''Garjanai'' () is a 1981 Indian

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language film directed by C. V. Rajendran, starring

Rajinikanth Shivaji Rao Gaikwad (born 12 December 1950), known professionally as Rajinikanth, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. In a career spanning over five decades, he has done 170 films that includes films in Tamil, Hindi, ...

and Madhavi. The music was scored by

Ilaiyaraaja Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and playback singer popular for his works in Indian cinema, predominately in Tamil cinema, Tamil in addition ...

. The film was simultaneously shot in

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as ''Garjanam'' and in

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

as ''Garjane'' (). All three versions of the film failed at the box office. ''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.

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

Production

All three versions were filmed simultaneously.

Jayan Krishnan Madhavan Nair (25 July 1939 – 16 November 1980), better known by his stage name Jayan, born as the son of Madhavan Pillai (Kerala title), Pillai and Bharathiyamma in Kollam district, Kollam, was an Indian actor, Officer (armed forc ...

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. During the filming of another fight sequence, a stuntman sustained a gash after punching glass, which led to hospitalisation.

Soundtrack

Reception

Sindhu and Jeeva, in their negative review of the film for ''

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'', referred to it as a "meow" rather than the "roar" implied by the films title.

References

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* 1980s Indian films 1980s Kannada-language films 1980s Malayalam-language films 1980s Tamil-language films 1981 films 1981 multilingual films Films directed by C. V. Rajendran Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Indian multilingual films Tamil-language Indian films {{Improve categories, date=July 2024