Sanju Weds Geetha

Sanju Weds Geetha
Directed by	Nagashekar
Produced by	Pramod Narayan Murali Mohan
Screenplay by	Nagashekhar
Story by	Nagashekhar
Starring	Srinagar Kitty Ramya(Divya spandana) Suhasini Maniratnam Avinash
Music by	Jassie Gift Background Music: Sadhu Kokila
Cinematography	Satya Hegde
Edited by	Jo Ni Harsha
Release date	1 April 2011 (2011-04-01)
Running time	138 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Sanju Weds Geetha is a 2011 Indian Kannada film in the romance genre starring Srinagar Kitty and Ramya in the lead roles. It was directed and written by actor-director Nagashekar and produced by Pramod Narayan. While Jassie Gift composed the soundtrack, Sadhu Kokila composed the background score. The film released on 1 April 2011.^[1]

The film was hugely successful at the box-office upon release and won many critical acclaims and awards including the Karnataka State Film Awards, Filmfare Awards South and Suvarna Film Awards in various categories.

The movie was remade in 2017 in Bengali as Tomake Chai.^[2]

Plot

Sanju Weds Geetha begins with Sanju (Srinagar Kitty) graduating in computer science with top marks — immediately after which he leaves to his native Kodagu. There he meets Geetha (Ramya) who is seen helping a beggar on the street, and he is instantly infatuated. He pursues her to like him, too. After several attempts, the strict and strong-willed Geetha gives into Sanju's good nature and they soon become very close. When Geetha reveals a dark childhood story to Sanju that involves her being abused by her cousin, Sanju looks past the incident and likes her even more.

The evil cousin finds out about the romance between Sanju and Geetha and then he misbehaves with Geetha. She forces Sanju to marry her soon; he agrees and tells her that they will be marrying the very next day. Geetha runs away from her house. On the way, the evil cousin abducts and takes advantage of her. Sanju finds out something is amiss and finds Geetha and rescues her from the cousin. He gives the evil cousin a chase then he hunts him down and kills him.

Sanju is sentenced for life for the murder. When Geetha visits him in jail, he asks her to marry someone else. She becomes more depressed. On one occasion Geetha visits one of their previous meeting spots. She slips from the lookout, hurts her head, and loses her memory. A series of tragic events follow leading to the ultimate death of Sanju and Geetha.

Cast

• Srinagar Kitty as Sanju
• Ramya as Geetha
• Suhasini Maniratnam
• Avinash
• Rangayana Raghu
• Sadhu Kokila
• Jai Jagadish
• Arun Sagar
• Bullet Prakash
• Tabla Nani
• Jayalakshmi
• Sharath Lohitashwa
• Brinda Parekh in a special appearance in song "Ravana Seete Kadda"

Soundtrack

Sanju Weds Geetha
Soundtrack cover
Soundtrack album by Jassie Gift
Released	25 February 2011
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	33:04
Language	Kannada
Label	Anand Audio

Jassie Gift's music and Kaviraj's lyrics for the movie have been widely appreciated and is considered one of the top chartbusters.^[3] Jassie Gift reused the composition of "Gaganave Baagi" for the song "Arikil Ninnalum" in the Malayalam film Chinatown.^[4] The soundtrack album consists of seven soundtracks.^[5]

Awards

Divya Spandana won Several Accolades for her Performance in the Movie

1st South Indian International Movie Awards

• SIIMA Award for Best Director – Nagashekar
• SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer– Sathya Hedge
• Best Actress – Ramya
• SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist – Kaviraj for "Gaganave Baagi"

Filmfare Awards South

• Filmfare Award for Best Director - Kannada – Nagashekar
• Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Kannada – Ramya
• Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Kannada – Shreya Ghoshal – "Gaganave Baagi"
• Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist - Kannada – Kaviraj – "Gaganave Baagi"

Suvarna Film Awards

• Suvarna Award for Best Actress – Ramya
• Suvarna Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Shreya Ghoshal – "Gaganave Baagi"

Karnataka State Film Awards

• Best Actress – Ramya

References

• Sanju Weds Geetha Songs