Sajni, (also spelled as Sajani or Sajini), is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Murugesh. The film stars Dhyan, Sharmila Mandre and Anant Nag in lead roles. lead actress Sharmila Mandre makes her Kannada debut through this film.[1] The film is produced by Sonali Nikhil and Sunanda Murali Manohar. The film is the Kannada remake of
Tamil film Jodi which was released in 1999. For the first time in Kannada cinema, the film featured a soundtrack composed by A. R. Rahman with all compositions re-used from Rahman's Tamil film Jodi which in turn had re-used some of the tracks from Rahman's Hindi movie Doli Saja Ke Rakhna.
The film was released statewide on 23 February 2007.[2][3]
The official soundtrack contains seven songs re-used from A. R. Rahman's Jodi soundtrack, which itself reused five of its songs from his earlier Bollywood film Doli Saja Ke Rakhna.
The background score of the film was composed by Sabesh–Murali due to Rahman's unavailability.
R. G. Vijayasarathy of Rediff.com gave the film 2 out of 5, writing "Though Sajini has all the ingredients of a good family entertainer, it doesn't rise above mediocrity."[4]