''Sajni'', (also spelled as ''Sajani'' or ''Sajini''), is a 2007 Indian

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film directed by Murugesh. The film stars

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and

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in lead roles. lead actress

makes her Kannada debut through this film. The film is produced by Sonali Nikhil and Sunanda Murali Manohar. The film is the Kannada remake of

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film ''

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'' which was released in 1999. For the first time in Kannada cinema, the film featured a

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composed by A. R. Rahman with all compositions re-used from Rahman's Tamil film ''

'' which in turn had re-used the tracks from Rahman's Hindi movie ''

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''. The film released statewide on 23 February 2007.

Cast

Sameer Dattani Sameer Dattani, also known as Dhyan (in the Kannada film industry), is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi and Kannada films. Career Born into a Gujarati family in Bombay, Dattani has worked in Hindi, Kannada, and Tamil cinema, He is fluent ...

as Vikram (credited as Dhyan) *

as Sajni *

as Ananth Murthy * Avinash as Vikram's father *

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as Ananth Murthy's sister * Amulya as Vikram's sister *

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as Grandfather *

M. S. Umesh Mysore Srikantayya Umesh, popularly known as M. S. Umesh or simply Umesh, is an Indian actor whose Kannada cinema career has spanned six decades. After having featured in several stage shows as an actor in his childhood, he was hired for the lea ...

as Secretary *

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as Singer Kailash *

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in a cameo appearance

Soundtrack

The official soundtrack contains six songs re-used from A. R. Rahman's ''

'' soundtrack, which itself reused some songs of his earlier Bollywood film ''

''.

Reception

The movie was not well received in Kannada as the acting skills of the newly introduced leads fell short of the original.

References

External links

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