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Jalsa

Jalsa
Jalsa poster.jpg
Pawan Kalyan and Ileana
Directed by Trivikram Srinivas
Produced by Allu Aravind
Written by Trivikram Srinivas
Starring Pawan Kalyan
Ileana D'Cruz
Kamalinee Mukherjee
Parvati Melton
Makarand Deshpande
Narrated by Mahesh Babu
Music by Devi Sri Prasad
Cinematography K. V. Guhan
Rasool Ellore
Edited by Sreekar Prasad
Distributed by Geetha Arts
Release date
  • 2 April 2008 (2008-04-02)
Running time
167 minutes
Country India
Language Telugu
Budget 15 crore (US$2.2 million)
Box office 29 crore (equivalent to 57 crore or US$8.4 million in 2016)(Share)
Jalsa
Soundtrack album by Devi Sri Prasad
Released 2 April 2008 (2008-04-02)
Genre Film soundtrack
Label Aditya Music
Producer Allu Aravind

Jalsa (English translation: Fun) is a 2008 Telugu action comedy film directed by Trivikram Srinivas and produced by Allu Aravind, under the Geetha Arts banner. The film stars Pawan Kalyan, Ileana D'Cruz and Parvati Melton in pivotal roles. The soundtrack of the film, composed by Devi Sri Prasad, was launched on 29 February 2008. The film was originally scheduled to be released on 27 March 2008, but because of delays in the digital intermediate (DI) process, the film was released on 2 April 2008 and became successful at the Tollywood Box office. The movie was dubbed in Hindi as Yeh Hai Jalsa. Jalsa was released with 400 prints in 800 theaters across 1000 screens worldwide on 2 April 2008.Jalsa collected 29 crore (US$4.3 million)(Share) in 100 days and turned out to be biggest grosser of the year.

Sanjay Sahu (Pawan Kalyan) is a post-graduate from Osmania University and is working as a gym instructor. He is in love with Indu (Kamalini Mukherjee) who wishes to marry him. So she makes him meet her father (Prakash Raj), who is a police officer and also happens to be his old acquaintance. Her father declines to approve their love and she is forced to marry according to her father's choice. Meanwhile, Bhagmathi a.k.a. Bhagi (Ileana D'Cruz) and her friend Jyothsna a.k.a. Jo (Parvathi Melton) are chased by hoodlums before being rescued by Sanjay. Meanwhile, Jo and Bhagi are ragged in the college before being again rescued by Sanjay. Both begin to like Sanjay and even decide, to propose their love to him without the knowledge of the other. However, it is Jo who proposes first to Sanjay, who rejects her. Careful after seeing her friend's love rejected, Bhagi, with the help of Sreenu (Sunil), begins wooing Sanjay.


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