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{{Infobox film
| image = Jai Soorya.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Manoj Kumar (Tamil director)|Manoj Kumar]]
| writer = Manoj Kumar
| starring = [[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]]<br />[[Laila (actress)|Laila]]<br />[[Chaya Singh]]
| producer = Manoj Kumar<br />Selvi Manoj Kumar
| music = [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]
| cinematography = A. Karthik Raja
| editing = P. Mohan Raj
| studio = Guru Films
| distributor = Lakshmipriya Combines
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2004|12|19|ref1=}}
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
'''''Jai Soorya''''' is a 2004 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action film]] directed by [[Manoj Kumar (Tamil director)|Manoj Kumar]]. The film stars [[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]] in dual roles, alongside [[Laila (actress)|Laila]], [[Chaya Singh]] and [[Vadivelu]] in pivotal roles. It was released on 19 December 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ஜெயசூர்யா / Jaisurya (2004) |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/jaisurya |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219135649/https://screen4screen.com/movies/jaisurya |archive-date=19 December 2023 |access-date=15 February 2024 |website=Screen 4 Screen}}</ref>
== Plot ==
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Surya, a cunning con artist, uses his skills for personal gain, manipulated by the highest bidder. However, his tricks eventually backfire, leading to the dismissal of both the Assistant Commissioner and the Police Minister, who were his clients. Seeking revenge, they enlist the help of Pasupathy, a notorious criminal in [[Madras]]. Pasupathy is then hired by a [[Calcutta]]-based goon to kidnap the collector of Kancheepuram. Surya, seeing an opportunity, decides to thwart Pasupathy's plan and rescue the collector. In a surprising twist, he discovers that the collector, Jai Anand, is his doppelganger. As Surya learns more about Jai's past in Calcutta from his fiancée Priya, he becomes entangled in a web of intrigue and deception.

== Cast ==
{{cast listing|
* [[Arjun Sarja]] as Jai Anand and Surya
* [[Laila Mehdin|Laila]] as Baby
* [[Chaya Singh]] as Charupriya
* [[Vadivelu]] as Soosai
* [[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] as Highways Govindan
* [[Shobaraj (actor)|Shobaraj]] as Pasupathy
* [[Ilavarasu]] as ACP
* [[Raj Kapoor (Tamil film director)|Raj Kapoor]] as Police Minister
* [[Mahanadi Shankar]]
* [[Paravai Muniyamma]]
* [[Uday Prakash (actor)|Uday Prakash]]
* [[T. P. Gajendran]]
* [[Bonda Mani]]
* Ravi Kumar
* Durai Pandian
}}

== Production ==
During the film's launch event in February 2004, producers had put up promotional stills featuring actress [[Sneha (actress)|Sneha]], even though she had not yet signed onto the project. The team subsequently moved quickly to sign Laila, rectifying their error.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rasika |date=19 February 2004 |title=Sneha out, Laila in |url=http://www.chennaionline.com/reeltalk/02reeltalk18th.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040603091641/http://www.chennaionline.com/reeltalk/02reeltalk18th.asp |archive-date=3 June 2004 |access-date=12 January 2022 |website=Chennai Online}}</ref> The filming was held at Kolkata with some of the spots where crucial scenes were shot were the Hooghly bridge, the tram, the Metro, Victoria Mahal and the palace of Maharaja Bharadwaj. A fight scene with village backdrop was shot at Pollachi with three cameras and 150 dancers while another fight was shot at Vishakapatnam for which train was hired for a purpose. The song featuring Arjun and Laila was shot at Arjun's farm at Porur.<ref>{{cite web |date=13 July 2004 |title=Jaisurya |url=http://www.chennaionline.com/film/onlocation/jaisurya.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050831065856/http://www.chennaionline.com/film/onlocation/jaisurya.asp |archive-date=31 August 2005 |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=Chennai Online}}</ref> The filming was also held at Hyderabad and Rajahmundry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=13388655|date=13 February 2004|access-date=13 December 2025|website=[[Sify]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040301223305/http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=13388655|archive-date=1 March 2004|title=Arjun- Laila - Chaya Singh team up
}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==

Music was composed by [[Deva (composer)|Deva]] and released on Five Star Audio.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jai Surya |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/jai-surya/IUHP2ktRBMw_ |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=[[JioSaavn]] |date=23 July 2004 |archive-date=17 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717103039/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/jai-surya/IUHP2ktRBMw_ |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{track listing|
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| all_lyrics = [[Pa. Vijay]]
| headline = Track listing
| total_length = 26:23
| title1 = Jai Surya
| extra1 = Timmy, [[Mathangi Jagdish|Mathangi]]
| length1 = 3:07
| title2 = Kattuna Avala Kattanumada
| extra2 = Krishnaraj, [[Vadivelu]], Jayalakshmi
| length2 = 4:50
| title3 = Kattuna Avala Kattanumada
| extra3 = [[Arjun Sarja]], Vadivelu, Jayalakshmi
| note3 = Version 2
| length3 = 4:50
| title4 = Madha Madha
| extra4 = [[Tippu (singer)|Tippu]], [[Anuradha Sriram]]
| length4 = 5:04
| title5 = Theekuchi Penne
| extra5 = Krishnaraj, Jayalakshmi
| length5 = 4:30
| title6 = Vachukka Solli
| extra6 = [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], [[Febi Mani]]
| length6 = 4:02
}}

== Release and reception ==
Due to producer's financial crunch, ''Jai Soorya''{{'}}s release was delayed for four months.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 December 2004 |title=Two films are further delayed! |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/two-films-are-further-delayed-news-tamil-kkfvCRdcjegsi.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907214909/http://www.sify.com/movies/two-films-are-further-delayed-news-tamil-kkfvCRdcjegsi.html |archive-date=7 September 2017 |access-date=7 September 2017 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref>

Malini Mannath of ''Chennai Online'' criticised the film's inconsistent tone, noting, "The problem with the film is that the director doesn't seem to have quite made up his mind whether his narrative style should be a light-hearted one or serious. So it meanders somewhere between the two and ends in a confused amalgam of emotions, with neither the humour nor the intensity really touching one!".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mannath |first=Malini |date=1 January 2005 |title=Jaisurya |url=http://www.chennaionline.com/film/Moviereviews/12jaisurya.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050104011803/http://www.chennaionline.com/film/Moviereviews/12jaisurya.asp |archive-date=4 January 2005 |access-date=12 January 2022 |website=Chennai Online}}</ref> ''[[Sify]]'' wrote, "Arjun, a decent actor is doomed forever playing hero in stereotyped, mass action masalas like Jayasurya, that is crass, crude and is an unmitigated endurance test. The film makes us wonder if the audience in B and C stations are so dumb to accept such inane buffoonery in the name of entertainment!".<ref>{{cite web |title=Jayasurya |url=http://sify.com/movies/tamil/review.php?id=13635273&ctid=5&cid=2429 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050113012848/http://sify.com/movies/tamil/review.php?id=13635273&ctid=5&cid=2429 |archive-date=13 January 2005 |access-date=16 August 2024 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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[[Category:2000s masala films]]
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[[Category:Films about con artists]]
[[Category:Films about lookalikes]]
[[Category:Films directed by Manoj Kumar (Tamil director)]]
[[Category:Films scored by Deva (composer)]]
[[Category:Films set in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Films shot in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Indian action films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]

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