''Jaya'' is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language film directed by the duo Ratnaraj-Kalanathan and starring

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and Sherin.

Synopsis

The movie is of murder mystery genre, where a college student gets murdered and one of her friends starts a hunt for the killers. Some of the shots for the movie were taken at the SRM College for Hotel Management, where Swetha Eswarawaka, a college student would be part of some competitions along with the lead cast of Ramya Krishnan and Sherin playing the role of college students.

Cast

as Jaya *

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as Priya *

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as Balaji * Manorama *

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as Micheal * Ramesh Kanna as Ramesh Kanna * Trilok as Saleem * Swetha Eswarawaka *

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* Suryakanth *

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Soundtrack

The music for this movie was composed by

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Production

A set resembling a college auditorium was erected at a cost of about Rs. 10 lakhs at a studio in Chennai. It was a college scene, celebrating the International Women's day, that was shot. The variety programme had a dance item by Jaya, Preithy and gang.

Reception

''Thiraipadam'' wrote "poor execution results in an incoherent, slow movie that spends too little time on the main story, instead lurching around in several different, ineffective directions." ''The Hindu'' wrote "WHAT COULD have been a thrilling action-packed film ends a damp squib, thanks to insipid treatment".

References

2002 films 2000s Tamil-language films Films directed by Senthilnathan {{2000s-Tamil-film-stub