''Jai Maruthi 800'' is a 2016 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 ...

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film written and directed by A. Harsha and produced by Jayanna. It stars Sharan,

Shruthi Hariharan Sruthi Hariharan (born 2 February 1989) is an Indian actress who primarily appears in Kannada and Tamil language, Tamil films. Sruthi is a recipient of a National Film Awards, National Film Award, three Filmfare Awards South and one Karnataka ...

and

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in the lead roles. The music is composed by

Arjun Janya Arjun Janya (born Lokesh Kumar) is an Indian film score soundtrack composer, singer and director. Arjun made his film debut in the 2006 Kannada film ''Autograph Please''. Arjun Janya won Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director for ...

and cinematography by Swamy J. Gowda.

Plot

Jeeva ( Sharan) must correct the mistakes understood about his best friend Raghu by his villagers in childhood after his death. Then he goes to his friend's village where two village heads are enemies. When he enters he sees Raghu's sister and her boyfriend are just to be killed by the head because he is from another village. He manages to save them by marrying them and separating them in the eyes of the head. He says that he is Jeeva and a fan of the head. He lies to Raghu's mother and two sisters that he is Raghu. He then goes to another village in the form of a director. There he falls in love with the head's daughter Geeta ( Shruti Hariharan), who later reciprocates it after knowing his good character. But the twist in the tale comes when his village's head's sister Smita ( Shuba Punja) tells that she loves him. Later Geeta's father learns his mistake. Jeeva violently beats up Smita's brother and gives him a chance to change which he does. The film ends with Raghu's sister's marriage. The pandit asks about Jeeva's marriage which again creates a rift which Jeeva resolves. Jeeva asks the god Maruti which he advices to choose himself.

Cast

* Sharan as Jeeva *

as Geetha *

as Smitha * Vijayanand as Raghu *

Sadhu Kokila Sahaya Sheelan Shadrach, (born 24 March 1966) known by his Stage name Sadhu Kokila, is an Indian comedian, musician, actor, film director, producer, occasional screenwriter and lyricist who works in Kannada cinema. He began his career as a com ...

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Kuri Prathap Prathap (also known as ''Kuri'' Prathap) is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. He made his debut in the movie '' Sixer'' (2007), and went on to cast in many commercial films. Some films Prathap worked as an actor include '' Mylari'' ...

* Jehangir M.S. * Mico Nagaraj *

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as Narasimha * Madhu Guruswamy as Veerappa * Pavan Kumar * Mohan Juneja * Apoorva * Vidya Rao * Tanuja *

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* Harini Shrikanth *

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* Ravindranath * Bhajarangi Mohan * Vijay Koundinya * Kaavya Sha (special appearance in the song "Jai Maruthi")

Production

Director Harsha, known for his action films like ''

Bhajarangi ''Bhajarangi'' is a 2013 Indian Kannada-language fantasy action film directed by A. Harsha, who co-wrote the script with Nanda Kishore and Shakthi. The film stars Shiva Rajkumar, Aindrita Ray, Madhu Guruswamy, Rukmini Vijayakumar and Saurav Lo ...

'' and '' Vajrakaya'' came up with a light hearted comedy script in order to break the stereotype. Actor Sharan was roped in to play the main role while Shruthi Hariharan was selected to play the opposite lead role. Shubha Poonja was cast in the second lead role. The principal photography started in August 2015. The first schedule of the shooting was held at

Belgaum Belgaum (Kannada ISO 15919, ISO: ''Bēḷagāma'', ), officially known as Belagavi (also Belgaon), is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka located near its northern western border in the Western Ghats. It is the administrative headquarters ...

. For some of the action scenes, Sharan underwent rigorous workouts and developed six packs. The director revealed that the story starts as a period drama and drifts towards the present time.

Soundtrack

has composed the film's background score and the soundtrack.

Track listing

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 5544430 2010s Kannada-language films 2010s Indian films Films directed by Harsha Indian action comedy films 2016 action comedy films 2016 comedy films Films scored by Arjun Janya