Sajni, (also spelled as Sajani or Sajini), is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Murugesh. The film stars Dhyan, Sharmila Mandre and Anant Nag in lead roles. lead actress Sharmila Mandre makes her Kannada debut through this film. The film is produced by Sonali Nikhil and Sunanda Murali Manohar. The film is the Kannada remake of Tamil film Jodi which was released in 1999. For the first time in Kannada cinema, the film featured a soundtrack composed by A. R. Rahman with all compositions re-used from Rahman's Tamil film Jodi which in turn had re-used the tracks from Rahman's Hindi movie Doli Saja Ke Rakhna. The film was released statewide on 23 February 2007.
Cast
Sameer Dattani as Vikram (credited as Dhyan) Sharmila Mandre as Sajni Anant Nag as Ananth Murthy Avinash as Vikram's father Bhavya as Ananth Murthy's sister Amulya as Vikram's sister Shivaram as Grandfather M. S. Umesh as Secretary Master Anand Himanshu Malik as Singer Kailash Chaya Singh in a cameo appearance
Soundtrack
The official soundtrack contains six songs re-used from A. R. Rahman's Jodi soundtrack, which itself reused some songs of his earlier Bollywood film Doli Saja Ke Rakhna. The background score of the film was composed by Sabesh–Murali due to Rahman's unavailability.
Reception
R G Vijayasarathy of Rediff.com gave the film 2 out of 5, writing "Though Sajini has all the ingredients of a good family entertainer, it doesn't rise above mediocrity."