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Gaja
Gaja
Soundtrack album by V. Harikrishna
Released	2008
Recorded	2007
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	29:59
Language	Kannada
Label	Ashwini Recording Company
V. Harikrishna chronology

Gaja
Gaja
Directed by	K Madesh
Written by	K. V. Raju (Dialogues)
Screenplay by	K. Madesh
Produced by	S Srinivasa Murthy ; Suresh Gowda
Starring	Darshan; Navya Nair; Devaraj
Cinematography	Ramesh Babu
Edited by	T. Shashi kumar Deepu. S. Kumar
Music by	V. Harikrishna
Production; company	Sri SeethaByraveshwara productions
Distributed by	Jayanna Films
Release date	11 January 2008;
Running time	2 hours 32 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada
Budget	₹ 3.5 crores
Box office	₹ 7.5 crores

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Gaja is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language action romance film directed by K. Madesh. The film stars Darshan, Navya Nair and Devaraj. Producers of the film claimed that the film is based on a story by novelist P. Ramachandra Rao (Chandu).^[2] The film is a remake of the 2005 Telugu film Bhadra.Film Was a Hit and darshan got sucess after most of the Flop Films.

Plot

Gaja (Darshan) and Krishna are friends. Gaja goes out to Krishna's village for a holiday but finds some startling events happening. He finds that Krishna's brother Devendra has a running feud with a rival faction, which prevents a harmonious relationship between the two families. But Gaja becomes a darling of Devendra's family and he also takes a liking to Shwetha (Navya Nair), the sister of Devendra.

But in a faction fight later Devendra is killed along with his wife. Gaja tries to save the situation, but when he finds that the entire family of Devendra has become a target, he wants to run away with his friend Krishna and Shwetha. The rival faction leader's brother will kill Krishna and in a retaliatory mood Gaja kills him. He then escapes to Bangalore along with Shwetha. And then a cat and mouse game starts with Gaja being hounded by the rival faction leaders. Finally Gaja wins the battle.

Cast

Darshan as Gajendra "Gaja" Moorthi
Navya Nair as Shwetha
Devaraj as Devendra, Shwetha's eldest brother
Sourav as Krishna, Shwetha's brother
Pradeep Rawat as Soorappa
Shobaraj as Shivanna, Devendra's brother
Bhavya
Ashalatha
Deepa Iyer
Sangeetha
Nischitha Gowda as Gaja's cousin
Thejaswini
Ravi Chetan
Komal as Gaja's friend
Ekta Khosla as Satya
Chitra Shenoy
Master Hirannaiah as Gaja's grandfather
Srinath as Gaja's father
Subbaraju
Sathyajith
Ravi Varma
Chinnayya
Tharakesh Patel
Aruna Balaraj
Jaidev
Bhanu Prakash
Rakhi Savanth
Stunt Siddu
Lamboo Nagesh
Hulivana Gangadharayya
Malathi Sardeshpande
Shobha Raghavendra

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by V. Harikrishna. All lyrics were written by V. Nagendra Prasad.

Track listing
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Aitalakadi"	Shankar Mahadevan, Shamitha Malnad	4:56
2.	"Bangari Yare Nee"	Jassie Gift, Chaitra H. G.	4:38
3.	"Du Du Duniya"	Tippu	4:20
4.	"Lambuji"	Shaan, K. S. Chitra	4:14
5.	"Mathu Nannolu"	Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal	5:12
6.	"O Manase"	Kunal Ganjawala	4:37
7.	"Srikarane"	K. S. Chitra	2:02
Total length:			29:59

Critical reception

Sify gave the film a rating of 4/5 and praised the role of acting, music and the camera departments in the film.^[2]^[3] R G Vijayasarathy of Rediff.com scored the film at 2 out of 5 stars and says "Gaja's main strength is the music of Harikrishna and rich production values. Cameraman Ramesh Babu has to be complimented for his efforts. The songs Maathu Nannolu, Lambooji Lambooji, and Aithalakadi' are very well choreographed. And so are the fights. The only thumbs down to Gaja is the director and producer's claim that their film is an original."^[4]

Release

Gaja was released on 11 January 2008. It was certified as 'A' by the censor board. It completed over 100 days at the box office, and became a comeback film for Darshan after huge flops.^[5] "Bul Bul" and Gaja title song became chartbusters.

References

^ ^a ^b "2008- Top 5 films at the box-office". Sify. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Gaja". Sify. Archived from the original on 9 April 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
^ "Gaja Movie Review". chitraloka.com. 11 July 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
^ "Gaja is a good entertainer". Rediff.com. Retrieved 14 January 2008.
^ "'Gaja is the biggest hit of my career'". Rediff. 17 April 2008. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.

External links

Gaja at IMDb

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[bb-1] "2008- Top 5 films at the box-office". Sify. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2022.

[Gaja-2] "Gaja". Sify. Archived from the original on 9 April 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014.

[3] "Gaja Movie Review". chitraloka.com. 11 July 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

[4] "Gaja is a good entertainer". Rediff.com. Retrieved 14 January 2008.

[5] "'Gaja is the biggest hit of my career'". Rediff. 17 April 2008. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.

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 '''''Gaja''''' is a 2008 Indian [[Kannada-language]]  action romance  film directed by K. Madesh. The film stars [[Darshan (Kannada actor)|Darshan]], [[Navya Nair]] and [[Devaraj]]. Producers of the film claimed that the film is based on a story by novelist P. Ramachandra Rao (Chandu).<ref name="Gaja">{{cite web |title= Gaja |url= http://www.sify.com/movies/gaja-review-kannada-14588859.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140409103023/http://www.sify.com/movies/gaja-review-kannada-14588859.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 9 April 2014 |website= [[Sify]] |accessdate= 27 February 2014}}</ref> The film is a remake of the 2005 [[Telugu language|Telugu]] film ''[[Bhadra (2005 film)|Bhadra]]''.Film Was a Hit and darshan got sucess after most of the Flop Films.