Jayam (2003 film)

Jayam
Directed by	M. Raja
Produced by	M. Varalakshmi
Written by	M. Raja Teja Prasanna Kumar
Starring	Jayam Ravi Sadha Gopichand Senthil Mayilsamy Suman Shetty Ramesh Khanna
Music by	R.P. Patnaik
Cinematography	R. Rathnavelu
Editing by	A. Mohan
Distributed by	M.L. Movie Aarts
Release date(s)	2003
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Jayam (Tamil: ஜெயம், English: Victory) is a Tamil film directed by M. Raja that released in 2003. It was the debut for Jayam Ravi and Sadha as hero and heroine respectively. It also starred Senthil, Gopichand, Mayilsamy, Suman Shetty and Ramesh Khanna. It was a box-office blockbuster and a remake of super hit Telugu film with the same title starring Nitin, Sadha, and Gopichand. It won the Filmfare Best Movie Award South in the year of its release.

Plot

The story is centered in a village where the parents of first cousins Sujatha (Sadha) and Raghu (Gopichand) decide that they will be married to each other when they become adults. As a child, Sujatha's uncle gives her anklets, which she wears as she grows up. As they grow older, Raghu is caught smuggling money from his house. At school, Raghu beats up a kid for talking to Sujatha. They quarrel, and soon Raghu's family leaves for another village.

Sujatha grows to be an attractive college student, while the villain Raghu becomes a good-for-nothing character. On her way to college, Sujatha meets Ravi (Jayam Ravi), a poor, handsome, charming, enthusiastic young man. He asks her to wear her anklets to college again, and soon after their quarrels they fall in love. Meanwhile, Raghu’s parents, hoping that he will become a responsible person after marriage, decide to carry out his marriage with Sujatha. The whole story takes a turn when Sujatha’s parents learn about her love affair with Ravi. On the day of her marriage, Sujatha elopes with Ravi and the action heats up as they are chased by Raghu and his thugs.

Finally, the villain Raghu is defeated in a face-to-face combat with Ravi, and Ravi marries Sujatha.

Cast and crew

Cast

• Jayam Ravi .... Ravi
• Sadha .... Sujatha
• Gopichand .... Raghu
• Senthil
• Suman Setty
• Ramesh Khanna
• Shakeela
• Mayilsamy
• Poornitha ....Child artist

Crew

• Director: M. Raja
• Producer: M. Varalakshmi
• Distributed: M.L. Movie Aarts
• Editing: A. Mohan

Track list

Songs and background score is handled by R.P. Patnaik. The songs in the movie are as follows.

1. "Kanamoochi" ... Shankar Mahadevan
2. "Kavithayae Theriyuma" ... Harini, Manicka Vinayagam, R.P. Patnaik
3. "Thiruvizhannu Vantha" ... Tippu, Gowri, Raja, Ravi
4. "Vandi Vandi Railu Vandi" ... Tippu, Manicka Vinayagam
5. "Kaathal Kaathal" ... Karthik
6. "Kaathal Thandha Vali" ... Karthik, Ganga
7. "Kodi Kodi Minnalgal" ... Vijay Yesudas

Reviews

The movie got an overall positive review. Moviecrew gave 58%.

External links

• Jayam at the Internet Movie Database