Welcome to Sajjanpur is a 2008 Hindi-language Comedy Drama motion picture written by Ashok Mishra and Shyam Benegal. The movie is directed by Shyam Benegal and produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Chetan Motiwalla under the banner of IX Faces Pictures in collaboration with UTV Spotboy and UTV Bindass. An educated man spends his days writing letters for the varied inhabitants of his small, poor, and illiterate village, in this political and social satire. Welcome to sajjanpur features Shreyas Talpade in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Amrita Rao, Kunal Kapoor, Ravi Kishan, Ravi Jhankal, Ravi Kishan Shukla and Ila Arun. The movie is based on Palkon Ki Chhaon Mein. The music was composed by Shantanu Moitra. Cinematography was done by Rajan Kothari and editing by Aseem Sinha. The movie has a running time of 134 mins. It was released on 19th September 2008. Welcome to Sajjanpur was made on a budget of ₹9 crore and it was a hit at box office gross of ₹9 crore. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by UTV Motion Pictures. An educated man spends his days writing letters for the varied inhabitants of his small, poor, and illiterate village, in this political and social satire.