealed that the story starts as a period drama and drifts towards the present time.

Soundtrack

has composed the film's background score and the soundtrack.

Track listing

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 5544430 2010s Kannada-language films Films directed by Harsha Indian action comedy films 2016 action comedy films 2016 comedy films Films scored by Arjun Janya