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Saroja (2008)

Saroja poster
Original title
சரோஜா
Directed by
Venkat Prabhu
Genre
comedy drama
Country
India
Runtime
3h 10m
Rated
U
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 18 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Four friends on a road trip take a wrong turn and run into a gang holding a millionaire's daughter hostage. They have to find a way to survive and escape the situation.

quirkyfunnytensefast-pacedplayfulchaoticlight-hearted thriller

What happens

Saroja (stylised as Sa-Ro-Ja) is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language comedy thriller film written and directed by Venkat Prabhu and co-produced by T. Siva. It stars S. P. Charan, Shiva, Vaibhav, Premji, Jayaram, Prakash Raj, and Vega as the title character, while Sampath Raj, Nikita and Bose Venkat play other vital roles. The film follows four friends who, during a road trip travel, are forced to take a diversion off the main road, leading them to a gang which has kidnapped the daughter of a millionaire. The score and soundtrack were composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja with cinematography by Sakthi Saravanan, and editing by Praveen K. L. and N. B. Srikanth. The film was released on 5 September 2008 to positive reviews and was a commercial success. It was dubbed and partially reshot in Telugu with Srihari reprising Jayaram's role. Saroja is based on the 1993 American film Judgement Night. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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