Jalsa

Jalsa (transl. Fun) is a 2008 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film written and directed by Trivikram Srinivas and produced by Allu Aravind, under the Geetha Arts banner starring Pawan Kalyan, Ileana, Parvati Melton, Kamalinee Mukerji, Mukesh Rishi and Prakash Raj. The soundtrack of the film composed by Devi Sri Prasad, was launched on 29 February 2008. The film was released on 2 April 2008.[1]

For the 2016 film, see Jalsa (2016 film).

Jalsa
Pawan Kalyan and Ileana
Directed byTrivikram Srinivas
Produced byAllu Aravind
Written byTrivikram Srinivas
StarringPawan Kalyan
Ileana
Parvati Melton
Kamalinee Mukerji
Mukesh Rishi
Prakash Raj
Narrated byMahesh Babu
Music byDevi Sri Prasad
CinematographyK. V. Guhan
Rasool Ellore
Edited bySreekar Prasad
Distributed byGeetha Arts
Release date
  • 2 April 2008 (2008-04-02)
Running time
167 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Plot

Sanjay Sahu aka Sanju (Pawan Kalyan) is a post-graduate from Osmania University and is working as a gym instructor. He is in love with Indu (Kamalini Mukherjee), who wishes to marry him. She makes him meet her father (Prakash Raj), who is a police officer and also happens to be his old acquaintance. Her father declines to approve their love, and she is forced to marry according to her father's choice. Meanwhile, Indu's sister Bhagyamathi aka Bhagi (Ileana) and her friend Jyothsna aka Jo (Parvati Melton) are chased by hoodlums before being rescued by Sanju. Furthermore, Jo and Bhagi are ragged in the college before being again rescued by Sanju. Both begin to like Sanju and even decide to propose their love to him without their knowledge of the other. However, it is Jo who proposes first to Sanju, who rejects her. Careful after seeing her friend's love rejected, Bhagi, with the help of Sreenu (Sunil), begins wooing Sanju.

Bhagi keeps wooing Sanju in different ways under Sreenu's supervision. Sreenu keeps advising Bhagi with new ideas, so that she impresses Sanju. With his idea, Bhagi vacates the previous tenants in Sanjus' house and gets into that house to woo Sanju. She keeps trying in many ways to impress him, which evokes comedy. Bhagi keeps meeting Sanju, tries to know more about him. After many comical situations coming their way, love blossoms between the two, but unfortunately at a party where Jo is also one of the attendees, he spills all the beans about Bhagi and Sanju is infurated and breaks their relationship. But later that party night in conversation with Bhagi, drunken Sanju begins to showcase that he isn't a correct fit to her, yet the unending love of Bhagi towards Sanju, makes him fall for her and both again get into a relationship marking it with a smooch.

Meanwhile, Damodar Reddy (Mukesh Rishi), a powerful land grabber who takes care of all the settlements while still in jail, is out on parole. He is in search of Sanju for spoiling his land deals in the past and thrashing his son, who was one of the goons who chased Bhagi. He makes an attempt on Sanju's life but in vain. However, Sanju's friend Abhi (Ali) is taken hostage during the attack. Sanju rescues Abhi but is enraged when his friends stop him from assaulting the kidnapper by questioning his authority to take law into his hands and bringing them troubles. Sanju then reveals his flashback, in which he hailed from a poor rural family. His brother dies of heart disease as a child. His father Janardhan Sahu (Shishir Sharma) commits suicide as crops fail, and his mother too passes away. While going to the burial ground, he repeatedly slips and swoons at a stone pillar. He plucks it out, which enrages the henchmen of Damodar Reddy . When they attack him, Sahu beats them up, disappears into a forest, and joins Naxalites. During a combing operation, he joins hands with the father of Indu and Bhagi - a police officer - and his team to eliminate the team in an encounter. Sanju is then rehabilitated as a college student in Hyderabad.

Bhagi confesses to her father about her intention to marry Sanju, but her father rejects it by revealing to her about Sanju being an ex-lover of her sister Indu, and an ex-naxal. Shocked, Bhagi agrees to get married as per her father's choice. Her father arranges the engagement of Bhagi with Raghu Ram (Sivaji). Sanju is disgusted that Bhagi has given her assent to the engagement and decides to break it. Meanwhile, Sanju comes to know that the man who attempted on his life is none other than Damodar Reddy and that Raghu Ram is the elder son of Damodar Reddy. Sanju confronts Damodar Reddy in jail and challenges him. Damodar Reddy gets out of jail and forcibly arranges the marriage of Raghuram with Bhagi. Sanju, meanwhile, kidnaps the younger son of Damodar Reddy (Aditya Redij), takes him head-on, and defeats him. The film ends with Bhagi marrying Sanju.

Cast

Release

The film was originally scheduled to be released on 27 March 2008, but because of delays in the digital intermediate (DI) process. Jalsa was later released with 400 Prints in 800 theaters worldwide across 1000 Screens on 2 April 2008.[3][4]

Awards and nominations
Filmfare Awards South[5]
Santosham Film Awards[6]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film was launched on 29 February 2008. The audio rights were sold to Aditya Music for ₹ 9 million,[7][8] the highest for a Telugu film of its released month.[9] The music got very good reviews from websites[10][11][12] and an excellent response from the public itself.[13] The music has been topping the charts since its release.[14][15] Devi Sri Prasad received the 2008 Santosham Best Music Director Award for his work on the film's music.

Jalsa
Soundtrack album by
Devi Sri Prasad
Released2 April 2008 (2008-04-02)
Recorded2008
GenreFilm soundtrack
Length36:24
LabelAditya Music
ProducerDevi Sri Prasad
Devi Sri Prasad chronology
Tulasi
(2007)		 Jalsa
(2008)		 Ready
(2008)
Track-List
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Jalsa" (Picturised on Pawan Kalyan and Ileana)Sirivennela Seetharama SastryBaba Sehgal, Rita4:19
2."My Heart is Beating" (Picturised on Pawan Kalyan and Ileana D'Cruz)Sirivennela Seetharama SastryK. K.4:59
3."You and I" (Picturised on Pawan Kalyan, Parvati Melton and Ileana D'Cruz)Sirivennela Seetharama SastryDevi Sri Prasad5:00
4."Chalore Chalore Chal" (Picturised on Pawan Kalyan and Prakash Raj)Sirivennela Seetharama SastryRanjith2:46
5."Jennifer Lopez" (Picturised on Pawan Kalyan and Parvati Melton)Ramajogayya SastryBenny Dayal, Priya4:19
6."Gaallo Thelinattunde" (Picturised on Pawan Kalyan and Ileana)Bhaskarabhatla Ravi KumarTippu, Gopika Poornima4:52
7."Chalore Chalore Chal (Hindi)" (Bonus track)Raqueeb AlamDevi Sri Prasad3:05
8."My Heart is Beating (Remix)" (Remix)Sirivennela Seetharama SastryK. K.3:02
9."Jalsa (The Devi Mix)" (Remix of title song)Sirivennela Seetharama SastryBaba Sehgal, Devi Sri Prasad4:02
Total length:36:24
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References
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  2. "Mahesh goes a step ahead with 'Jalsa'". 17 March 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2008.
  3. Jalsa
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  5. "56th Filmfare Awards South". ReachoutHyderabad. 10 October 2011. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  6. Durr, William Kirtley (1983). Awards. Houghton Mifflin. OCLC 777371017.
  7. "Pawan kalyan's 'Jalsa' audio rights bagged for 90 Lakhs". 29 January 2008. Archived from the original on 1 February 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2008.
  8. "'Jalsa' audio rights bagged for 90 Lakhs". 29 January 2008. Archived from the original on 20 February 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2008.
  9. "Power Star Pawan Kalyan's JALSA Title Song". Archived from the original on 12 March 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2008.
  10. "Jalsa Music Review – Jalsa All The Way". Archived from the original on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2008.
  11. "Jalsa Music Review". Retrieved 24 March 2008.
  12. "Jalsa is sheer fun". Archived from the original on 30 March 2008. Retrieved 26 March 2008.
  13. "'Jalsa' audio response from across the state". Archived from the original on 10 March 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2008.
  14. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 January 2009. Retrieved 2008-03-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)Retrieved 29 March 2008
  15. "Trilingual 'Jalsa' tops Telugu music charts". 6 March 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
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