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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Appaji<br />
| image = Appaji (poster).jpg<br />
| caption = <br />
| director =[[D. Rajendra Babu]]<br />
| story = [[K. V. Vijayendra Prasad]]<br />
| screenplay = D. Rajendra Babu<br />
| writer = Richard Louis (dialogues)<br />
| producer = H. S. Janakiram <br> C. S. Manju<br />
| starring = [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]]<br> [[Aamani]] <br> [[Pankaj Dheer]]<br />
| music = [[M. M. Keeravani]]<br />
| cinematography = Prasad Babu<br />
| editing = K. Balu<br />
| studio = Surya International<br />
| released = {{film date|df=y|1996|1|4}}<br />
| runtime = 139 min<br />
| language = Kannada <br />
| country = India<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Appaji''''' ({{lang-kn|ಅಪ್ಪಾಜಿ}}) is a 1996 Indian Kannada-language action drama film starring [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]] and [[Aamani]] in the lead roles. The film was directed by [[D. Rajendra Babu]], written by [[K. V. Vijayendra Prasad]] and produced under Surya International banner. The film, upon release, met with positive reviews and was declared a superhit. The music was scored by [[M. M. Keeravani]]. The story writer of this movie, [[K. V. Vijayendra Prasad]] reutilized a famous sequence of this movie - "Taking lift cunningly in the guise of helping a vehicle which seems to be broken down" (just before the song "Ene Kannadathi" ) -later in the 2015 Hindi movie ''[[Bajrangi Bhaijaan]]''.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
*[[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]] in a dual character as Appaji and Shakthi<br />
*[[Aamani]]<br />
*[[Pankaj Dheer]]<br />
*[[Saranya Ponvannan|Sharanya]]<br />
*[[Sihi Kahi Chandru]]<br />
*[[Doddanna]] as Home Minister<br />
*Keerthi<br />
*Krishne Gowda<br />
*Lakshman as Captain<br />
*M. S. Karanth<br />
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== Music ==<br />
{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Appaji<br />
| type=soundtrack<br />
| released = 1996<br />
| artist = [[M. M. Keeravani]]<br />
| genre = [[soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]<br />
| prev_title = [[Rayudugaru Nayudugaru]]<br />
| prev_year = 1996<br />
| next_title = [[Surya Putrulu]]<br />
| next_year = 1997<br />
}}<br />
All the songs are composed and scored by [[M. M. Keeravani]].<ref>[http://kannadasongmp3.blogspot.in/2011/04/appaji-1996.html Appaji (1996)]</ref> The song "Yaava Deva" was reused from Keeravani's own Telugu song "Sirichandanapu" from ''[[Muddula Priyudu]]''.<br />
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{|class="wikitable"<br />
! S. No. !! Song Title !! Singer(s) || Lyricist<br />
|-<br />
| 1 || "Ene Kannadathi" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] || [[R. N. Jayagopal]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2 || "Balu Rambada" || [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], [[K. S. Chithra]] || R. N. Jayagopal<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || "Maama Jaba Jaba" || [[Malgudi Subha]] || R. N. Jayagopal<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || "Yaava Deva Shilpi" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra || R. N. Jayagopal<br />
|-<br />
| 5 || "Baanu Ello Kanenu" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra || R. N. Jayagopal<br />
|-<br />
| 6 || "Gharshane Gharshane" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam || R. N. Jayagopal<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== Release ==<br />
The movie received a ''U certificate'' (suitable for age groups) from the Indian film censor board despite the fact that the movie had several action filled violent scenes. This was something uncommon as the Indian film censor board CBFC has strict rules regarding film censoring.<br />
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The movie was released on 4rth January 1996. <br />
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.videogirmit.com/appaji/movie-vishnuvardhan-video_a92a83831.html |title=Appaji Movie|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224115011/http://www.videogirmit.com/appaji/movie-vishnuvardhan-video_a92a83831.html |date=24 December 2013|archive-date=24 December 2013|work=Video Girmit}}</ref><br />
The film received positive reviews upon release and was declared a ''Superhit'' at the box office. However, the film failed to repeat the grand success of Rajendra Babu - Vishnuvardhan duo's earlier venture, ''Halunda Thavaru''.<br />
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[[Category:Indian action drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by M. M. Keeravani]]<br />
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[[Category:Masala films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by D. Rajendra Babu]]<br />
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