Ajantha is an Indian film produced and directed by Rajppa Ravishankar. The film was simultaneously shot in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu languages with different starcast.
The lead role was played by Venkatesh in Kannada, Vinu Mohan in Malayalam, Ramana in Tamil and Sai Kiran in the Telugu versions, respectively. Honey Rose was female lead in the Malayalam and Kannada version while Vandana Gupta played the female lead in the Tamil and Telugu versions.
Ilaiyaraaja composed the music and Ilavarasu was the cinematographer for the film. The Kannada version was released on 30 October 2009, the Malayalam version was released on 19 July 2012, and the Tamil version was released on 9 November 2012. The Telugu version is yet to release.
Kathaga Thirumavalavan was originally chosen to direct the film however due to creative differences between him and the film's producer Rajpa Ravishankar, the latter decided to direct the rest of the film.
Ilaiyaraaja recorded a record-breaking 36 songs for the film in a week. Ilaiyaraaja won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Music Director of 2009 for the film.
K. Kalyan wrote the lyrics.
S. Ramesan Nair wrote the lyrics.
Mu. Mehta, Pa. Vijay, Snehan, Muthulingam, Thirumavalavan and Su. Senthilkumar wrote the lyrics.
Vennelakanti wrote the lyrics.
Regarding the Tamil version, a critic from Dinamalar wrote that the film is devoid of major twists and that the music is the saving grace.