Vajrakaya
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Directed by | Harsha |
Produced by | C. R. Manohar C. R. Gopi |
Screenplay by | Harsha |
Story by | Harsha |
Starring | Shiva Rajkumar Karunya Ram Nabha Natesh |
Music by | Arjun Janya |
Cinematography | Swamy J. |
Edited by | Deepu S. Kumar |
Production
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Tanvi Films
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Distributed by | Jayanna Films |
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Running time
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145 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Kannada |
Vajrakaya (Kannada: ವಜ್ರಕಾಯ) is a 2015 Indian Kannada drama film directed by Harsha. It stars Shiva Rajkumar, Nabha Natesh and Karunya Ram in the lead roles,[1] with Avinash, Ravi Kale and Suman as supporting cast.
Plot
Viraj is an adopted kid, adopted at a young age. He falls in love with Geetha, daughter of Viraj's father's friend. Viraj's father invites Geetha's family for his wedding anniversary and proposes his son's marriage with her. But Geetha's father rejects the proposal since Viraj is an adopted kid. Viraj's father gets a heart attack and gets admitted to the hospital. After he becomes conscious, he tells Viraj that he is not an orphan and has a family with his mother and grandfather still being alive. Viraj then embarks on a journey in search of his mother, to the heartless kingdom of his grandfather. How Viraj reunites with his mother and grandfather forms the rest of the story.
Cast
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- Shiva Rajkumar as Viraj
- Nabha Natesh as "Pathaka" Parvathi
- Karunya Ram
- Shubra Aiyappa as Geetha
- Padmaja Rao
- Sadhu Kokila
- Avinash
- Ravi Kale
- Madhu Guruswamy
- Jayasudha as Lakshmi
- Suman as Veera Prathapa Simha
- Chikkanna
- Jayanand
- Kuri Prathap
- Thanuja
- Manjunath Gowda
- Karan
- Lekhachandra
- Ravichandran in a cameo appearance
- Dileep in a cameo appearance in intro song
- Sivakarthikeyan in a cameo appearance
- Ravi Teja in a cameo appearance in intro song
Production
Harsha collaborated with Shiva Rajkumar for the second time following the success of their previous venture Bhajarangi (2013). Filming for Vajrakaya began in June 2014.[2] Filming of certain sequences took place in Italy.[3] Song sequences in the film featured cameo appearances of actors of South Indian cinema such as Ravichandran, Sivakarthikeyan, Dileep and Ravi Teja.[4]
Reception
Vajrakaya received highly positive reviews from both critics and the audience. Veena.N of Filmibeat gave 3.5/5 saying "Shivanna's performance is the highlight!". Shyam Prasad of BangaloreMirror.com rated 3.5/5 saying the film is "a fantasy for Shivanna's fans". Times of India rated 4/5 for this film.
Soundtrack
Vajrakaya | |
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Soundtrack album by Arjun Janya | |
Released | 28 April 2015 |
Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
Length | 23:52 |
Label | Anand Audio |
Arjun Janya, scoring for his 50th feature film,[5] composed the film's background score and music for its soundtrack. The soundtrack features tracks sung by actors Dhanush, Sharan.[6] The album consists of six tracks.[7] It was released on 28 April 2015, in Bangalore.[8]
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No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
1. | "Vajrakaya" | V. Nagendra Prasad | Shankar Mahadevan | 4:16 |
2. | "No Problem" | Mohan | Dhanush | 3:58 |
3. | "Kandamma Muddamma" | K. Kalyan | Karthik | 4:30 |
4. | "Thukatha Gadabada" | Yogananda Muddan | Sharan, Sunitha | 3:39 |
5. | "Usire" | K. Kalyan | Santhosh | 5:21 |
6. | "Vajrakaya Theme" | 2:08 | ||
Total length:
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23:52 |
Nam Cinema rated the album 3.5 stars out of 5 [9] The track "No Problem" was received as well. The Hindu wrote, "Dhanush delivers the cool, simple tune effortlessly, even as Arjun adorns it with a neat harmonica sound now identified as ‘that Harris Jayaraj sound’."[10]
References
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External links
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