Jaaji Mallige (transl. Jasmine) is a 2009 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film written and directed by R. Anantharaju. A remake of the Tamil film Devathaiyai Kanden (2005), it stars Ajay Rao and Gowri Munjal. The film was released on 3 April 2009.

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Ramu, a tea seller, falls in love with a girl and they plan to marry. But her parents force her to marry a rich man instead.

• Ajay Rao as Ramu
• Gowri Munjal as Uma
• Naga Kiran as Dr. Prashanth
• Komal
• Bullet Prakash
• Nagashekhar

Jaaji Mallige, a remake of Boopathy Pandian's Tamil film Devathaiyai Kanden (2005), was directed by R. Anantharaju who also wrote the screenplay,^[2] while Ramnarayan wrote the dialogues.^[3] The film was produced by Anaji Nagaraj and Jayanna under J N Combines. Cinematography was handled by M. R. Seenu, and editing by Suresh Muniraj.^[2]

The soundtrack was composed by Sadhu Kokila.^[4] All other tunes were retained from original Tamil film Devathaiyai Kanden except "Mogava Nee" which is an adaptation of a Hindi song "Chehra Kya Dekhte Ho" from the 1994 Hindi film Salaami.^{[citation needed]}

Jaaji Mallige was released on 3 April 2009.^[2] R G Vijayasarathy of Rediff.com rated the film 3 out of 5 and wrote, "Jaaji Mallige may please everyone -- those who have watched the original, and those who haven't".^[3] The Times of India wrote, "Director R Anantharaju could have done a much better job of this excellent romantic story with lively narration and a neat script".^[1] Mid-Day wrote, "Though the director Ananthraj has done a decent jog of the screenplay and script, the first half is actually pretty boring".^[5] Bangalore Mirror wrote, "Without being overly melodramatic, the director has managed to spin a credible tale. And this is the biggest asset of the film along with the comic scenes involving Komal".^[6] IANS wrote, "Jaaji Mallige wins because the director has just followed the original, except for including a little bit of comedy".^[7]