Jaihind (1994 film)
1994 film directed by Arjun Sarja From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jaihind (transl. Victory to India!) is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language action war film written and directed by Arjun. The film stars him and Ranjitha. It was released on 20 May 1994,[2] and became a commercial success.[3] A spiritual successor titled Jaihind 2, also starring Arjun, was released in 2014.[4]
| Jaihind | |
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| Directed by | Arjun |
| Written by | Arjun |
| Produced by | S. Chain Raaj Jain |
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| Cinematography | K. S. Selvaraj |
| Edited by | P. Sai Suresh |
| Music by | Vidyasagar |
Production company | Mishri Entreprises |
Release date |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | ₹3 crore[1] |
Plot
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ACP Bharath is a police officer with high patriotic image. His brother Sriram was in an encounter with a terrorist group, which is responsible for the death of Tamil Nadu's current Chief Minister. He is romantically interested in his colleague, Inspector Priya. Priya's father is also a nationalist political leader who supports Arjun. The Government decides to destroy the terrorist group. Arjun, Priya along with some condemned prisoners move to a remote island to nab the terrorist group.
Cast
- Arjun as ACP Bharath IPS
- Ranjitha as Inspector Priya
- Goundamani as Head constable Kottaisamy
- Manorama as Bharath's mother
- Senthil in dual role as Kottaisamy's dream and DIG
- Major Sundarrajan as Ravichandran
- Kalyan Kumar as Chief Minister
- Devan as Sriram, Bharath's brother
- Rajesh as Seenivasan
- Pandari Bai as Maria Devi
- Chandrasekhar as Sekhar
- Vaishnavi as Susila
- Charuhasan as Priya's father
- Chokkalinga Bhagavathar
- Idichapuli Selvaraj as a police constable
- Vimalraj as the terrorist leader
- Bayilvan Ranganathan as Inspector
- Gowtham as Gowtham
- Kamala Kamesh
- Baby Vichitra
- Cameo appearances
- Kavithasri
- Raju Sundaram
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Vidyasagar, with lyrics written by Vairamuthu.[5] The song "Thayin Manikodi" remains hugely popular and is frequently played during Independence Day.[6][7] It inspired the title of a 1998 film also directed by and starring Arjun.[8]
| Song | Singer(s) | Duration |
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| "Bodhai Yeri Pocchu" | S. P. Sailaja, Suresh Peters | 4:29 |
| "Kanna En Selai" | S. Janaki, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 4:53 |
| "Muttham Thara" | Mano, Sindhu | 3:22 |
| "Thanni Vachu" | Malgudi Subha, Vidyasagar,Arjun | 4:49 |
| "Thayin Manikodi" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 4:26 |
Reception
K. Vijiyan of New Straits Times wrote, "The strong family theme helps prop up all the action scenes and makes it different from just another Rambo-style movie."[9] R. P. R. of Kalki wrote that Arjun has done a one man show like Seshan, but felt that Arjun has messed up in aspects like music, calling it torture, keeping lengthy dialogues and the poor choice of actor as antagonist. He concluded that one must appreciate the makers the fact that they have made a point, but sighed at the fact that they did not know how to convey it.[10]
See also
- Jai Hind,"Hail India" slogan
- Movies
- Jai Hind (2012 film), Kannada language war movie
- Jaihind 2 (2014 film), a Hindi language movie (Arjunin Jaihind 2 in Tamil) produced and directed by Arjun Sarja
- Jai Hind (2019 film), a Hindi language movie, made by actor-director Manoj Kumar
- Jai Hind (2019 film), Bhojpuri language movie
References
External links
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