Ajantha,
director
Rajppa
Ravisangar's
much-anticipated
multi-lingual
magnum
opus
which
was
unfortunately
in
the
cans
for
a
couple
of
years,
is
finally
ready
to
see
the
light
of
day
in
December
2008.
Shot
simultaneously
in
Tamil,
Telugu,
Kannada
and
Malayalam,
the
film
is
scripted
and
produced
by
the
director
himself
with
a
whopping
budget
of
more
than
Rs.5
crores
under
the
banner
of
Alora
Movie
Club.
Ajantha
is
a
music-based
love
story
revolving
around
an
upcoming
playback
singer,
Anand,
who
sings
in
music
festivals
and
at
private
parties.
His
dream
is
to
become
an
established
playback
singer
as
well
as
a
music
director.
He
falls
in
love
with
Ajantha,
a
blind
playback
singer.
An
eye
specialist
reveals
that
Ajantha
can
see
if
she
undergoes
an
expensive
surgery.
The
movie
develops
over
how
Anand
earns
money
for
his
fiance's
operation.
The
film
stars
different
South
Indian
actors
in
each
language
version.
Ramana
and
debutant
Vandana
Gupta
feature
in
Tamil;
Saikiran
and
Vandana
in
Telugu;
Venkatesh
and
Honey
Rose
in
Kannada;
Vinu
Mohan
and
Honey
Rose
in
Malayalam.
There
are
totally
36
songs
in
the
film
in
four
languages
and
maestro
Ilayaraja
has
scored
the
music
for
lyrics
penned
by
S.
Rameshan
Nair.
Ilavarash
handles
the
camera.
Editing
is
by
V.
Jaishankar.
The
crew
claims
that
the
film
will
look
like
an
English
film
and
be
remembered
by
the
next
three
generations.
Also
in
cast
are
Manobala,
Madan
Bob,
Mahadevan,
Balu
Anand,
Bob,
Balaji,
Crane
Manohar,
Varalakshmi,
Mukundan,
Parthasarathy,
debutante
Swathi,
Madhavi,
Padmini,
Waheeda
and
Chithiram
Seenu.