Vajrakaya

Vajrakaya is a 2015 Indian Kannada-language action drama film directed by A. Harsha. It stars Shiva Rajkumar, Nabha Natesh and Karunya Ram in the lead roles,^[1] Avinash, Ravi Kale and Suman as supporting cast, with Sivakarthikeyan, Ravi Teja, Dileep and others in cameo appearances.

Vajrakaya
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	A. Harsha
Written by	Yoganand Muddan Mrugashira Shrikanth (Dialogues)
Screenplay by	Harsha
Story by	Harsha
Produced by	C. R. Manohar C. R. Gopi
Starring	Shiva Rajkumar Nabha Natesh Karunya Ram Shubra Aiyappa Sivakarthikeyan Ravi Teja Dileep
Cinematography	Swamy J. Gowda
Edited by	Deepu S. Kumar
Music by	Arjun Janya
Production company	Tanvi Films
Distributed by	Jayanna Films
Release date	12 June 2015 (2015-06-12)
Running time	145 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Plot

Viraj is an adopted child, who is adopted at a young age. He falls in love with Geetha, who is the daughter of Viraj's father's friend. Viraj's father invites Geetha's family for his wedding anniversary and proposes Viraj's marriage with Geetha, but Geetha's father rejects the proposal since Viraj is an adopted child. Viraj's father suffers from a stroke and gets admitted to the hospital. After regaining consciousness, Viraj's father tells Viraj that he is not an orphan and has a family with his mother and grandfather still being alive. Viraj then embarks on a journey in search of his mother Lakshmi to the heartless kingdom of his grandfather named Huzhur.

Viraj meets and saves a girl Nandini, where she takes him to the Huzhur's ruthless village and falls for his uncle's daughter "Pataka" Parvathi. One day, Pataka's father kidnaps and tries to kill Nandini since she was close to Viraj, but Viraj saves her. Pataka tells Viraj that they are looking a groom for her and asks him to elope with her, but he refuses. Huzhur learns about their relationship and tries to kill Viraj. Lakshmi reveals that she already knew that he is her son. Pataka and Lakshmi beg Huzhur to leave him, but he tells Pataka's father to kill Viraj and tells that he can kill his son-in-law and see his daughter widowed, but he cannot, which makes Huzhur realize his mistakes and accepts Viraj.

Cast

• Shiva Rajkumar as Viraj
• Nabha Natesh as "Pathaka" Parvathi
• Karunya Ram as Nandini
• Shubra Aiyappa as Geetha
• Padmaja Rao
• Sadhu Kokila as Mogambo
• Avinash as Viraj's adoptive father
• Ravi Kale as Hujoor's son
• Madhu Guruswamy as Hujoor, main antagonist
• Jayasudha as Lakshmi
• Suman as Veera Prathapa Simha
• Chikkanna
• Vijayanand
• Kuri Prathap
• Thanuja
• Manjunath Gowda as Police Inspector
• Karan
• Lekhachandra
• Mohan Juneja

Special appearances in the song "Vajrakaya" (in order of appearance)

• Sivakarthikeyan as Singer ^[2]
• Ravi Teja as Singer
• Dileep as Singer ^[3]
• A. Harsha as Singer
• Arjun Janya as Singer
• V. Ravichandran as Singer
• Dhanush as Voice in vajrakaya song singing

Production

Harsha collaborated with Shiva Rajkumar for the second time following the success of their previous venture Bhajarangi (2013). Filming for Vajrakaya began in June 2014.^[4] Filming of certain sequences took place in Italy.^[5] Song sequences in the film featured cameo appearances of actors such as Ravichandran, Dileep, Ravi Teja, and Sivakarthikeyan.^[6]

Music

Vajrakaya
Soundtrack album by Arjun Janya
Released	28 April 2015
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	23:52
Label	Anand Audio
Producer	Arjun Janya

Arjun Janya, scoring for his 50th feature film,^[7] composed the film's background score and music for its soundtrack. The soundtrack features tracks sung by actors Dhanush, Sharan.^[8][3] The album consists of six tracks.^[9] It was released on 28 April 2015, in Bangalore.^[10]

Track list

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Vajrakaya"	V. Nagendra Prasad	Shankar Mahadevan	4:16
2.	"No Problem"	Mohan	Dhanush	3:58
3.	"Kandamma Muddamma"	K. Kalyan	Karthik	4:30
4.	"Thukatha Gadabada"	Yogananda Muddan	Sharan, Sunitha	3:39
5.	"Usire"	K. Kalyan	Santhosh	5:21
6.	"Vajrakaya Theme"			2:08
Total length:				23:52

Nam Cinema rated the album 3.5 stars out of 5 ^[11] The track "No Problem" was received as well. The Hindu wrote, "Dhanush delivers the cool, simple tune effortlessly, even as Arjun adorns it with a neat harmonica sound now identified as "that Harris Jayaraj sound"."^[12] Karthik Srinivasan of Miliblog wrote that "Arjun’s approach for Vajrakaya is very Tollywood’ish and he pulls it off in style!"^[13]

Reception

Times of India wrote "A Harsha and Shivarajkumar had previously teamed up for the Bhajarangi, which was a treat for the fans. Their second collaboration doesn't disappoint either. Harsha, using tried and tested elements, brings in newness to the script".^[14] Bangalore Mirror wrote "Not repeating a successful combination is a sin. So Harsha and Shiva Rajkumar come up with Vajrakaya after succeeding with Bhajarangi. No doubt a large number of fans come with the hangover of Bhajarangi. Director Harsha, however, serves something very different from the previous film. But one thing he manages very well is to send them back satisfied".^[15] Chitraloka.com wrote "Though there is enough of action and heroism there is a lot more sentiment. Particularly the mother-son sentiment that is the trademark of many Shivarajkumar films has been given a new dimension by Harsha. There are also so many different elements packed into this film that there is plenty for every kind of audience".^[16]