Garjanai

Garjanai (transl. Roar) is a 1981 Indian Tamil language film directed by C. V. Rajendran, starring Rajinikanth and Madhavi. The music was scored by Ilaiyaraaja. The film was simultaneously shot in Malayalam as Garjanam and in Kannada as Garjane (pronunciation^ⓘ). All three versions of the film failed at the box office.^[1] Garjanai ran for 52 days in Chennai making it one of Rajinikanth's films with the shortest run in theatres. It marked Rajinikanth's last Malayalam and Kannada film role till date.

Garjanai
Poster of Tamil version
Directed by	C. V. Rajendran
Written by	Panchu Arunachalam (Tamil dialogues) Chi. Udayashankar (Kannada dialogues)
Screenplay by	C. V. Rajendran
Story by	Gollapudi Maruti Rao
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
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
Country	India
Languages	Tamil Malayalam Kannada

Plot

Dr. Vijay is an honest doctor who confronts a dangerous, diabolical gang led by Dr. Mithra and Parasuram. The gang contaminates common food items with lethal substances and profits by supplying antidotes. Geetha is Vijay's love interest, while Rekha is his sister.

Cast

Cast (Tamil)	Cast (Kannada)	Role
Rajinikanth		Dr. Vijay, M.B.B.S.
Madhavi		Geetha
Jaishankar	Thoogudeepa Srinivas	Parasuram
M. N. Nambiar	Sudheer	Mr. Mithra
Mohan Babu (Uncredited)
Major Sundarrajan	Udaykumar	D. C. P.
Thengai Srinivasan	Dwarakish	Sivalingam (Tamil)/ Maadappa (Kannada)
V. K. Ramasamy	Shivaram	Sundaram
Poornam Viswanathan	Shakti Prasad	Prof. Jaidev
Shanawas	Jai Jagadish	Murali
Geetha		Rekha
Sukumari	Leelavathi	Vijay and Rekha's mother
Baby Anju		Asha
Upasane Seetharam (Uncredited in Tamil)		Vishwanathan (Tamil)/ Vishwanath (Kannada)
Jayamalini		Special Appearance in the song "Vanthathu Nallathu" (Tamil)/ "Bandeya Bandeya" (Kannada)

Malayalam version

• Rajinikanth as Dr. Vijay, M.B.B.S.
• Madhavi as Geetha
• Geetha as Rekha
• Balan K. Nair
• Kuthiravattam Pappu
• Sukumari as Vijay and Rekha's mother
• M. N. Nambiar as Mr. Mithra
• Shanawas
• Ravikumar
• Baby Anju as Asha
• Jayan (special appearance)
• Jayamalini (special appearance in the song "Vannathu Nallathu Nalla Dinam")

Production

All three versions were filmed simultaneously. Jayan was the original lead actor of Garjanam, the Malayalam version. While half the film had been shot, he suffered an accident while filming another film, Kolilakkam and succumbed to his injuries. Subsequently, Garjanam was completed with Rajinikanth in the same role. Some footage of Jayan was included in the film's opening reel, before the credits, during screenings in Kerala.^[2][3] During the filming of another fight sequence, a stuntman sustained a gash after punching glass, which led to hospitalisation.^[4]

Soundtrack

Tamil^[5]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Oru Ooril"	Kannadasan	Malaysia Vasudevan	4:27
2.	"Enna Sugamana"	Panchu Arunachalam	Malaysia Vasudevan, Uma Ramanan	4:41
3.	"Kuththum Oosi"	Kannadasan	Vani Jairam	4:09
4.	"Vanthathu Nallathu"	Kannadasan	S. Janaki, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:46
5.	"Varuvai Anbe"	Panchu Arunachalam	T. K. S. Kalaivanan, S. Janaki	5:04

All lyrics are written by Sreekumaran Thampi.

Malayalam^[6]

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Ente Pularkaalam"	S. Janaki, P. Jayachandran
2.	"Oru Mohathin"	S. Janaki, P. Jayachandran
3.	"Oru Theril"	P. Jayachandran, Chorus
4.	"Pennin Kannil Viriyum"	Vani Jairam
5.	"Thamburaatti Nin Kottaarathil"	P. Jayachandran
6.	"Vannathu Nallathu Nalla Dinam"	S. Janaki, P. Jayachandran, Chorus

Kannada^[7]

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

Reception

Sindhu and Jeeva, in their negative review of the film for Kalki, referred to it as a "meow" rather than the "roar" implied by the films title.^[8]