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Saroja is a film of genre Thriller directed by Venkat Prabhu with Shiva

Saroja (2008)

Saroja
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Length 2h28
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Genres Thriller,    Comedy,    Comedy-drama
Rating70% 3.544433.544433.544433.544433.54443

Saroja (styled as Sa-Ro-Ja) is a 2008 Tamil comedy thriller written and directed by Venkat Prabhu and produced by T. Siva. It stars Shiva, Vaibhav Reddy, Premji Amaren, S. P. B. Charan and Vega Tamotia in the leads and Prakash Raj, Jayaram, Kajal Aggarwal, Sampath Raj, Nikita Thukral and Nagendran in other vital roles. Several other popular Tamil television artists and crew members make special appearances throughout the film. The score and soundtrack were composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja.

The film, which takes inspiration from the 1993 Hollywood film Judgment Night, follows the journey of four young men who travel from Chennai to Hyderabad to watch a cricket match. Due to a road accident, they are forced to take a diversion off the main road to arrive on time. This leads them to a gang who have kidnapped a schoolgirl, Saroja, the only daughter of a rich millionaire.

The film was released on 5 September 2008 to very positive reviews and critically acclaim, while also emerging a high commercial success. Upon release, it was dubbed into Telugu.

Matilda D’ Silva, who sang the song "Cheeky Cheeky" in the film with Yuvan Shankar Raja and Nirdhiya, was a contestant on the reality show Singapore Idol. Saroja also featured a promotional song, an English track written and composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja and sung by Tanvi Shah.

Synopsis

Ajay Raj (Shiva), Ganesh (Premji Amaren) and brothers Jagapathi Babu (SPB Charan) and Ram Babu (Vaibhav) are close friends who spend a lot of time together in Chennai. Ajay is a TV serial artist, Ganesh is a fun-loving engineering student who falls in love with every woman he sees, Jagapathi Babu is an engineer who is married and has a six-year-old daughter, and Ram Babu is Jagapathi's younger brother who lives with him.

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