Happy Journey (2014 Marathi film)
Happy Journey is a 2014 Indian Marathi drama film directed by Sachin Kundalkar and produced by Sanjay Chhabria under the banner of Everest Entertainment. It features Atul Kulkarni and Priya Bapat in the lead roles. [2] It was remade in Malayalam in 2018 as Koode, with Prithviraj Sukumaran, Nazriya Nazim and Parvathy Thiruvothu in lead roles.[3][4][5] This film was remade in Telugu as #Bro starring Naveen Chandra and Avika Gor in lead roles. Art Director Ajay Sharma won the Best Art Director Award, Maharashtra State Film Awards (2015) for Happy Journey and worked in movies such as Liar’s Dice (2013), Welcome 2 Karachi (2015), Fever (2016) and Bob Biswas (2021).
Happy Journey | |
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Directed by | Sachin Kundalkar |
Screenplay by | Sachin Kundalkar |
Produced by | Sanjay Chhabria |
Starring | Atul Kulkarni Priya Bapat |
Cinematography | Rangarajan Ramabadran |
Edited by | Jayant Jathar Nitesh Rathod |
Music by | Karan Kulkarni |
Production company | Everest Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 129 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Marathi |
Box office | ₹4 crore (US$500,000)[1] |
Plot
The story is about the love of brother and sister. A sister who hardly has seen her brother in her life. So after her death her ghost shares her experiences and helps her brother and finally disappears.
Cast
- Atul Kulkarni as Niranjan
- Pallavi Subhash as Alice
- Priya Bapat as Janaki
- Chitra Palekar as Ansuya (Alice's mother)
- Madhav Abhyankar as Niranjan & Janaki's father
- Shiv Kumar Subramaniam as Andrew (Alice's father)
- Siddharth Menon as Ajinkya
- Suhita Thatte as Janaki's mother
Music
Happy Journey | ||||
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Soundtrack album by Karan Kulkarni | ||||
Released | 8 August 2014 | |||
Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
Length | 12:50 | |||
Label | Everest Entertainment | |||
Karan Kulkarni chronology | ||||
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The soundtrack of the film has been given by Karan Kulkarni and lyrics have been penned by Omkar Kulkarni, Kshitij Patwardhan and Tejas Modak.[6][7] The first single "Fresh", sung by Shalmali Kholgade released on 8 July 2014.[8]
All music is composed by Karan Kulkarni
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Fresh" | Omkar Kulkarni | Shalmali Kholgade | 3:57 |
2. | "Ka Saang Na" | Kshitij Patwardhan | Shreya Ghoshal, Swapnil Bandodkar | 5:00 |
3. | "Aakash Jhale" (Lullaby) | Tejas Modak | Shalmali Kholgade | 3:53 |
Total length: | 12:50 |
Adaptation
It was officially adapted into Malayalam as Koode, directed by Anjali Menon and starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, Nazriya Nazim, and Parvathy.[9] It was also remade in Telugu as #BRO starring Naveen Chandra which got released on Sony Liv.[10]
References
- "Is Aamir Khan's 'PK' the reason for Marathi films' poor performance at box office?". 9 January 2015.
- "Happy Journey (2014)". Moviebuff.com. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- "Anjali Menon reveals where 'Koode' is adapted from". The News Minute. 14 July 2018.
- "'Koode' Is An Adaptation af a Marathi Film". Silverscreen.in. 14 July 2018.
- "Nazriya Nazim on her Malayalam comeback film Koode: Was initially hesitant to act with Prithviraj". Firstpost.
- "'Happy Journey' songs". Saavn. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- "Happy Journey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". iTunes. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- "Fresh (From "Happy Journey") – Single". iTunes. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- "Nazriya Nazim on her Malayalam comeback film Koode: Was initially hesitant to act with Prithviraj". 21 June 2018.
- "OTT Review : BRO – Telugu film on Sony Liv". 26 November 2021.