Welcome to Sajjanpur

Bad karma nudges delicious satire in "Welome To Sajjanpur" as a closet-author whiles away his time writing letters for the illiterate, misguided villagers in a sleepy village that comes alive only at election time when a spirited eunuch takes on a local gangster at the elections. ... Full Review

And Benegal takes nice pot shots at a system where the fruits of development dont percolate down to all. Benegal backs it up with a heart warming tale of good old fashioned love. The laughs, the songs are all there. ... Full Review

Shreyas Talpade as the central character and a part of every episode of the film is confident, natural, spontaneous and effortless in his impeccable act. Performances from any Shyam Benegal film are no less than superlative and this one has a long list of achievers. ... Full Review

I think it was an amazing film. I would like to define him as somebody with a great sense of humour who goes against contemporary cinema and has courage to make such wholesome cinema; an entertaining film with a beautiful plot. ... Full Review

Welcome to Sajjanpur stays quirky and engaging even when the pace flags, and the rural accents turns faux, because of the felt screenplay and superbly robust, earthy dialogues by Ashok Mishra (this is a U/A film). The fact that the village is really a set is evident too, but you overlook it all when you see how skilfully Benegal brings up the ills that beset us still, after all these years. ... Full Review

Shyam Benegal's Welcome to Sajjanpur, a satirical take on contemporary Indian village, lined up to screen at the London film festival is an attempt to tell the people about the ground reality and how the grass root level problems can... ... Full Article

Post Welcome to Sjjanpur, Divya Dutta is unstoppable.Appreciation has been pouring in both from the masses and classes and the Dutta girl is on the top of the world. ... Full Article

UTV has had a dream year in 2008 with all its releases performing exceptionally well at the box office. Right from blockbusters like 'Jodhaa Akbar', 'Race' and 'Kismat Konnection' to small and medium budget films like 'Jaane Tu Ya Jaane... ... Full Article

Ads By Google While Welcome To Sajjanpur , directed by Shyam Benegal, is a delightful satirical take on a contemporary Indian village, Rajkumar Gupta's directorial debut Aamir was based on an unconventional subject, and both the films were well received... ... Full Article

After the two critically acclaimed unconventional movies - Aamir and Welcome To Sajjanpur , UTV Spotboy is all set to produce three more films.And all of them will be experimental. ... Full Article