Ajagajantara

Ajagajantara (transl. The difference between a goat and an elephant) is a 1991 Indian Kannada-language romantic black comedy film directed by Kashinath who himself stars in the film alongside Anjana and Sriraksha. Actor director Upendra did an extended cameo.^[1][2]

Ajagajantara
DVD cover
Directed by	Kashinath
Written by	Upendra (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Kashinath Upendra
Story by	Gayathri Cine Creations
Produced by	Kashinath Doddayya Sathyanarayana Datthathreya Umapathy
Starring	Kashinath Anjana Sriraksha Sudheendra Bank Janardhan
Cinematography	Umapathy
Edited by	Subrahmanyam
Music by	Hamsalekha
Production company	Sri Gayathri Arts
Release date	24 January 1991 (1991-01-24)
Running time	157 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Plot

The story revolves around a wife who puts up her husband for sale and the trouble that follows.

Cast

• Kashinath
• Anjana
• Sriraksha
• Sudheendra
• Sathyabhama
• Somasekhar Rao
• Bank Janardhan
• Prakash
• Ramachandra
• Anjanappa
• Gotoori
• Chaya
• Kavitha
• Padmashree
• Ramaprabha
• Shanmugam
• Suresh Devanagare
• Sorat Subrahmanyam
• Vijanath Biradar
• Uma
• Rathnashree
• Sundaramma
• Prathibha
• Ramesh
• Dheerendra Kulakarni
• Venkatesh
• Kumar
• Autoraja
• Padmini
• Sudarshini
• Prabhamma
• Upendra as the owner of Dum Dum Agarbattis (extended cameo appearance)

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Production

The film was scripted by Gayathri Cine Creations, which earlier worked on Anantana Avantara's script. It was directed, co-produced, and acted by Kashinath. Hamsalekha composed the songs, while music director, V. Manohar, and actor, Upendra (in his struggling days), wrote the lyrics. Upendra himself had penned the dialogue and wrote the screenplay along with Kashinath. He also made a cameo appearance.^[4]

Soundtrack

Ajagajantara
Soundtrack album by Hamsalekha
Released	1991
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	24:30
Language	Kannada
Label	Lahari Music
Hamsalekha chronology
Bhujangayyana Dashavathara (1991) Ajagajantara (1991) Neenu Nakkare Haalu Sakkare (1991)
External audio Ajagajantara – Jukebox on YouTube

The songs were composed by Hamsalekha. The lyrics were penned by V. Manohar and Upendra.

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Nooru Gandu Banderu"	Manjula Gururaj, Chorus	3:57
2.	"Love Love Lavva"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Latha Hamsalekha, Chorus	6:09
3.	"Thattona Thattona"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chandrika Gururaj	4:30
4.	"Dooradalli Kano Bettavu"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	5:07
5.	"Jeevanada"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:47
Total length:			24:30

Release

The movie was released on 24 January 1991. Upon release the movie received positive response from the people and went on to run for more than 180 days in movie halls. The movie was declared a blockbuster at the box office. It is considered to be one of the best movies in the career of Kashinath. The humorous sequences in the movie were well appreciated by the people. The movie since then has a massive cult following in Karnataka.^[5][6][7] Anjana, who played the wife's role, catapulted to fame after the successful run of this movie.^[8]