Gajaana

Gajaana is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language supernatural fantasy adventure film written, directed and produced by Prabadish Samz under his Four Square Studios, having Vedhika, Yogi Babu and Inigo Prabhakaran in the lead roles, alongside an ensemble cast including Chandini Tamilarasan, Hareesh Peradi, Pratap Pothen, Sendrayan, Velu Prabhakaran and others in supporting roles.^[1]

Gajaana
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Prabadish Samz
Written by	Prabadish Samz
Produced by	Prabadish Samz
Starring	Vedhika Yogi Babu Inigo Prabhakaran Chandini Tamilarasan
Cinematography	Gopi Duraisamy Vinod JP
Edited by	K.M.Riyas
Music by	Achu Rajamani
Production company	Four Square Studios
Release date	9 May 2025 (2025-05-09)
Running time	108 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Gajaana was released in theatres on 9 May 2025.

Plot

The film revolves around a group of young people embarking on a journey into a forest, to unveil its mystery behind the centuries-old curse facing supernatural elements and deadly animals in the forest.^[2]

Cast

• Vedhika as Hema
• Yogi Babu
• Inigo Prabhakaran
• Chandini Tamilarasan
• Hareesh Peradi as Manjeri Kesavan
• Pratap Pothen
• Karate Karthi
• Ilango
• Sendrayan
• Vijayalakshmi Veeramani
• Knife Naren
• Velu Prabhakaran
• Pooja Shankar
• Rajesh
• Sahana Venkataraman
• Deva
• Nithiya

Production

In early June 2022, an announcement was made regarding Vedhika's next fantasy adventure film project titled Gajaana by the film's writer, director and producer Prabadish Samz.^[3] The film also stars Yogi Babu, and Inigo Prabhakaran in the lead roles^[4] alongside an ensemble cast consisting of Chandini Tamilarasan, Hareesh Peradi, Pratap Pothen, Karate Karthi, Ilango, Sendrayan, Vijayalakshmi Veeramani, Knife Naren, Velu Prabhakaran,^[5] Pooja Shankar, Rajesh, Sahana Venkataraman, Deva, Nithiya and others in supporting roles.^[6] The technical crew includes Gopi Duraisamy and Vinod JP as the cinematographers, K. M. Riyas as editor and Achu Rajamani as the music composer.^[7]

Music

The film has music composed by Achu Rajamani.^[2] The first single "Kagidha Megam" composed by Vikram Varman and sung by Haricharan was released on 15 July 2024.^[8]

Track Listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Kagidha Megam"	Kabilan	Haricharan	5:18

Release

Gajaana was released in theatres on 9 May 2025.^[9] It was earlier scheduled for 27 December 2024.^[5] After a few days of its release, on 11 May 2025, it was announced that the film has been temporarily suspended from screening in theatres citing the ongoing 2025 India–Pakistan conflict and the associated safety reasons.^[10]

Reception

A critic of Dinamalar rated the film 2.5/5 by criticizing the graphics and the slow-paced screenplay, especially in the second half.^[11] Roopa Radhakrishnan of The Times of India gave 2/5 stars and wrote "Gajaana is amateurish, ill-conceived and pretentious. When a film presents intriguing high-concept ideas, we would also expect its execution to have depth and nuance.[...] Gajaana gets butchered in execution with its unnecessary positioning of a sequel, unconvincing CGI and the lack of focus given to individual character arcs."^[12]