Jalsa

Infobox Film
name = Jalsa

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director = Trivikram Srinivas
producer = Allu Aravind
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writer = Trivikram Srinivas
starring = Pawan Kalyan,
Ileana D'Cruz,
Kamalinee Mukherjee,
Parvati Melton
music = Devi Sri Prasad
cinematography = K.V. Guhan
Rasool Ellore
editing = Sreekar Prasad
distributor = Geeta Arts
released = April 2, 2008
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country = India
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language = Telugu
budget = Rs. 28 crores
[Approx. USD 7,000,000]
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website = http://www.jalsathemovie.com
imdb_id = 1191121

"Jalsa" (Telugu: జల్సా, English translation: "Fun") is a 2008 Telugu film directed by Trivikram Srinivas, who returns after directing the hit "Athadu", and produced by Allu Aravind, under the Geetha Arts banner. The film stars Pawan Kalyan, Ileana D'Cruz and Parvati Melton in pivotal roles. The soundtrack of the film, composed by Devi Sri Prasad, was launched on February 29, 2008. The film was originally planned to be released on March 27, 2008, but because of the delay in the Digital Intermediate (DI) process, the film released on April 2, 2008. The film completed its 100 day run successfully in 25 centres. This is the biggest hit for Pawan kalyan after 7 years of gap Fact|date=July 2008

Plot & Review

Sanjay Sahu (Pawan Kalyan) is the son of a poor farmer. While his brother dies at an early age with a heart disease, his parents commit suicide after a crop loss. This forces him to take a decision to retaliate against society, and he joins the naxalite movement.

After a fierce encounter, Sanjay surrenders to the police, and continues his education. He falls in love with a police officer’s (Prakash Raj) daughter Indu (Kamalini Mukherjee). However, he cannot convince the officer to let him get married to his daughter, and she gets married to an NRI.

Again, Jyotsna alias Jo (Parvati Melton) and Bhagyamati alias Baagi (Ileana) enter his life. While Sanjay rejects Jo outright, Baagi makes several attempts to win his love, and finally succeeds. But her father does not accept the alliance, as he knows well that Sanjay is a former naxalite.

At this juncture, Damodar Reddy (Mukhesh Rushi) enters the scene, as he bears a grudge against Sanjay for thrashing his second son. Reddy fixes Baagi's marriage by force with his second son. Does he succeed in performing the marriage? How does Sanjay stop the marriage? How is Sanjay able to express his love towards Baagi? Does Baagi’s father accept their marriage? Answers to all these questions form part of the climax.

Cast

* Pawan Kalyan as Sanjay Sahu
* Ileana D'Cruz as Bhagyamathi
* Ali
* Prakash Raj as Indu and Bhagyamati's father
* Brahmanandam as Head constable Pranav
* Sunil as Seenu
* Kamalinee Mukerji as Indu
* Parvati Melton as Jyothsana a.k.a Jo
* Mahesh Babu ... Narrator [cite news | url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/37311.html| title=Mahesh goes a step ahead with 'Jalsa' | accessdate=2008-03-24]

Crew

* Director: Trivikram Srinivas
* Screenplay: Trivikram Srinivas
* Story: Trivikram Srinivas
* Dialogue: Trivikram Srinivas
* Producer: Allu Aravind
* Music: Devi sri Prasad
* Art Director: Anand Sai
* Cinematographer: K.V. Guhan & Rasool Ellore
* Editing: Sreekar Prasad
* Fights: Vijay
* Sound: P. Madhusudan Reddy
* Executive Producer: Nagaraju Chittajallu
* Executive Producer: Allu Sirish
* Production Designer: K. Babu

Reception

Jalsa is the most widely released south Indian film ever with over 1000 screens worldwide on the opening day. [cite news | url=http://sify.com/movies/telugu/fullstory.php?id=14635663&cid=2364| title=World wide release | accessdate=2008-04-02] The film will release in the US with 18 prints. [cite news | url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/37612.html| title=US release | accessdate=2008-04-02] Though many feel that there is no relation between the films title and the story, but many stated that the film's title "Jalsa(Mean Fun or Enjoy)" is in par with the mood of the film as it runs mostly on entertainment only.{ A small Correction here... JALSA is the name of the house where SanjaySahu lives in the movie with his friends} Despite mixed reviews and a 'divide talk' on the first day, the movie witnessed the best ever openings for a telugu film. The movie grossed Rs 7,67,00,000 ($1.89 million USD) on its first day itself . [cite news | url=http://idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/jalsa-1stdaycollections.html| title= Jalsa collected 7.67 crores n 1st day| accessdate=2008-04-03] The film grossed Rs. 22 crores ($5.2 million USD)in its opening week [cite news | url=http://www.nonstopcinema.com/nsc/boxoffice/display.php?id=238| title= Jalsa 1st Week Collections| accessdate=2008-04-11] , the highest opening ever for a Telugu film. Boxofficemojo.com ranked this film in 9th position amongst all the films that released worldwide that week, which is cited as a great achievement for a regional film [ [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/weekend/?yr=2008&wk=14&p=.htm Overseas Total Box Office, April 4–6, 2008 ] ] . The film continued its dream run during the second week at the boxoffice by grossing 32 crores in 14 days. It maintained its place in the World Top 20 in its second week, by grossing about $2 million according to BoxOfficeMojo [cite news | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/weekend/?yr=2008&wk=15&p=.htm| title= BoxOfficeMojo.com - Jalsa 2nd week worldwide gross| accessdate=2008-04-11] [ [http://www.totaltollywood.com/news/ttnews2025.html Telugu Cinema News - Press Meets, Audio Release, Movie Launch, Success Meets, Functions, Gossips, box office status and previews ] ]

It is the second Telugu film which had successfully completed 50 days in 282 centres, which is a record by itself. The total gross of the film in 50 days collected over Rs 42 crore. One more interesting point to be noted here is that ‘Jalsa’ is the only telgu film which had completed 50 days successfully in 21 centres in Krishna district alone. Movie succesfully completed 100 days in 25 theaters.As the movie was released in 1000 theaters, and splendid opening collections showed that most of the viewers saw the movie during the initial weeks itself. On the whole, releasing a movie across a massive number of theatres (1000 in this case) turns out to be a good succes formula.The total gross of the film was 68 crores and the gross abroad was 34 crores

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film was launched on February 29, 2008. The audio rights were sold to Aditya Music for 90 lakhs [cite news | url=http://manacinemalokam.blogspot.com/2008/01/pawan-kalyans-jalsa-audio-rights-bagged.html| title=Pawan kalyan's 'Jalsa' audio rights bagged for 90 Lakhs | accessdate=2008-03-24] [cite news | url=http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/news/jalsa_jan2908.php| title= 'Jalsa' audio rights bagged for 90 Lakhs| accessdate=2008-03-24] , the highest for a Telugu film ever in the recent times. [cite news | url=http://www.humsurfer.com/power-star-pawan-kalyans-jalsa-title-song-run-length-2-min-30-sec| title=Power Star Pawan Kalyan's JALSA Title Song | accessdate=2008-03-24] The music got very good reviews from websites [cite news | url=http://www.cinegoer.com/areviews/jalsa+music+review.htm| title= Jalsa Music Review - Jalsa All The Way| accessdate=2008-03-24] [cite news | url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/musicreview/10017.html| title= Jalsa Music Review| accessdate=2008-03-24] [cite news | url=http://idlebrain.com/audio/areviews/jalsa.html| title=Jalsa is sheer fun | accessdate=2008-03-26] and an excellent response from the public itself. [cite news | url=http://www.nonstopcinema.com/nsc/headlines/news_content.php?fileName=439| title=‘Jalsa’ audio response from across the state | accessdate=2008-03-24] The music has been topping the charts since its release. [cite news | url=http://www.andhracafe.com/index.php?m=show&id=32521| title=http://www.andhracafe.com/index.php?m=show&id=32521 | accessdate=2008-03-29] [cite news | url=http://www.greatandhra.com/ganews/viewnews.php?id=6154&scat=4| title=http://www.greatandhra.com/ganews/viewnews.php?id=6154&scat=4 | accessdate=2008-03-29]

Infobox Album | Name = Jalsa
Type = Soundtrack
Artist = Devi Sri Prasad


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April 2, 2008 (India)
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Genre = Feature film soundtrack
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Aditya Music
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