Garjanai () 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 (). 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
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 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 Shanawas as Murali Ravikumar Prathapachandran Poojappura Ravi Meena Das Jayamalini Rekha P. K. Abraham Jayanthi Jose Prakash Suchitra 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. 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 Kalki, referred to it as a "meow" rather than the "roar" implied by the films title.
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