Mast Maja Maadi

Mast Maja Maadi is a 2008 Indian Kannada comedy-romance film directed by R. Ananth Raju featuring Sudeep, Vijay Raghavendra, Diganth, Naga Kiran, Komal and Jennifer Kotwal in the lead roles. The film features background score and soundtrack composed by P. B. Balaji and lyrics by K. Ram Narayan. ^[2][3] It is a remake of the 2007 Hindi film Dhamaal by Indra Kumar.

Mast Maja Maadi
Film Poster
Directed by	R. Ananth Raju
Produced by	Soundarya Jagadish
Starring	Sudeep Vijay Raghavendra Diganth Naga Kiran Komal Jennifer Kotwal
Cinematography	M. R. Seenu
Edited by	Tirupati Reddy
Music by	P. B. Balaji
Release date	12 December 2008 (2008-12-12)[1]
Running time	160 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Plot

Mast Maja Maadi is the story of four good-for-nothing, unemployed youngsters in search of treasure hidden in a place in Ooty’s Botanical Gardens. Apart from them, a cop is also eyeing the treasure. The youngsters’ attempts to get the treasure all to themselves and the hurdles they face in their mission form the crux of the story^[4]

Cast

• Sudeep as ACP Pratap
• Vijay Raghavendra as Ramu
• Diganth as Kamesh
• Naga Kiran as Shyam Bhatatei
• Komal as Mylaari
• Jennifer Kotwal as Sahana
• Rangayana Raghu as Somanath Tantri, Kamesh's father
• Umashree as Keerthi Bedi, Police Commissioner
• Sadhu Kokila as Bond DK
• Tennis Krishna
• Sihi Kahi Chandru as Samarasimha Reddy
• R.N.Sudarshan as Moneylink Shastry
• Nagashekar
• Shankar Rao as College Principal Bekupa - Bedarahalli Kumarappa Son Palakshappa
• Bullet Prakash as Hari Navarathan
• R. Anantharaju
• K. Ram Narayan
• Bangalore Amjad Khan
• Mandeep Roy
• Shantamma

Guest roles

Following actors and actresses appear as themselves in the song "Shakalaka Bhoom".

• Upendra
• Rekha Vedavyas
• Sharmila Mandre
• Sanjjana
• Sherin
• Gowri Munjal
• Suman Ranganathan
• Ragini Dwivedi
• Aindrita Ray
• Keerthi Chawla

Soundtrack

The music was composed By P. B. Balaji and released by Akshaya Audio.

Mast Maja Maadi
Soundtrack album by P. B. Balaji
Released	2008
Recorded	2008
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	27:26
Label	Akshaya Audio
Producer	P.B. Balaji

Track list

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Chori Chori"	Ram Narayan	Karthik, Chinmayi	5:10
2.	"Jhana Jhana Kanchana"	Ram Narayan	Benny Dayal, Krish, P. B. Balaji, SuVi	6:10
3.	"Ota Ota"	Ram Narayan	Tippu, Gopal Sharma, P. B. Balaji, Janaki Iyer	4:53
4.	"Ota Ota (Female)"	Ram Narayan	SuVi	5:08
5.	"Shakalaka Bhoom"	Ram Narayan	Benny Dayal, Janaki Iyer	6:05
Total length:				27:26

Release and reception

Mast Maja Maadi released on 12 December 2008 in India.^[1]

Bangalore Mirror opined that "Set aside your thinking cap and just enjoy maadi".^[5] R. G. Vijayasarathy of Rediff.com wrote that "Mast Maja Maadi is a timepass film if you like comedy".^[6]

References

1. "Mast Maja Maadi Kannada Movie - Preview, Trailers, Gallery, Review, Events, Synopsis". Nowrunning.com. 12 December 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
2. "Guest entry". Bangalore Mirror. 21 October 2008.
3. "Mast Maja Maadi Cast & Crew". entertainment.oneindia.in. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
4. "Mast Maja Maadi - Vijay Raghavendra, Diganth Hit Movie". 21 January 2010.
5. "Mast Maja Maadi: This is fun". Bangalore Mirror. 12 December 2008.
6. Vijayasarathy, R. G. (15 December 2008). "Mast Maja Maadi is timepass". Rediff.

External links

• Mast Maja Maadi at IMDb