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Jai is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language supernatural action film directed by S. Narayan, who had previously worked primarily in Kannada language films. The film features Prashanth and Anshu, while the former's father Thiagarajan, along with Rajkiran, Bhanupriya, and Rajan P. Dev play supporting roles. A remake of the successful 2002 Telugu film Aadi which itself was inspired by the 1997 Kannada film Simhada Mari,[1] the film was produced by Thiagarajan and has music composed by Mani Sharma. Jai was released in January 2004 to negative reviews.
Plot
Nallamuthu (Rajkiran) meets Veerapandi (Thiagarajan), his wife (Bhanupriya), and 8-year-old son Jai returning from USA after a long gap. Veerapandi's late father was a well-known factionist in that area and owned 4,000 acres (1,600 ha) of land. While leaving for USA, Veerapandi gave the responsibility of managing this land to Vajravelu (Rajan P. Dev). Now back in India, Veerapandi realises that Vajravelu has been misusing his power. He wants to donate all his land to the 2000 families staying in that village. When Vajravelu comes to know of this impending charity, he attacks Veerapandi, killing him and his wife. Nallamuthu, being a trusted lieutenant of Veerapandi, takes Jai and escapes to the city. After the murders, Veerapandi's trusted people are put in jail for 14 years.
After 14 years, the now grown up Jai (Prashanth) studies in a college and falls in love with Nandhini (Anshu Ambani), who is Vajravelu's daughter. Nallamuthu has raised Jai in Chennai as a fun-loving boy, but he grows up as a hot-tempered young lad. Completing her studies, Nandhini returns to her hometown. Jai comes along with other trusted members of his father who are released from jail. Nallamuthu wants to take revenge on Vajravelu and get back all the land so that he can distribute it to the villagers. The rest of the film deals with how Jai succeeds in avenging his parents.
Cast
Prashanth as Jaya "Jai" Veerapandi
Anshu as Nandhini
Thiagarajan as Veerapandi
Rajkiran as Nallamuthu
Bhanupriya as Veerapandi's wife/Jai's mother
Rajan P. Dev as Vajravelu
Seetha as Vajravelu's wife
Dhamu as College Student
Vaiyapuri as College Student
Sathyan as College Student
Ponnambalam as Karuppu
Devan as Nandhini's uncle
Doddanna as College Principal
Robert as Mohan
Arvind Kathare as Vajravelu's son
Janagaraj
Kuyili
Shakeela
Pandu
Sukumar
Directed by S. Narayan
Written by Jai Prabhakar (dialogues)
Story by V. V. Vinayak
Based on Aadi (Telugu)
Produced by Thiagarajan
Starring Prashanth
Anshu
Thiagarajan
Rajkiran
Bhanupriya
Rajan P. Dev
Cinematography P. K. H. Dass
Edited by P. R. Soundar Raj
Music by Mani Sharma
Production
company
Lakshmi Shanthi Movies
Release date
14 January 2004
Running time 163 minutes
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