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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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User Comments:
Well made comedy by Benegal more (26 total)

Cast

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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

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Soundtrack:
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Well made comedy by Benegal, 12 October 2008
8/10
Author: saxena_ashes from India

Nice comedy set up completely in the rural India, with jokes that make good sense in the local dialect which should not be difficult to comprehend. Ace director Shyam Benegal has made a perfect movie, albeit quite different from the serious classics he has directed in the past. Shreyas Talpade as the aspiring novelist ends up being a scribe, and therefore has a peek into everyone's lives in the village. Ends up manipulating people's lives through letters, especially his love interest's. Quite a number of funny sub plots follow, and the humor doesn't let you feel they are getting too many to remember. A few melodious numbers add to the movie.

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