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)
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

This is about the Tamil version only.

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

• 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 Viswanathan as Prof. Jaidev
• Sukumari as Vijay and Rekha's mother
• Baby Anju as Asha
• Mohan Babu (Guest Appearance)

Malayalam version

• Balan K. Nair
• Kuthiravattam Pappu
• Sukumari
• Baby Anju
• Ravikumar
• Jayan (special appearance)

Kannada version

• Jai Jagadish
• Dwarakish
• Udaykumar
• Thoogudeepa Srinivas
• Sudheer
• Shivaram
• Shakti Prasad
• Baby Anju
• Leelavathi

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]