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| Directed by | Venkat Prabhu |
| Written by | Venkat Prabhu |
| Produced by | T. Siva Haresh Vikram Vijayakumar |
| Starring | Jayaram Prakash Raj Vaibhav S. P. Charan Vega Tamotia Shiva Premji Sampath Raj Nikita Thukral Bose Venkat Kajal Aggarwal |
| Cinematography | Sakthi Saravanan |
| Edited by | Praveen K. L. Srikanth.N.B |
| Music by | Yuvan Shankar Raja |
Production company | Amma Creations |
| Distributed by | Pyramid Saimira |
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Running time | 153 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Box office | ₹14 crore |
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 Tamotia as the title character, while Sampath Raj, Nikita Thukral, Bose Venkat and Kajal Aggarwal play other vital roles. Several other popular Tamil television artists and crew members make special appearances throughout the film. The score and soundtrack were composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja with cinematography by Sakthi Saravanan.
The film follows the journey of four young men who travel from Chennai to Hyderabad to watch a cricket match. 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 a schoolgirl, Saroja, the only daughter of a millionaire.
The film was released on 5 September 2008 to very positive reviews and critical acclaim, while also emerging a high 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.