Jana (film)

Jana is a 2004 Tamil action film directed by Shaji Kailas. The film stars Ajith Kumar in the title role with Sneha, Raghuvaran, Karunaas and Srividya playing other key roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Dhina, while the camera is handled by Rajeev Ravi.^[1]

Plot

Janardhanan lives in a village in Tamil Nadu, leading life incognito, taking up the cause of the villagers, making enemies around. And then comes the twist in the tale, the caption in the interval reading...'Interval...Wait just see other face'. And when the film re-opens we do get to see the other face of Jana.

Jana, a terror to the Mumbai dons, corrupt politicians and their ilk, killing, maiming and teaching a lesson to them. Both the faces of Jana merge finally, when his bete noire Bhandari, out of jail, comes to the village to have his final round with Jana.

Cast

• Ajith Kumar as Janardhanan "Jana"
• Sneha as Manimegalai
• Srividya as Jana's mother
• Manoj K Jayan as Jana's brother
• Radharavi as Veerapandi
• Raghuvaran as Jana's father
• Karunaas
• Riyaz Khan
• Manorama
• Baburaj
• Siddique as Bhandari
• Delhi Ganesh
• Manivannan
• Sathyapriya
• Vinu Chakravarthy
• Thyagu
• Rajan P. Dev
• Bindu Panicker
• Ilavarasu
• Ponnambalam
• Vaiyapuri

Production

The film was announced in early 2002 titled as Thiruda. Trisha Krishnan was initially signed on to play the lead female role but pulled out due to unavailability of dates.^[2] The title was subsequently changed to Jana after the lead character and Ajith began filming in December 2002.^[3][4] Trisha's role was later taken by Sneha.^[5]

The shooting took place at Palghat where some sets were erected. It was a lavish set costing ₹9 lakh, consisting of two big bungalows, one belonging to Raghuvaran and the other to Radharavi, in the film. Most of the story has taken place in these bungalows. Among those present were hero Ajit and heroine Sneha. The sets have been designed by art-director Maniraj, and was the cynosure of all eyes for their authenticity. Apart from Palghat, a 20-day schedule took place at locations like Ottappalam, and Shornoor in Kerala.^[6]

Release

The film received negative reviews.

The film was later dubbed into Telugu as Rowdy Don and later dubbed straight into the DVD Format as Main Hoon Soldier.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack features 6 songs composed by Dhina.

• Oru Vanamai - SP Balasubramanyam
• Thithi Thidavae - Bombay Jayashri
• Pothuva Palaruku - Karthik, Anuradha Sriram
• Thakathimi Thakathimi - Tippu
• Poochandi Vanthutta - Sunitha Sarathy
• Konjam Uravinayum - Shankar Mahadevan

References

External links

• Jana at the Internet Movie Database