''Ajeya'' ( ) is a 1985 Indian

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

-language film directed and co-produced by

Siddalingaiah Siddalingaiah (15 December 1936 – 12 March 2015) was an Indian film director, scriptwriter and producer who worked mainly in the Kannada films. He was well known for his distinct film-making style, and the industry knew him as a master of ...

and based on the novel of the same name written by B. L. Venu. The film starred Siddalingaiah's son

Murali Murali may refer to: People Mononyms *Murali (Malayalam actor) (1954–2009), name of Malayalam film actor Muraleedharan Pillai, who appeared in ''Neythukaran'' and ''Aadhaaram'' *Murali (Tamil actor) (1964–2010), Tamil actor who appeared ...

in dual roles and Sandhya. The film has music composed by

Ilaiyaraaja Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and playback singer popular for his works in Indian cinema, predominately in Tamil cinema, Tamil in addition ...

. The film was simultaneously shot in Tamil by the same director as ''Pudir'' () with a slightly different supporting cast. This version was released in 1986.

Plot

''The plot uses the names from the Tamil version.'' Anuradha is a wealthy and spoiled teenage girl who is raised by her step-mother, after her father died under mysterious circumstances. Vijay appears as a poor educated youth who happens to save her from a group of vagabonds. She, however, constantly gets into fights with Vijay, which eventually leads to the two falling in love. Their love is met with many obstacles, as Anuradha's scheming uncle and cousin try to gain all of Anuradha's wealth. Vijay, on the other hand, has to deal with Chinni as rivals for Anuradha's love. Towards the end as everything seems to go right for the couple, a sudden plot twist occurs when a second Vijay enters the picture and claims himself as the real Vijay and true love of Anuradha. Will Anuradha be able to sort out the identity of the real Murali? Watch the film to find out.

Cast

as Ajey (Kannada) / Vijay and Azhagu (Tamil) * Sandhya as Anuradha (Tamil) * Ashalatha ;Kannada version * Leelavathi *

Doddanna Doddanna is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry who has acted in about 800 films. He started his career as a theatre actor. During this time, he entered the Kannada film industry as a character actor. Early life The youngest son in t ...

* Anuradha *

Vijay Kashi Vijay Kashi is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. Some of his notable films are '' Undu Hoda Kondu Hoda'' (1992), '' Mangalyam Tantunanena'' (1998), ''Suryavamsha'' (1999). Personal life Vijay Kashi is married to Vyjayanthi Kashi. T ...

* Rajaram ;Tamil version * Leo Prabhu *

Chinni Jayanth Chinni Jayanth is an Indian film director, producer, comedian, actor and mimicry artist who has appeared in many main, character and supporting roles in Tamil films. He is also a popular television personality having hosted hit shows like ''S ...

as Vijay's cousin *

Delhi Ganesh Ganesan Mahadevan (1 August 1944 – 9 November 2024), known by his stage name Delhi Ganesh, was an Indian actor who mostly acted in supporting roles in Tamil cinema and serials. He was well known for the versatility of roles he played during h ...

Soundtrack

All the songs are composed and scored by

, with the lyrics by Doddarangegowda and Shyamsundar Kulkarni for the Kannada version. ;Kannada version ;Tamil version

References

External links

* * {{Siddalingaiah 1980s Indian films 1980s Kannada-language films 1980s Tamil-language films 1985 films 1986 films Films about lookalikes Films based on Indian novels Films directed by Siddalingaiah Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Indian multilingual films Tamil-language Indian films