Panjaa is a 2011 Telugu-language Action Crime film written by Abburi Ravi and directed by Vishnuvardhan and produced by Neelima Tirumalasetty, Nagesh Muntha, Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni under the banner of Arka Media Works in collaboration with Sanghamitra Arts Productions. Jai (Pawan), an orphan, is taken in and nurtured into a hard hitting gangster by Bhagwan (Jackie Shroff). When not busy kicking the hell out of rival gangs, he escapes his lovelorn life by running a nursery with his pal Chotu (Ali). Meanwhile, Jai runs into a Greenpeace activist Sandhya (Sarah Jane Dias) and sparks fly between the duo. When Jai couldn't bear Munna's manic activities, he confronts him. Bhagawan, father of Munna is enraged and is hell bent on revenge. An ultimate face-off between loyalty and morals ensues. Written by FilmSchool Reject. Panjaa features Pawan Kalyan, Sarah-jane Dias, Anjali Lavania, Jackie Shroff, Adivi Sesh, Atul Kulkarni and Amit Tiwari. The screenplay is written by Rahul Koda , Vishnuvardhan and Abburi Ravi. The music was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. Cinematography was done by P. S. Vinod and editing by A. Sreekar Prasad. The film has a running time of 156 minutes. It was released on 8th December 2011. Panjaa was made on a budget of ₹33 crore and at the box office it grossed only ₹26 crore. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Sri Venkateswara Creations.