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{{Infobox film
| name = Garjanai
| image = Garjanai.jpg
| caption = Poster of Tamil version
| director = [[C. V. Rajendran]]
| writer = [[Panju Arunachalam]] (Tamil dialogues)
| starring = [[Rajinikanth]] [[Madhavi (actress)|Madhavi]] [[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]]
| producer = Ram Kishen Ramakrishnan Giridharlal Chand Ramchand
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cinematography = [[Jayanan Vincent]]
| editing = R. G. Gopu
| studio = Hem Nag Films
| distributor = Hem Nag Films
| released = {{Film date|1981|08|07|Tamil|1981|08|14|Malayalam|1981|10|23|Kannada|df=y}}
| runtime = 124 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil Malayalam Kannada
| budget =
}}

'''''Garjanai''''' ({{trans|Roar}}) is a 1981 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film directed by [[C. V. Rajendran]] starring [[Rajinikanth]] and [[Madhavi (actress)|Madhavi]] . Music was scored by [[Ilaiyaraaja]]. The film was simultaneously shot in [[Malayalam]] as '''''Garjanam''''' and in [[Kannada]] as '''''Garjane'''''.

== Plot ==
''This is about the Tamil version only''.

Dr. Vijay ([[Rajinikanth]]) is an honest doctor who faces off against a dangerous, diabolical gang led by Mithra ([[M. N. Nambiar]]) and Parasuram ([[Jaishankar]]) that contaminates common food items with lethal substances and then makes profits by supplying antidotes. Geetha ([[Madhavi (actress)|Madhavi]]) is Vijay's love interest, while Rekha ([[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]]) is his sister.

== Cast ==
{{Colbegin}}
*[[Rajinikanth]] as Dr. Vijay
*[[Madhavi (actress)|Madhavi]] as Geetha
*[[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]] as Rekha
*[[Jayamalini]] (Special Appearance)
; Tamil version
*[[Jaishankar]] as Parshuram
*[[M. N. Nambiar]] as Dr. Mithra
*[[Major Sundarrajan]] as D. C. P.
*[[Thengai Srinivasan]] as Sivalingam
*[[V. K. Ramasamy (actor)|V. K. Ramasamy]] as Sundaram
*[[Poornam Vishwanathan]] as Prof. Jaidev
*[[Sukumari]] as Vijay and Rekha's mother
*Baby [[Anju (actress)|Anju]] as Asha
*[[Mohan Babu]] (Guest Appearance)
; Malayalam version
*[[Balan K. Nair]]
*[[Kuthiravattam Pappu]]
*[[Sukumari]]
*[[Ravikumar (actor)|Ravikumar]]
* [[Jayan]] (special appearance)
; Kannada version
*[[Jai Jagadish]]
*[[Dwarakish]]
*[[Udaykumar]]
*[[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]]
*[[Leelavathi (actress)|Leelavathi]]
{{Colend}}

== Production ==
All three versions were [[Multiple-language version|filmed simultaneously]]. [[Jayan]] was the original lead actor of ''Garjanam'', the Malayalam version. While half the film was shot, he met with an accident while shooting for another film ''[[Kolilakkam]]'' and succumbed to his injuries. After that, ''Garjanam'' was completed with Rajinikanth playing the same character. Some shots of Jayan were added to the film's opening reel before the credits at screenings in Kerala.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anandan |first=S. |date=6 January 2013 |title=Reel to real image, a tome |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/reel-to-real-image-a-tome/article4277245.ece |access-date=1 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |title=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |title-link=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |year=2012 |pages=120 |author-link=Naman Ramachandran}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==


;Tamil songs
All songs were written by [[Kannadasan]] and [[Panchu Arunachalam|Panju Arunachalam]] and composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Garjanai (1980) |url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=t0000999 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203100005/http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0000999 |archive-date=3 December 2013 |access-date=6 October 2013 |website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)
|-
| 1 || "Enna Sugamana Ulagam"|| [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Uma Ramanan]] || Panju Arunachalam || 4:41
|-
| 2 || "Oru Ooril Oru Maharani" || [[Malaysia Vasudevan]] || rowspan=3|[[Kannadasan]] || 4:27
|-
| 3 || "Kutthum Oosi" || [[Vani Jairam|Vani Jayaram]] || 4:09
|-
| 4 || "Vanthathu Nallathu" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[S. Janaki]] || 4:46
|-
| 5 || "Varuvai Anbe" || T. K. S. Kalaivanan, [[S. Janaki]] || Panju Arunachalam || 5:04
|}

;Malayalam
The music was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]] and the lyrics were written by [[Sreekumaran Thampi]].
{| class="wikitable"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length
|-
| 1 || "Ente Pularkaalam" || [[S. Janaki]], [[P. Jayachandran]] || [[Sreekumaran Thampi]] ||
|-
| 2 || "Oru Mohathin" || S. Janaki, P. Jayachandran || Sreekumaran Thampi ||
|-
| 3 || "Oru Theril" || P. Jayachandran, Chorus || Sreekumaran Thampi ||
|-
| 4 || "Pennin Kannil Viriyum" || [[Vani Jairam]] || Sreekumaran Thampi ||
|-
| 5 || "Thamburaatti Nin Kottaarathil" || P. Jayachandran || Sreekumaran Thampi ||
|-
| 6 || "Vannathu Nallathu Nalla Dinam" || S. Janaki, P. Jayachandran, Chorus || Sreekumaran Thampi ||
|}

;Kannada songs
{{Track listing
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| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length =
| all_writing =
| all_lyrics =
| all_music =
| title_width =
| writing_width =
| music_width =
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| title1 = Bandeya Bandeya
| note1 =
| writer1 =
| lyrics1 =
| music1 =
| extra1 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[S. Janaki]]
| length1 = 4:46
| title2 = Hithavagidhe
| note2 =
| writer2 =
| lyrics2 =
| music2 =
| extra2 = [[P. Jayachandran]], S. Janaki
| length2 = 5:02
| title3 = Kanna Minchinda
| note3 =
| writer3 =
| lyrics3 =
| music3 =
| extra3 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki
| length3 = 4:40
| title4 = Nadevaga
| note4 =
| writer4 =
| lyrics4 =
| music4 =
| extra4 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
| length4 = 4:25
| title5 = Nanna Roopa
| note5 =
| writer5 =
| lyrics5 =
| music5 =
| extra5 = [[Vani Jairam]]
| length5 = 3:49
}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0279105}}

{{C. V. Rajendran}}

[[Category:1980s Kannada-language films]]
[[Category:1980s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:1980s multilingual films]]
[[Category:1980s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1981 films]]
[[Category:Films directed by C. V. Rajendran]]
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian multilingual films]]

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