Jai (2004 Telugu film)

Jai
Directed by Teja
Produced by Teja (Telugu),
M. R. Mohan Radha (Tamil)
Starring Navdeep
Santhoshi
Ayesha Jhulka
Cinematography Ravi Varman
Edited by Shankar
Production
company
Chitram Movies (Telugu),
Radaan Mediaworks (Tamil)
Release date
 25 March 2004
Country India
Language Tamil
Telugu

Jai (Telugu: జై) is a 2004 Telugu movie directed by Teja, starring Navdeep in his debut, and also has Santhoshi and Ayesha Jhulka. It was simultaneously made in Tamil as Jairam.[1] The film was successful in both the languages. The story tries to marry romance and patriotism.[2]

Plot

Jairam (Navdeep) is a son of a rich widow (Ayesha Jhulka) whose husband was killed by Pakistanis in the war. As usual, she neglects her son and is busy in earning money for him in the business. Jai is a brilliant student who also possesses high moral values. He falls in love with Farah (Santhoshi), whose father teaches him boxing. Jai's mother holds the Indo-Pak Boxing Match. India loses the match, and the Pakistan champion challenges Indians saying that even after 56 years of independence, Indians cannot stop Pakistanis from butchering the Indian army members. Jai challenges that he will win them in 56 days.

The twist in the tale is that the Pakistani boxer is none other than the ISI member sent by Lashkar-e-Taiba Chief Maulana Masood Azhar. When young Jai challenges them, they stoop like film villains and fracture Jai’s ribs and tear the ligaments of his right hand, which he uses for his boxing. Afterwards, Jai challenges him and defeats him in a boxing match. Blood is shown dripping from the villain's ear, showing that Jai killed him with his broken fist chanting 'Vande Mataram'.

Cast

Tamil version

Bilingual Release

Jai was Director Teja's First Bilingual film and was released in Tamil and Telugu simultaneously in 900 Theaters worldwide including India, Singapore, UK, USA, Australia. The Tamil version, Jairam, was produced by Radaan Media Works owned by Veteran Actress, Radhika. Senior Actors in Tamil replaced the senior actors in Telugu in the Tamil Version to bring in nativity. The movie made good business in Tamil Nadu and was the first major film production for Radaan Media Works.

Reception

Movie was successful at the Box Office. Film's Music was a hit, songs like Desam Manade went on to become chart-busters.

References

  1. ↑ http://thiraipadam.com/cgi-bin/movie_review.pl?id=307&user_name=bbalaji&review_lang=english&lang=english
  2. ↑ http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-jai.html


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