Jayam (2002 film)

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Jayam
File:Jayam Poster.jpg Movie poster
Directed by	Teja
Written by	Teja
Produced by	Teja
Starring	Nithiin Sadha Gopichand
Cinematography	Sameer Reddy
Edited by	Shankar
Music by	R. P. Patnaik
Production company	Chitram Movies
Release date	14 June 2002 (2002-06-14)
Running time	152 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	₹18 million
Box office	est. ₹320 million

Jayam (transl. Victory) is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language romantic action drama film written, produced and directed by Teja under the banner, Chitram Movies.The film stars Nithiin, Sadha, and Gopichand. and music was composed by R. P. Patnaik. The film went on to become a huge hit both critically and commercially. Performances of actors and the music was well received and appreciated by the viewers and critics. It was remade by M. Raja in Tamil with the same title in 2003, while Sadha and Gopichand reprised their roles.

Plot

In a village, the parents of first cousins Sujatha and Raghu decide that the children will marry one another when they grow up. Raghu is seen to be arrogant and negatively shaded since young. He smokes and steals money from his father to gamble. Once when Raghu attacks Sujatha's classmate when he helps her, Sujatha breaks all bonds with Raghu. When Raghu's family moves to another village, Sujatha and Raghu do not even say goodbye to each other. Meanwhile, Raghu's father gifts Sujatha with silver anklets and requests her to never remove them, to which she obliges. Several years pass by. Raghu and Sujatha are very distanced. Sujatha grows up to be a beautiful teenage girl, whereas Raghu becomes a rogue and a womanizer. Every time his mother speaks of Sujatha, he feels disgusted. He goes to the extent of sleeping with his servant.

Meanwhile, Sujatha goes to college, where she meets Venkat. Venkat is from an extremely poor family and does small jobs to support his single mother, and pay the money lender. He has a decent group of friends, and they are classmates with Sujatha. Venkat has an instant crush on Sujatha, which Sujatha does not reciprocate. Venkat asks Sujatha to come to the temple festival, to which she refuses. But in the end, Sujatha comes, indicating that she is in love with Venkat. Venkat and Sujatha start dating and communicating with each other on the train by writing to each other on the blackboard at the side of the train.

Once, when building up the courage to board the same compartment on the train as Venkat, Sujatha is spotted by the family astrologer. She goes home scared, and as she had expected, the astrologer told Sujatha's father. Her father tells her that she would be married to Raghu just as was decided years ago. Sujatha protests, but her father stays firm. This results in Sujatha dropping out of college and staying at home.

Raghu comes for the engagement reluctantly (still thinking of their childhood encounter), but instantly falls for her the moment he sees her. He warns Sujatha that she would never go away and marry him in the end. They both are engaged. Sujatha has a younger sister Kalyani, who turns out to be the messenger between her and Venkat. She gives a message to Venkat to meet Sujatha at the temple. The whole family goes to the temple after the engagement, and there Sujatha sees Venkat waiting for her. She is spotted talking to Venkat by Raghu and his gang, and they mercilessly beat him up. Traumatized, Sujatha runs to her father, but Raghu indirectly warns her family that things would turn out wrong if Venkat is seen anywhere near Sujatha.

He then mysteriously comes into Raghu's home and writes that he would be the one marrying Sujatha in the end, in blood, triggering Raghu. Fearing that Venkat would come and take Sujatha away, Raghu sends his men to Venkat's house. They trash the whole house and the things inside, sparing his mother. His mother tells Venkat's friends that he should come back with Sujatha, and if he does not, she would kill him. The same thing happens in Sujatha's home on their wedding day he writes he will take Sujatha at 7:00. Raghu, in a rush, asks the family to hurry and complete the wedding. Sujatha goes into the room to change, but in reality, she is waiting for Venkat, after seeing his message on the wall. Raghu comes and breaks open the door, and at the same time, Venkat comes through the roof and rescues Sujatha.

Angered and defeated, Raghu goes after the couple, and a chase ensues, which results in Venkat getting wounded by Raghu. The couple and Venkat's friend helped them, escape on the train with the help of the conductor. But Raghu enters the train with his men, and the couple escapes to the roof, where they are cornered. To save themselves, they jump off the train and roll down to a forest. To their shock, Raghu and his men come there as well. After gaining confidence from Sujatha, he fights with Raghu. Raghu is defeated in face-to-face combat with Venkat, and Venkat marries Sujatha.

Cast

• Nithiin as Venkataramana
• Sadha as Sujatha, Venkataramana's Love interest
• Gopichand as Raghu
• Siva Krishna as Sujatha's father
• Prasad Babu as Raghu's father
• Dharmavarapu Subramanyam
• Chittajalu Lakshmipathy
• Suman Setty as Ali Baba
• Supreeth
• Rallapalli Narasimha as priest
• Duvvasi Mohan
• Satti Babu
• Jenny
• Shakeela as Gnana Saraswathi
• Delhi Rajeswari as Sujatha's mother
• Srilakshmi as Nurse
• Alapati Lakshmi
• Nirmala Reddy

Soundtrack

Jayam
Film score by R. P. Patnaik
Released	2002
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	42:05
Label	Aditya Music
Producer	R. P. Patnaik
R. P. Patnaik chronology
Santosham (2002) Jayam (2002) Sreeram (2002)

Music was composed by R. P. Patnaik. Lyrics were penned by Kulasekhar. Music was released on ADITYA Music Company.

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Veeri Veeri"	R. P. Patnaik, Chorus	3:32
2.	"Bandi Bandi"	Ravi Varma, Balaji, R. P. Patnaik, Chorus	5:35
3.	"Enduko" (Male)	R.P. Patnaik	4:52
4.	"Nestama"	R. P. Patnaik, Usha	1:24
5.	"Priyatama"	R. P. Patnaik, Usha	5:02
6.	"Gorantha Deepam"	R. P. Patnaik, Gayatri	1:01
7.	"Evvaru Emanna"	R. P. Patnaik, Usha	4:05
8.	"Enduko" (Female)	Usha	4:49
9.	"Raanu Raanu"	Teja, Usha, R. P. Patnaik	4:48
10.	"Prema O Prema"	K.K.	3:25
11.	"Dushkaram"	Group Song	1:09
12.	"Jayam"	Group Song	1:51
Total length:			42:05

Reception

A critic from The Hindu wrote that "The film is a visual delight especially in song situations". Jeevi of Idlebrain.com and a critic from Full Hyderabad called the film "average".

Accolades

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
CineMAA Awards	5 October 2003	Best Director	Teja	Won
		Best Male Debut	Nithiin	Won
		Best Villain	Gopichand	Won
		Critics Best Music Director	R. P. Patnaik	Won
Filmfare Awards South	24 May 2003	Best Film – Telugu	Chitram Movies (Film Production House)	Nominated
		Best Director – Telugu	Teja	Nominated
		Best Male Debut – South	Nithiin	Won
		Best Actress – Telugu	Sadha	Won
		Best Comedian – Telugu	Suman Setty	Nominated
		Best Villain – Telugu	Gopichand	Nominated
		Best Music Director – Telugu	R. P. Patnaik	Nominated
Nandi Awards	18 February 2004	Best Villain	Gopichand	Won
		Best Male Comedian	Suman Setty	Won
		Best Child Actress	Baby Swetha	Won
		Best Female Dubbing Artist	Sunitha (for Sadha)	Won

External links

• Jayam at IMDb