Welcome to Sajjanpur (2008)

I love this movie so much

the audience applauded

Thanks for the memories!

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Shyam Benegal is a great storyteller..........he has really given us nice movies in the past.After a long time,he has come back into comedy genre.So did he deliver? The ans. is yes!!It is a good good movie.The movie is about a village named Sajjanpur and tells the stories of various residents of the village.Shreys Talpade ,being amongst the few literate people in the village,writes letter for the people.The characters are explained from his perspective. The beauty of the movie is its simplicity. The people,the locations & the series of events happening are quite interesting.You can easily identify with characters if you are well versed with the rural environment. Some of the scenes are really heart warming. The cinematography is quite good.A special mention has to be given to the music which is quite soothing.Performances from Talpade,Ravi Kissan & Yashpal Sharma stand out.Divya Dutta & Ila Arun are also quite effective.Needless to say the direction is compelling. The beauty of the movie is its sarcastic humor.It takes a dig on various social evils (like Ila Arun-Divya Dutta incident) and village level political conspiracies in a humorous way. Go for this movie if you really want to see some feel good cinema..........

"Welcome to Sajjanpur" is a revival of times on the lines of Malgudi Days and the flavour of of Hrishikesh Mukhejee & Basu Chatterjee. The fictitious village comprises of characters very humane, easily identifiable and oozing with simplicity (well, not quite!). The narrative is extremely smooth and carries you with the flow. Shyam Benegal attempts an unexplored territory and once again he proves what a versatile director he is. With "Welcome to Sajjanpur" Shyam Benegal to a certain degree incorporates commercial elements into his style yet retaining the flavour of parallel cinema. All the characters seem hand-picked as they are perfectly suited to the "T". Every actor gets adequate space as per the demands necessitated by the character. It seemed only Divya Dutta's character/ role was not fleshed out / elaborated (and her participation in the end was kind of coming). In the times of heavy-weights & escapism cinema, "Welcome to Sajjanpur" manages to command a foothold in its own rights. Don't miss this movie at any costs.

Welcome to Sajjanpur is from one of the India's most experienced director Shyam Benegal. In times where people go to see well advertised movies, world of glamor and glitz here is a movie which challenges the Bollywood trend of running behind Khans, Roshans, Bachans and heavy budgets. What's distinctive about this movie is simple story telling, exceptional direction, and a team of actors who have lived their character. With a simple village theme the movie talks about a failed novel writer who changes the lives of many characters simply by writing letters on their behalf. He also realizes some of his mistakes and overcomes them. The movie always makes you wonder what's going to happen next. Hindi movie industry would need more movies like this to breed good directors, actors. The movie also light heartedly criticizes Indian politics; it creates some unbelievable twists to the story. The movie is full of fun, energy, simplicity and twist. I would give 10 out of 10 for this movie.

Welcome to Sajjanpur was a great movie. I liked Shreyas Talpade and Amrita Rao's acting was fantastic and they fit in the character. The difference between a good and bad movie is how the storyline is. Out here the story line made a difference. The emotions and the passion was really creditable. The dream of becoming a novelist failed. So he had to become a letter writer. But the thoughts and practice which he got by writing letters lead him to a good future, a novelist. I hope Shyam Benegal's movie are going to go ahead. I would tell all the people to go and see this movie. Illa Arun did a good job as a illiterate woman . The movie was quite a comedy and a very soothing movie. Ravi Kishan and Rajeshree made a good couple and had done acting very well.Shyam Benegal has a good knack for comedy. He should produce more movies of comedy and adventure. Shyam Benegal has showed his creative and simple mind through this movie. I would give it one mark less because i did not understand how did Munni bai die when later they showed that she was the minister? but leaving that part WElCOME TO SAJJANPUR was a great movie.