Saroja (2008 film)

Saroja
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVenkat Prabhu
Written byVenkat Prabhu
Produced byT. Siva
Haresh Vikram Vijayakumar
StarringJayaram
Prakash Raj
Vaibhav
S. P. Charan
Vega
Shiva
Premji
Sampath Raj
Nikita
Bose Venkat
Kajal Aggarwal
CinematographySakthi Saravanan
Edited byPraveen K. L.
N. B. Srikanth
Music byYuvan Shankar Raja
Production
company
Amma Creations
Distributed byPyramid Saimira
Release date
  • 5 September 2008 (2008-09-05)
Running time
153 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Saroja (stylised as Sa-Ro-Ja) is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language comedy thriller film written and directed by Venkat Prabhu and produced by T. Siva. It stars Jayaram, Prakash Raj, Shiva, Vaibhav, Premji, S. P. Charan and Vega as the title character, while Sampath Raj, Nikita and Bose Venkat play other vital roles. The film follows four friends who travel from Chennai to Hyderabad. Due to a road accident, they are forced to take a diversion off the main road to arrive on time. This leads them to a gang who have kidnapped the daughter of a millionaire.

The score and soundtrack were composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja with cinematography by Sakthi Saravanan, and editing by Praveen K. L. and N. B. Srikanth. The film was released on 5 September 2008 to positive reviews and emerged a commercial success. It was dubbed and partially reshot in Telugu with Srihari reprising Jayaram's role. This film was based on the 1993 film Judgement Night.