Gaja (film)

Gaja is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language film directed by K. Madesha and produced by Srinivasa Murthy and Suresh Gowda. The film stars Darshan, Navya Nair and Devaraj. Producers of the film claimed that the film is based on a story by novelist P. Ramachandra Rao (Chandu).^[1] The film is a remake of the 2005 Telugu film Bhadra, which was also remade in 2006 in Tamil as Saravana. The movie was also dubbed into Hindi as Gajja Thakur.

Plot

Gaja (Darshan) and Krishna are friends. Gaja goes out to Krishna’s village for a holiday but finds some startling events happening. He finds that Krishna’s brother Devendra has a running feud with a rival faction, which prevents a harmonious relationship between the two families. But Gaja becomes a darling of Devendra’s family and he also takes a liking to Shwetha (Navya Nair), the sister of Devendra.

But in a faction fight later Devendra is killed along with his wife. Gaja tries to save the situation, but when he finds that the entire family of Devendra has become a target, he wants to run away with his friend Krishna and Shwetha. The rival faction leader’s brother will kill Krishna and in a retaliatory mood Gaja kills him. He then escapes to Bangalore along with Shwetha. And then a cat and mouse game starts with Gaja being hounded by the rival faction leaders. Finally Gaja wins the battle.

Cast

• Darshan as Gaja
• Navya Nair as Shwetha
• Devaraj as Devendra
• Pradeep Rawat
• Subbaraju
• Komal
• Ekta Kapoor
• Sourav as Krishna
• Chitra Shenoy
• Master Hirannaiah
• Srinath

Soundtrack

1 Maatu Nannolu-Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal

2 O Manase Manase- Kunal Ganjawala

3 Du Duniya- Tippu

4 Lambuji-Shaan, KS Chithra

5 Aithalakkadi-Shankar Mahadevan , Shamita Malnad

6 Bangaari-Jessi Gift, Chaitra

7 Shrikaarane-KS Chithra

Critical reception

Sify gave the film a rating of 4/5 and called it an "All time Industry hit" film and praised the role of acting, music and the camera departments in the film.^[1]

Release

Gaja was released on 11 January 2008.It was certified as 'A' by the censor board.Gaja completed 175 days at the box office. This is the highest collection movie in 2008 and also became Come back film for Darshan after seeing huge flops this film made Record in MMCH & North Karnataka movie grossed 23cr with 10cr Share "Bul Bul" & Gaja title song became Chartbusters

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