Welcome to Sajjanpur

Welcome to Sajjanpur is the story of Mahadev, an unemployed graduate who writes letters for illiterate villagers and through his job helps people navigate various challenges while facing sobering realities, including the lynching of a couple who marry after a widow gets remarried, but ultimately accomplishes his long-held dream of writing a novel, which includes fictional elements based on his experiences. Welcome to Sajjanpur is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language Comedy Drama movie starring Shreyas Talpade, Amrita Rao, Kunal Kapoor, Ravi Kishan, Ravi Jhankal, Ravi Kishan Shukla and Lalit Tiwari. The movie is based on Palkon Ki Chhaon Mein. IX Faces Pictures in association with UTV Spotboy and UTV Bindass. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Ronnie Screwvala and Chetan Motiwalla. Welcome to Sajjanpur is written by Ashok Mishra and Shyam Benegal and it is directed by Shyam Benegal. UTV Motion Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Welcome to Sajjanpur was released on 19th September 2008 and takes a screen time of 134 mins. Welcome to Sajjanpur was made on a budget of ₹9 crore and it was a hit at box office gross of ₹9 crore. Cinematography was done by Rajan Kothari and editing by Aseem Sinha. The music was composed by Shantanu Moitra.