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Garjanai
Garjanai
	File:Garjanai.jpg Poster of Tamil version
Directed by	C. V. Rajendran
Written by	Panju Arunachalam (Tamil dialogues)
Produced by	Ram Kishen; Ramakrishnan; Giridharlal Chand; Ramchand
Starring	Rajinikanth; Madhavi ; Geetha
Cinematography	Jayanan Vincent
Edited by	R. G. Gopu
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production; company	Hem Nag Films
Distributed by	Hem Nag Films
Release dates	7 August 1981 (Tamil); 14 August 1981 (Malayalam); 23 October 1981 (Kannada);
Running time	124 minutes
Country	India
Languages	Tamil; Malayalam; Kannada

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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.

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

Rajinikanth as Dr. Vijay
Madhavi as Geetha
Geetha as Rekha
Jayamalini (Special Appearance)

Tamil version

Jaishankar as Parshuram
M. N. Nambiar as Dr. Mithra
Major Sundarrajan as D. C. P.
Thengai Srinivasan as Sivalingam
V. K. Ramasamy as Sundaram
Poornam Vishwanathan as Prof. Jaidev
Sukumari as Vijay and Rekha's mother
Baby Anju as Asha
Mohan Babu (Guest Appearance)

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]

Soundtrack

File:Garjanam poster.jpg

Poster of the Malayalam version, Garjanam

Tamil songs

All songs were written by Kannadasan and Panju Arunachalam and composed by Ilaiyaraaja.^[3]

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 songs

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

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics
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.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Bandeya Bandeya"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki	4:46
2.	"Hithavagidhe"	P. Jayachandran, S. Janaki	5:02
3.	"Kanna Minchinda"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki	4:40
4.	"Nadevaga"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:25
5.	"Nanna Roopa"	Vani Jairam	3:49

References

^ "Garjanai". cinesouth. Archived from the original on 7 September 2009. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
^ Ramachandran, Naman (2012). Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography. Penguin Books. p. 120.
^ "Garjanai Songs". raaga. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.

External links

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[1] "Garjanai". cinesouth. Archived from the original on 7 September 2009. Retrieved 6 October 2013.

[2] Ramachandran, Naman (2012). Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography. Penguin Books. p. 120.

[3] "Garjanai Songs". raaga. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.

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