Jai (2004 Telugu film)
Jai (Telugu: జై) is a 2004 Telugu drama film directed by Teja, starring Navdeep in his debut, and also has Santhoshi and Ayesha Jhulka. It was dubbed and partially reshot in Tamil as Jairam.[1] The film was successful in both the languages. The story tries to marry romance and patriotism.[2]
| Jai | |
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| Directed by | Teja |
| Produced by | Teja |
| Written by | Teja |
| Starring | Navdeep Santhoshi Ayesha Jhulka Salim Baig |
| Music by | Anoop Rubens |
| Cinematography | Ravi Varman |
| Edited by | Shankar |
Production company | Chitram Movies |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
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 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
- Navdeep as Jairam
- Santhoshi as Farah
- Ayesha Jhulka as Jai's mother
- Tanikella Bharani
- Abhinayashree
- Venu Madhav
- Duvvasi Mohan
- Dhanraj
- Allu Ramalingaiah
- Tamil version
- Pandiarajan as Sachin Tendulkar, the school principal
- Chinni Jayanth as Auto driver
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.
Soundtrack
The Music Was Composed By Anup Rubens and Released by Sohan Audio. All Lyrics were penned by Kulasekhar.
| Jai | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 2004 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 36:37 | |||
| Label | Sohan Audio | |||
| Producer | Anup Rubens | |||
| Anup Rubens chronology | ||||
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| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Jai Jai" | Master Manu, Anup Rubens, Tippu | 4:51 |
| 2. | "Enni Ashalo" | Shreya Ghoshal | 4:48 |
| 3. | "O Manasa O Manasa" | Anup Rubens, Usha | 4:52 |
| 4. | "One Two Three" | Tippu | 5:07 |
| 5. | "Vandemataram" | Baby Preethi, Srinivas N | 4:25 |
| 6. | "Nee Kosame" | Mallikarjun, K. S. Chithra | 5:32 |
| 7. | "Naa Chethilona" | Sumangali | 3:05 |
| 8. | "Chuttammo" | Lalitha | 3:57 |
| Total length: | 36:37 | ||
- Tamil Track list
- Dama Dama - Shankar Mahadevan
- Chinna Nenjile - Sumangali
- Oh Manase - S. P. B. Charan
- Vande Matharam - Baby Vaishali, Harish Raghavendra
- Un Kaiyil - Sujatha Mohan
- Kannin Maniye - Malliga Arun & K. S. Chithra
- Suruttamma - Anuradha Sriram & Manikka Vinayagam
- Music Bit - Anoop Rubens
Reception
The movie was successful at the box office. The film's music was a hit; songs like Desam Manade went on to become chart-busters.