Jarasandha is an Indian Kannada-language action crime film written & directed by Shashank and produced by Sri Manthralaya Combines. It stars Duniya Vijay, alongside Pranitha Subhash, Rangayana Raghu, Devaraj, Sampath Raj, Roopa Devi, Swayamvara Chandru, Chetan and Naveen D. Padil. The music was composed by Arjun Janya, while cinematography and editing were handled by Shekhar Chandra and Sri Crazy Mindz.
Krishnamurthy "Kitty", a gym instructor instructor in Bangalore, leads a secret life as a gangster and forms a gang called Z with a motive of killing JP alias "Don Poojari", an international crime boss, in order to rule the crime syndicate.
The song "Avarivara Jothe" was shot in the Bidar fort and surroundings of Basavakalyana. With 70 lakh expenditure, the song was shot featuring Duniya Vijay and Pranitha Subhash. The foreign dancers were part of the song. The film's another song "Padhe Padhe Phoninalli" was shot in four days at Bangkok with a budget of 40 lakh featuring African dancers. Harsha has choreographed for the songs. The director and choreographer made the song "Pade Pade Phoninalli" attractive to adult audience by oversexualizing the song and designing revealing and vulgar costumes for the heroine Pranitha Subhash who was just 18 years old during the shooting of the song. The song "Nee Neerige Bare Channi" was based on the Sinhalese song "Mata Aloke Genadevi".
The Times of India wrote "Director Shashank, known for making movies with social themes, tries his hand at action. Though itâÂÂs a good attempt, the director is better off sticking romantic movies." Rediff wrote "Shashank had promised a stylish action flick and with Vijay at the helm, that was what was expected, but the film comes as a disappointment". Bangalore Mirror termed it as "just another underworld film â without substance." The New Indian Express wrote "Jarasandha is worth watching if you are fond of action-oriented films".