Appaji

Appaji
File:Appaji (poster).jpg
Directed by	D. Rajendra Babu
Produced by	H. S. Janakiram C. S. Manju
Written by	Richard Louis (dialogues)
Screenplay by	D. Rajendra Babu
Story by	K. V. Vijayendra Prasad
Starring	Vishnuvardhan Aamani Pankaj Dheer
Music by	M. M. Keeravani
Cinematography	Prasad Babu
Edited by	K. Balu
Production company	Surya International
Release date	4 January 1996 (1996-01-04)
Running time	139 min
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Appaji (Kannada: ಅಪ್ಪಾಜಿ) is a 1996 Indian Kannada-language action drama film starring 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.

Cast

• Vishnuvardhan in a dual character as Appaji and Shakthi
• Aamani
• Pankaj Dheer
• Sharanya
• Sihi Kahi Chandru
• Doddanna as Home Minister
• Keerthi
• Krishne Gowda
• Lakshman as Captain
• M. S. Karanth

Music

Appaji
Soundtrack album by M. M. Keeravani
Released	1996
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
M. M. Keeravani chronology
Rayudugaru Nayudugaru (1996) Appaji (1996) Surya Putrulu (1997)

All the songs are composed and scored by M. M. Keeravani. The song "Yaava Deva" was reused from Keeravani's own Telugu song "Sirichandanapu" from Muddula Priyudu.

S. No.	Song Title	Singer(s)	Lyricist
1	"Ene Kannadathi"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	R. N. Jayagopal
2	"Balu Rambada"	Mano, K. S. Chithra	R. N. Jayagopal
3	"Maama Jaba Jaba"	Malgudi Subha	R. N. Jayagopal
4	"Yaava Deva Shilpi"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra	R. N. Jayagopal
5	"Baanu Ello Kanenu"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra	R. N. Jayagopal
6	"Gharshane Gharshane"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	R. N. Jayagopal

Release

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.

The movie was released on 4rth January 1996. 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.