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{{Short description|1996 Kannada film by T. S. Nagabharana}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Janumada Jodi
| image = Janumada Jodi poster.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[T. S. Nagabharana]]
| producer = [[Parvathamma Rajkumar]]
| writer = [[Baraguru Ramachandrappa]] (dialogues)
| story = [[Pannalal Patel]]
| screenplay = T. S. Nagabharana
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Malela Jeev]]''|[[Pannalal Patel]]}}
| starring = [[Shiva Rajkumar]] [[Chippy (actress)|Shilpa]]
| narrator =
| music = [[V. Manohar]]
| cinematography = [[B. C. Gowrishankar]]
| editing = T. Shashikumar
| studio = Vaishnavi Combines
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1996|11|15|df=y}}
| language = Kannada
| country = India
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Janumada Jodi''''' is a 1996 Indian [[Kannada]]-language [[romantic drama]] film directed by [[T. S. Nagabharana]] and written by [[Baraguru Ramachandrappa]], based on [[Pannalal Patel]]'s 1941 [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] novel ''[[Malela Jeev]]''. The film was scripted by T. S. Nagabharana.<ref>{{cite web |title=Biopic on former Karnataka CM Devaraj Urs soon |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/550095/biopic-former-karnataka-cm-devaraj.html |website=Deccan Herald |access-date=8 October 2020 |language=en |date=2 June 2016}}</ref> The film stars [[Shiva Rajkumar]] and [[Chippy (actress)|Shilpa]] in lead roles, while [[Pavitra Lokesh|Pavithra Lokesh]], [[Mukhyamantri Chandru]] and [[Honnavalli Krishna]] plays supporting roles. The film's plot follows Krishna ([[Shiva Rajkumar]]) and Kanaka ([[Chippy Renjith|Shilpa]]), who fall in love despite belonging to different castes. The film follows the troubles they face in their love story.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Karnoor |first=Maithreyi |date=2016-09-15 |title=Theatre is where my heart is |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/Theatre-is-where-my-heart-is/article14982227.ece |access-date=2022-06-02 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

The film was produced by Shiva Rajkumar's mother [[Parvathamma Rajkumar]] under the banner of Vaishnavi Combines. The film was based on the 1941 romance novel, Malela Jeev by Pannalal Patel. The book was adopted into a film once, before, in 1956 in [[Gujarati cinema|Gujarathi]]. The film features original songs composed by [[V. Manohar]]. The cinematography of the film was done by [[B. C. Gowrishankar]], while the editing was handled by T. Shashikumar. The film was made on a relatively low budget, compared to other films at the time.<ref name=":0" />

The film was released on 15 November 1996 to widespread critical acclaim. The film was the highest-grossing film of the year and was an industry hit. The film ran in all major centers for more than a year. The film won five Karnataka State Film Awards that year for- [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] (Shilpa), [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]] (V. Manohar), [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback Singer]] ([[L. N. Shastry]]), [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Lyricist|Best Lyricist]] ([[Doddarange Gowda]]) and the [[Karnataka State Jury's Special Award|Jury's Special Award]] (Parvathamma Rajkumar). The film won four Filmfare Awards South for- [[Filmfare Award for Best Film – Kannada|Best Film]] (Parvathamma Rajkumar), [[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada|Best Director]] (T. S. Nagabharana), [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada|Best Actress]] (Shilpa) and [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Kannada|Best Music Director]] (V. Manohar).<ref name="filmfare_south3e">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmfare.com/site/october97/south3e.htm |title=Best actress |publisher=Filmfare |date=5 July 1998 |access-date=15 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980705062035/http://www.filmfare.com/site/october97/south3e.htm |archive-date=5 July 1998 }}</ref> The film was a breakthrough for Shilpa, who went on to become one of the most sought after actresses in Kannada cinema.<ref>{{Cite news |last=M |first=Athira |date=2017-02-09 |title='I want to do a negative role' |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/%E2%80%98I-want-to-do-a-negative-role%E2%80%99/article17281018.ece |access-date=2022-06-02 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Shiva Rajkumar]] as Krishna
* [[Chippy (actress)|Shilpa]] as Kanaka
* Enagi Balappa as a ''Swami''
* [[Pavitra Lokesh]] as Mani
* [[Rajeev (Tamil actor)|Rajeev]], as Singarigowda
* [[Mukhyamantri Chandru]] as Tammadi
* [[Honnavalli Krishna]] as Bangaru
* [[Karibasavaiah]] as Andani
* [[Mandya Ramesh]]
* [[Arun Sagar]]
* Krishnegowda
* Ashok
* Prakash Shenoy
* Radha Ramachandra
* Jyothi Gurucharan
* [[Shani Mahadevappa]]
{{colend}}

==Production==
Popular Malayalam actress [[Chippy (actress)|Chippy]] made her Kannada debut with this film. Cinematographer [[B. C. Gowrishankar]] picturised the song "Mani Mani" in the sunset for nine days as the sunset lasted for only a few minutes.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/dec052004/enter1.asp |title=Camera was his magic wand - Deccan Herald |access-date=27 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113032624/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/dec052004/enter1.asp |archive-date=13 January 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Stage actor [[Mandya Ramesh]] also made his acting debut with this film.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Karnoor |first1=Maithreyi |title=Theatre is where my heart is |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/Theatre-is-where-my-heart-is/article14982227.ece |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |date=16 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mandya Ramesh Visits |url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/DeccanHerald.com/Content/May132008/district2008051267622.asp |publisher=Deccan Herald |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128050720/http://archive.deccanherald.com/DeccanHerald.com/Content/May132008/district2008051267622.asp |archive-date=28 November 2016}}</ref>

The film was shot in Mahadevapura near Mysore.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shruti Indira Lakshminarayana |url=https://cdn.kstdc.co/uploads/2020/01/Filmi_Hi_RES_compressed.pdf |title=Filmi Escapes in Karnataka |publisher=Lonely Planet |page=7 |chapter=Best of Karnataka |access-date=4 July 2024 |archive-date=18 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318102230/https://cdn.kstdc.co/uploads/2020/01/Filmi_Hi_RES_compressed.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Praising Parvathamma's finance management skills, director Nagabharana recalled that she had hired two production managers who would give the estimated expense of each of the scenes conceived by him. She would add an additional 20 per cent on that and would ask the technicians whether it would be sufficient. Once the budget was agreed upon, she would see that it was never overshot.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last1=Suresh |first1=Sunayana |title=Regularised market, homework, disciplined making and cinema education is the need of the hour |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/regularised-market-homework-disciplined-making-and-cinema-education-is-the-need-of-the-hour/articleshow/65563495.cms |website=The Times of India |language=en |date=28 August 2018}}</ref>

==Release==
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The film was released on 15 November 1996 to highly positive reviews.

The film had a theatrical run of more than 365 days in maximum centres across [[Hubbali]], [[Belgavi]] and [[Bijapur]]. Janumada Jodi holds the record for [[silver jubilee|silver jubilee run]] in maximum number (5) of film halls in [[Bengaluru]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Shivarajkumar hits and flops|url=http://www.sandalwoodking.rocks/threads/hit-percentage-hit-quotient-of-actors.6048/|date=15 November 2014|access-date=25 June 2020|website=sandalwoodking.rocks|last=SubashChandra Gandhi|archive-date=5 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905060616/https://www.sandalwoodking.rocks/threads/hit-percentage-hit-quotient-of-actors.6048/|url-status=usurped}}</ref> According to director Nagabharana, the movie saw a combined run of 2 years in 25 centres.<ref>{{cite web | title=T S Nagabharana : ಜನುಮದ ಜೋಡಿ ಫಿಲ್ಮ್ ರಿಲೀಸ್ ಆದಾಗ | Puneeth Rajkumar | NewsFirst Kannada | website=[[YouTube]] | date=10 November 2021 | url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kR1llOldWKc }}</ref>

==Awards and honours==
{| class="wikitable"
! Award
! Award category - Winner
! Ref.
|-
|- bgcolor=#edf3fe
| [[44th Filmfare Awards South]] || [[Filmfare Award for Best Film – Kannada|Best Film]] - [[Parvathamma Rajkumar]] (Producer) [[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada|Best Director]] - [[T. S. Nagabharana]] [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada]] - [[Chippy (actress)|Shilpa]] [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Kannada|Best Music Director]] - [[V. Manohar]]||<ref name="filmfare_south3e"/>
|-
| [[Karnataka State Film Awards]] ||[[Karnataka State Jury's Special Award|Jury's Special Award]] - [[Parvathamma Rajkumar]] (Producer) [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress]] - [[Chippy (actress)|Shilpa]] [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]] - [[V. Manohar]] [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback Singer]] - [[L. N. Shastry]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.akkaonline.org/rasamanjari/ArtistsProfile.pdf | title=Artists Profiles | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025629/http://www.akkaonline.org/rasamanjari/ArtistsProfile.pdf | archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref> [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Lyricist|Best Lyricist]] - [[Doddarange Gowda]] ( "Kolumande Jangama" )||<ref>{{cite news|title='I want to do a negative role'|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/‘I-want-to-do-a-negative-role’/article17281018.ece|work=The Hindu|date=9 February 2017 |access-date=2 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402084024/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/%E2%80%98I-want-to-do-a-negative-role%E2%80%99/article17281018.ece|archive-date=2 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

==Legacy==
The film became a subject for study in the humanities by an American University.<ref>{{cite web|title=Janumada Jodi in American University|url=http://www.shruthalaya.com/janumada_jodi_body.htmI|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302234138/http://www.shruthalaya.com/janumada_jodi_body.htmI|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 March 2021}}</ref> [[Amala Akkineni]] once mentioned that when her son [[Akhil Akkineni]] was a kid, he could sleep only by listening to the song ''Kolumande Jangama''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/interviews/kannada-interview/shivarajkumar-vedha-zee5-jailer-captain-miller-i-want-to-keep-doing-films | title=As Long as There is a Demand for Me, I Want to Keep Doing Films: Shivarajkumar | date=2 February 2023 }}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
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| name = Janumada Jodi
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[V. Manohar]]
| cover =
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| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = {{Duration|m=42|s=29}}
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[[V. Manohar]] composed the film's [[Film score|background score]] and music for its soundtrack, while also writing the lyrics for some tracks. The soundtrack album comprises nine tracks. All the tracks of the album were chartbusters. The film was a musical hit.<ref>{{cite web |title=Janumada Jodi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by V. Manohar |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/janumada-jodi-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1070226557 |website=Apple Music |access-date=8 October 2020 |language=en-us}}</ref> The tune of the song ''Kolumande Jangama'' was used as ''Jai Veeranjaneya'' in the Telugu movie ''[[Idiot (2002 film)|Idiot]]'' which was a remake of another Kannada movie ''[[Appu (2002 film)|Appu]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=F_hGk1uRazQCQaXJ&v=psqi_rNm3u8&feature=youtu.be | title=Jai Veeranjaneya Video Song - Idiot Movie - Ravi Teja | Rakshita | Puri Jagannadh | Chakri | website=[[YouTube]] | date=7 June 2015 }}</ref>

{{track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 42:29
| title1 = Aarathi Annammange
| lyrics1 = [[Doddarange Gowda]]
| extra1 = [[Rajesh Krishnan]], [[Manjula Gururaj]]
| length1 = 4:25
| title2 = Dehavendare O Manuja
| lyrics2 = [[V. Manohar]]
| extra2 = [[Dr. Rajkumar|Rajkumar]]
| length2 = 4:52
| title3 = Ivan Yaara Magano
| lyrics3 = V. Manohar
| extra3 = Rajesh Krishnan, Manjula Gururaj
| length3 = 4:51
| title4 = Januma Jodi Aadaru
| lyrics4 = V. Manohar
| extra4 = Rajkumar
| length4 = 4:47
| title5 = Janumada Jodi Neenu
| lyrics5 = Doddarange Gowda
| extra5 = Rajesh Krishnan, Manjula Gururaj
| length5 = 5:02
| title6 = Kolumande Jangama
| lyrics6 = Doddarange Gowda
| extra6 = [[L. N. Shastri]]
| length6 = 4:29
| title7 = Mani Mani Mani
| lyrics7 = [[Baraguru Ramachandrappa]]
| extra7 = [[Shiva Rajkumar]], Manjula Gururaj
| length7 = 5:02
| title8 = Oora Dyavre
| lyrics8 = V. Manohar
| extra8 = Manjula Gururaj
| length8 = 4:45
| title9 = Seere Seere Seere
| lyrics9 = Sriranga
| extra9 = [[Sangeetha Katti]]
| length9 = 4:16
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|tt0245978}}

{{T. S. Nagabharana}}
{{Filmfare Award for Best Film – Kannada}}

[[Category:1996 films]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:1996 Kannada-language films]]
[[Category:Films set in Karnataka]]
[[Category:Films shot in Karnataka]]
[[Category:Films directed by T. S. Nagabharana]]
[[Category:Films about the caste system in India]]
[[Category:Indian romantic drama films]]
[[Category:Films scored by V. Manohar]]
[[Category:Films based on romance novels]]
[[Category:1996 romantic drama films]]

Janumada Jodi - Revision history

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