''Janda Pai Kapiraju'' () is a 2015 Indian

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-language

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written and directed by

Samuthirakani P. Samuthirakani (born 26 April 1973) is an Indian actor and film director who works predominantly in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. He worked as an assistant to director K. Balachander, in '' Paarthale Paravasam''. He won the National F ...

, and features Nani in dual roles and

Amala Paul Amala Paul (born 26 October 1991) is an Indian actress and producer who is primarily working in Tamil and Malayalam films, in addition to some Telugu and Hindi films. She is a recipient of a Tamil Nadu State Film Award, a Filmfare Award Sou ...

in lead roles. The film's soundtrack and score were composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar. The original version was in

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, titled ''

Nimirndhu Nil ''Nimirndhu Nil'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Samuthirakani featuring Ravi Mohan (then known as Jayam Ravi) in a dual role, and Amala Paul. It was produced by KS Sreenivasan's Vaasan Visual Ven ...

,'' with Jayam Ravi in the main role. While the Tamil version with

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released in 2014, the Telugu version was released on March 21, 2015. Nani played a

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for the first time in his career. Despite already having a Tamil version, the Telugu version was dubbed and released in Tamil as ''Velan Ettuthikkum'' in 2018.

Plot

Aravind Shivashankar is a 26-year-old youth who was brought up in an

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. The film's first schedule of shooting started a day later. Nani plays dual roles — that of a 24-year-old and of a 42-year-old.

plays the female lead in both the versions. The movie was produced by KS Sreenivasan's Vaasan Visual Ventures.

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was reported to have an important role in the film, but she said on Twitter that she was not acting in the film.

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was convinced to play an important role. By March 2014, the progress of the shoot was announced to be 50% complete and a first look was launched on Nani's birthday. The next shooting schedule began the same month in Hyderabad with a duration of 3 weeks - scenes of Nani and Amala were shot. On 26 November 2014 revealed on his Twitter the looks of his dual roles. On 5 December 2014 a press release revealed that the film's shoot was wrapped up that day. The movie released on 21 March 2015.

Soundtrack

G. V. Prakash Kumar composed the music for both the Telugu and Tamil Versions which featured the same soundtrack. The audio was launched on

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music label at

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, Hyderabad on 28 December 2013.

References

External links

* {{Samuthirakani 2010s Telugu-language films Indian multilingual films Indian action films 2015 action films 2015 films Central Bureau of Investigation in fiction Films scored by G. V. Prakash Kumar Films about corruption in India Indian vigilante films Twins in Indian films 2010s vigilante films 2015 multilingual films