Garjanai (1981 film)

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Garjanai
Garjanai 1981 poster.jpg
Poster of Tamil version
Directed byC. V. Rajendran
Written byPanju Arunachalam (Tamil dialogues)
Produced byRam Kishen
Ramakrishnan
Giridharlal Chand
Ramchand
StarringRajinikanth
Madhavi
Geetha
CinematographyJayanan Vincent
Edited byR. G. Gopu
Music byIlaiyaraaja
Production
company
Hem Nag Films
Distributed byHem Nag Films
Release dates
  • 7 August 1981 (1981-08-07) (Tamil)
  • 14 August 1981 (1981-08-14) (Malayalam)
  • 23 October 1981 (1981-10-23) (Kannada)
Running time
124 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguagesTamil
Malayalam
Kannada

Garjanai (transl. Roar) is a 1981 Indian Tamil-language film directed by C. V. Rajendran starring Rajinikanth and Madhavi . Music was scored by Ilaiyaraaja. The film was simultaneously shot in Malayalam as Garjanam and in Kannada as Garjane. All three versions of the film failed in the box office.[1] Garjanai ran for 52 days in Chennai making it one of Rajinikanth's movies which had the shortest run in theaters.

Plot[]

This is about the Tamil version only.

Dr. Vijay (Rajinikanth) is an honest doctor who faces off against a dangerous, diabolical gang led by Mithra (M. N. Nambiar) and Parasuram (Jaishankar) that contaminates common food items with lethal substances and then makes profits by supplying antidotes. Geetha (Madhavi) is Vijay's love interest, while Rekha (Geetha) is his sister.

Cast[]

Tamil version
Malayalam version
Kannada version

Production[]

All three versions were filmed simultaneously. Jayan was the original lead actor of Garjanam, the Malayalam version. While half the film was shot, he met with an accident while shooting for another film Kolilakkam and succumbed to his injuries. After that, Garjanam was completed with Rajinikanth playing the same character. Some shots of Jayan were added to the film's opening reel before the credits at screenings in Kerala.[2][3]

Soundtrack[]

Tamil songs

All songs were written by Kannadasan and Panju Arunachalam and composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[4]

No. Song Singers Lyrics Length (m:ss)
1 "Enna Sugamana Ulagam" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Uma Ramanan Panju Arunachalam 4:41
2 "Oru Ooril Oru Maharani" Malaysia Vasudevan Kannadasan 4:27
3 "Kutthum Oosi" Vani Jayaram 4:09
4 "Vanthathu Nallathu" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki 4:46
5 "Varuvai Anbe" T. K. S. Kalaivanan, S. Janaki Panju Arunachalam 5:04
Malayalam

The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja and the lyrics were written by Sreekumaran Thampi.

No. Song Singers Lyrics Length
1 "Ente Pularkaalam" S. Janaki, P. Jayachandran Sreekumaran Thampi
2 "Oru Mohathin" S. Janaki, P. Jayachandran Sreekumaran Thampi
3 "Oru Theril" P. Jayachandran, Chorus Sreekumaran Thampi
4 "Pennin Kannil Viriyum" Vani Jairam Sreekumaran Thampi
5 "Thamburaatti Nin Kottaarathil" P. Jayachandran Sreekumaran Thampi
6 "Vannathu Nallathu Nalla Dinam" S. Janaki, P. Jayachandran, Chorus Sreekumaran Thampi
Kannada songs
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Bandeya Bandeya"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki4:46
2."Hithavagidhe"P. Jayachandran, S. Janaki5:02
3."Kanna Minchinda"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki4:40
4."Nadevaga"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam4:25
5."Nanna Roopa"Vani Jairam3:49

References[]

  1. ^ "ரஜினிக்கு 'க' ராசியில்லையா?". Webdunia (in Tamil). Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  2. ^ Anandan, S. (6 January 2013). "Reel to real image, a tome". The Hindu. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  3. ^ Ramachandran, Naman (2012). Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography. Penguin Books. p. 120.
  4. ^ "Garjanai (1980)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.

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