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''Jai Lalitha'' is a 2014 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
comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...
directed by
Pon Kumaran Pon Kumaran (also credited as P. Kumar) is an Indian film writer and director working predominantly in Kannada cinema, Kannada and Tamil cinema, Tamil films. He made his directorial debut with the blockbuster Kannada film ''Vishnuvardhana (film ...
. It stars Sharan,
Aishwarya Devan Aishwarya Devan is an Indian actress and model from Kerala, who has acted in Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada cinema. She was crowned Femina Miss India Maharashtra in 2017. She won various subtitles during the contest and made it to top-6 finalists ...
,
Disha Pandey Disha Pandey (born 17 January) is an Indian actress. She has appeared in films in Tamil, notably in the commercial success, '' Thamizh Padam'' (2010), and in Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. Early life In comments published in a 2011 article in ''T ...
and
Ravishankar Gowda Ravishankar Gowda (born 26 August 1973) is an Indian actor who works in the Kannada film industry. He is known mostly for his comic roles in television and films. He acted as Dr. Vittal Rao, in the sitcom ''Silli Lalli'' which aired on ETV Kann ...
in the lead roles. The film is a remake of the
Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...
film ''
Mayamohini ''Mayamohini'' is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film directed by Jose Thomas and written by Udayakrishna and Siby K. Thomas, starring Dileep in the title role with Biju Menon, Mohan Sharma, Baburaj, Raai Laxmi, Mythili and ...
'' (2012). ''Jai Lalitha'' released on 27 June 2014. Previously titled ''Smt. Jayalalitha'', the film met with controversies over the name coinciding with the name of the
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,
Jayalalithaa Jayaram Jayalalithaa (24 February 1948 – 5 December 2016), popularly known as Amma, was an Indian actress, politician, and philanthropist who served as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu for more than fourteen years between 1991 and 2016. She ...
. Later, it was renamed as ''Jai Lalitha''. However, the director clarified that the name has no connection with the chief minister and instead signifies the strong embodiment of the 'woman-in-disguise' character that Sharan was supposed to play.


Cast


Production

Pon Kumaran Pon Kumaran (also credited as P. Kumar) is an Indian film writer and director working predominantly in Kannada cinema, Kannada and Tamil cinema, Tamil films. He made his directorial debut with the blockbuster Kannada film ''Vishnuvardhana (film ...
, who tasted success with ''
Vishnuvardhana Vishnuvardhana () was a king of the Hoysala Empire in what is today the state of Karnataka, India. He ascended the Hoysala throne after the death of his elder brother Veera Ballala I in 1108. Originally a follower of Jainism and known as ...
'' and ''
Chaarulatha ''Chaarulatha'' (also spelled as ''Charulatha'') is a 2012 Indian horror film made in Kannada and Tamil. The film was directed by Pon Kumaran, a former associate to K. Bhagyaraj and K. S. Ravikumar, and features Priyamani in a dual role and ...
'', planned to remake the Malayalam hit film ''
Mayamohini ''Mayamohini'' is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film directed by Jose Thomas and written by Udayakrishna and Siby K. Thomas, starring Dileep in the title role with Biju Menon, Mohan Sharma, Baburaj, Raai Laxmi, Mythili and ...
'' in Kannada. He approached actor Sharan and narrated the story to him while on the sets of ''Kempegowda''. Sharan was initially reluctant to appear in a female get-up. Later, he agreed upon the role and shed around 11 kilos in preparation. To get the external appearance right, he went through beauty treatments including facial, bleaching and threading. He stated that he lived like a woman for four months, trying to adopt feminine mannerisms by shutting himself at home and wearing his wife's clothes to practice. ''Jai Lalitha'' was shot in Bangalore, Mysore and other areas of Karnataka.


Soundtrack

The audio was launched on 26 May 2014 at hotel Citadel in Bangalore. Popular music director
V. Harikrishna V. Harikrishna (born 5 November 1974) is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, playback singer and Producer. He has mainly scored music for Kannada films. Harikrishna made his debut as an independent composer in actor Darshan's first ...
and director Dinakar Thoogudeep were present as the chief guest. Actor
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and director
Yogaraj Bhat Yogaraj Bhat (born 8 October 1972) is an Indian film-maker, director, screenwriter, lyricist and producer who primarily works in Kannada cinema. He is most known for the 2006 film '' Mungaru Male''. The film recorded the highest box-office coll ...
have recorded their voices for the soundtrack of the film. The music is composed by Sridhar V. Sambhram consisting of six tracks and all songs are written by Lokesh Krishna.


Release

The film released on 27 June 2014. The distribution rights were taken up by Thoogudeepa Productions of actor
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and his brother Dinakar. ''Jai Lalitha'' was given a U/A certificate by the Regional Censor Board.


Critical reception

The Times of India ''The Times of India'' (''TOI'') is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by the Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest newspaper in India by circulation an ...
gave 3 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Director P Kumar has selected a good subject with a focus on comedy. Even the script too deserves a pat. But as story opens up, there are too many characters and sequences that give new twists to the story. Though it is appreciable as all of them form part of the script, it is difficult to follow the sequences suddenly too many turns to the story crop up. Once the movie ends, it takes sometime for the audience to recap the narration. But director has mainatined icthe comedy to some extent in all sequences with dialogues and Sharan at his best". ''
The New Indian Express ''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naidu ...
'' wrote, "P Kumar seems to have definitely done justice to this remake of the Malayalam comedy flick ''Mayamohini''. Sure to tickle your funny bones, ''Jai Lalitha'' is a one-time watch". ''
Deccan Chronicle ''Deccan Chronicle'' is an English-language daily newspaper based in Hyderabad, India. Founded in 1938, it was initially launched as a Weekly newspaper, weekly and later converted into a daily. The newspaper's name reflects its origins in the ...
'' wrote, "Though the hard work towards looking ‘like’ a woman reflects well in the posters, it does not replicate much in terms of performance and makes it a painful watch for over two hours. It is yet again a simple gimmick to draw the audience to theatres while the screenplay and other vital aspects lack substance for a decent entertainment".


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OneIndia information
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