''Jai'' is a 2004 Telugu-language drama film directed by

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, starring

Navdeep Navdeep Pallapolu (born 26 January 1986) is an Indian actor and television personality who appears in Telugu films along with Tamil films. He made his film debut in 2004 with the patriotic sports drama '' Jai''. He starred in films such as '' ...

in his debut, and also has Santhoshi and

Ayesha Jhulka Ayesha Jhulka (born 28 July 1972) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Hindi films. She has also worked in Odia, Kannada and Telugu languages films. Career She has starred in films including '' Kurbaan'' (1991), ''Jo Jeeta Woh ...

. The film was dubbed in Tamil as ''Jairam''. The film was successful in both the languages. The story tries to marry romance and patriotism.

Plot

Jairam is a son of a rich widow whose husband was killed by the

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

is in the war. As usual, she neglects her son and is busy in earning money for him in the business. Jai is a brilliant student who possesses high moral values. He falls in love with Farah, whose father teaches him

boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermine ...

. Jai's mother holds the Indo-Pak Boxing Match. India loses the match, and the Pakistan champion challenges Indians saying that even after 56 years of independence, Indians cannot stop Pakistanis from butchering the Indian army members. Jai challenges that he will win them in 56 days. The twist in the tale is that the Pakistani boxer is none other than the ISI member sent by

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Chief

Maulana Masood Azhar Mohammad Masood Azhar Alvi is a radical Islamist and terrorist, being the founder and leader of the Pakistan-based terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed, active mainly in the Pakistani-administered portion of the Kashmir region. His actions ...

. When young Jai challenges them, he started his training and he gained punch weight up to 75kgs which was high compared to his opponent, then Pakistanis started trouble with Jai when he's upon training they rushed into fight and thrown stone to Jai's

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and crushed his right hand by their knee, Afterwards, Jai got rescued and admitted to hospital. The doctor reports that his ligament got teared and ribs got fractured and it caused

Pneumothorax A pneumothorax is an abnormal collection of air in the pleural space between the lung and the chest wall. Symptoms typically include sudden onset of sharp, one-sided chest pain and shortness of breath. In a minority of cases, a one-way valve i ...

which it leads against boxing challenge to put him on hospital for 6 months. But Jai doesn't want to give up and started testing himself by punching the pillow but it caused his hand teared severely and blood was dropping from his hand. After, doctor warns him if he does like that again it leads to lose his hand. So he started his training by using only his left hand. But Pakistanis also troubled his trainer and he got admitted but his son was ready to train him instead of his father. After 15 days, he attends the boxing match but got hit to his chest and it leads getting points to Pakistan but Jai never give up and started punching even by using his right hand which was injured when it bleeds he doesn't care about it and started punching his opponent. After his opponent got knocked, blood is shown dripping from his ear, showing that Jai defeated him with his broken fist chanting 'Vande Mataram'. After India won the boxing challenge and proved that they defeated Pakistan.

Cast

as Jairam * Santhoshi as Farah *

as Jai's mother * Tanikella Bharani * Abhinayashree * Venu Madhav *

Duvvasi Mohan Duvvasi Mohan is an Indian actor who is know for acting in comic roles, primarily in Telugu films.. He is from Jagityal. He entered Tollywood as a producer and financier, but later turned to acting with comedy roles in over 350 films. Partial ...

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Allu Ramalingaiah Allu Ramalingaiah (1 October 1922 – 31 July 2004) was an Indian character actor, comedian, and producer known for his works in Telugu cinema. In 1990, He was honoured with the Padma Shri for his contribution to Indian cinema. In 1998, he r ...

* Jenny ; Tamil version *

Pandiarajan Pandiarajan is an Indian actor, director who has played leading roles in many humorous Tamil films and currently plays supporting and comedy roles. Personal life Pandiarajan was born to Sulochana in Saidapet, Chennai in a lower-middle-class ...

as Sachin Undulkar, the school principal *

Chinni Jayanth Chinni Jayanth (born Krishnamurthy Narayanan on 26 July 1960) is an Indian film director, producer, comedian, actor and mimicry artist who has appeared in many main, character and supporting roles in Tamil films. He is also a popular television ...

as Auto driver *

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Release

''Jai'' was director Teja's released in Telugu and Tamil simultaneously in 900 theaters worldwide including India, Singapore, UK, USA and Australia. The Tamil version, ''Jairam'', was produced by Radaan Media Works, owned by veteran actress, Radhika. Senior actors in Tamil replaced the senior actors in Telugu in the Tamil Version to bring in nativity while most scenes were left dubbed from the original. The movie made good business in Tamil Nadu and was the first major film production for

Radaan Mediaworks Radaan Mediaworks is an Indian production house based in Tamil Nadu, and founded by Radikaa Sarathkumar. Early history Radaan began as a proprietary business in 1975 and subsequently converting into a corporate entity in 1999. Subsidiary Rad ...

Soundtrack

The music was composed By

Anup Rubens Anup Rubens, born Enoch Rubens, is an Indian film music composer who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. He has received the South Filmfare Awards and Nandhi Awards by Government of Andra pradesh. Rubens works include '' Seetharama Kalyana'' ...

and released by Sohan Audio. All lyrics were penned by Kulasekhar. ;Tamil Track list *"Dama Dama" -

Shankar Mahadevan Shankar Mahadevan (born 3 March 1967) is an Indian singer and composer who is part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio that writes music for Indian films. Personal life and early career Shankar Mahadevan was born in Chembur, Mumbai into a Tam ...

*"Chinna Nenjile" - Sumangali *"Oh Manase" - S. P. B. Charan *"Vande Matharam" - Baby Vaishali, Harish Raghavendra *"Un Kaiyil" - Sujatha Mohan *"Kannin Maniye" - Malliga Arun & K. S. Chithra *"Suruttamma" - Anuradha Sriram & Manikka Vinayagam *"Music Bit" - Anoop Rubens

Reception

The movie was successful at the box office. The film's music was a hit; songs like Desam Manade went on to become chart-busters.

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jai (Film) 2000s Telugu-language films 2004 films India–Pakistan relations in popular culture Indian romantic drama films Films directed by Teja (film director) Indian interfaith romance films Indian multilingual films 2004 multilingual films 2004 romantic drama films