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Director:

Shyam Benegal

Writers:

Ashok Mishra (screenplay)
Shyam Benegal (story)

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Release Date:

19 September 2008 (India) more

Genre:

Comedy | Drama more

Plot:

It was Jawaharlal Nehru who changed the name of a small town, Durjanpur, to Sajjanpur, and that was... more | full synopsis

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With love, from Sajjanpur... more (26 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Shreyas Talpade ... Mahadev
Amrita Rao ... Kamala
Ravi Kishan ... Ramkumar
Ila Arun ... Ramsakhi Pannawali
Rajeshwari Sachdev ... Shobharani (as Rajeshwari Sachdev Badola)
Divya Dutta ... Vindhya
Yashpal Sharma ... Ramsingh
Ravi Jhankal ... Munnibai Mukhanni
Lalit Mohan Tiwari ... Subedar Singh
Shri Vallabh Vyas ... Ramavtar (as Vallabh Vyas)
Masood Akhtar ... Postman
Daya Shankar Pandey ... Chidamiram Sapera (as Dayasankar Paandey)
Satish Sharma ... Publisher
Mangala Kenkre ... Mahadev's mother (as Mangal Kenkre)
Vineeta Malik ... Kamala's mother-in-law
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Mahadev Ka Sajjanpur (India: Hindi title) (working title)
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Runtime:

India:133 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

India

Company:

UTV Bindass more


Fun Stuff

Movie Connections:

Features Saajan (1991) more

Soundtrack:

Sita Ram, Sita Ram, SitaRam, Sita Ram more


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With love, from Sajjanpur..., 29 November 2008
7/10
Author: sagar79 from India

As an actor, Shreyas Talpade, has exceeded my expectations every time I have seen him perform on the screen. "Welcome to Sajjanpur" in true sense is a welcome break for Bollywood, which now a days is churning out comedies which are more non-sense than light-hearted. Of course Mr.Benegal's class is very evident from each and everyone of the characters he as presented in this story.

WTS is a simple story of an arts graduate, Mahadev (Shreyas) who's new found talent of writing letters is an instant hit with the villagers. Parallely, he evolves into a writing consultant with such an élan that even a guy in love gets his love-letter written from Mahadev. There are a number of very funny people, with a variety of problems coming to him for having their letters written and the way events turn due to his thoughtful letters are truly engrossing. Ila Arun's character was the best among the supporting roles and I couldn't help laughing out mad at the climax of the movie.

Phew! very few movies like this stand up to the class of yesteryear comedies (Read Hrishikesh classics). 07/10 Don't miss this movie.

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