Cast: Shreyas Talpade,Amrita Rao, Ravi Kishan, Ila Arun, Divya Dutta, Yashpal Sharma, ajeshwari Sachdev,Ravi Jhankal and others
Director:Shyam Benegal
Producer:Ronnie Screwvala and Zarina Mehta
Music:Shantanu Moitra
Date of Released:September 19th, 2008
'Welcome to Sajjanpur' is Directed by Shyam Benegal. The director has come up with a very neat
subject that has not been delved upon and he has come up with a good presentation and a mature
narrative to support him.
An interesting tale, the story is about a small village Sajjanpur which has its share of interesting
characters. The protagonist is Mahadev (Shreyas Talpade), who has the privilege of being the highly
educated and literate person in the village and his ambition is to become a writer. For now, he is
fulfilling his ambition by sitting next to the post office and reading and writing letters to the huge
uneducated lot of the village and thereby making his livelihood.
Some of the prominent characters he comes across in his daily life include a local goon Ramsingh
(Yashpal Sharma) who wants to be a politician, a eunuch Munni Bhai (Ravi Jhankal), a devoted
housewife whose husband has not returned from Mumbai for the past four years, an orthodox woman
of the village Mausi (Ila Arun), a retired army officer who is highly short tempered and also has a widow
daughter-in-law Shobharani (Rajeshwari Sachdev) and last but not the least there is also his childhood
sweetheart Kamala (Amrita Rao) who is now married to someone else. Mahadev's strength lies in his
ability to come up with good letters and soon he begins to misuse his power for his own needs and
ends up creating chaos and confusion and sometimes interesting outcomes. And what happens
hereafter is to be seen on the screen.
Presentation:
He has been well supported by the technical crew as the music was in sync with the mood, the camera
captured the locales effectively, the pace was moderate. Though the script was not extraordinary, the
deft handling of the screenplay and the editing made up for the drawbacks. Shreyas came again with a
remarkable performance, Amrita from her end was cute and fitted the bill perfectly. Yashpal Sharma
was excellent, Divya Dutta was superb, Ila Arun was effective, Ravi Kishan was impressive,
Rajeshwari Sachdeva was apt, Ravi Jhankal was hilarious. Even Kunal Kapoor made his presence felt
though it was for few moments.
Verdict:Good |  |
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