Jaya is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language film directed by the duo Ratnaraj-Kalanathan and starring Ramya Krishnan and Sherin.

Jaya
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Directed byRatnaraj-Kalanathan
Written byAmudha Durairaj
Produced byR.C. Venkatadri
StarringRamya Krishnan
Sherin
Karunas
Sriman
Manorama
CinematographyK. V. Mani
Edited bySunil Kumar
V. T. Vijayan (Supervision)
Music byBharani
Production
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Ratna Films
Deivanai Movies
Release date
  • 6 December 2002 (2002-12-06)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

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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

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Production

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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.[1]

Soundtrack

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The music was composed by Bharani.[2]

Song Singers Lyrics
Berla Berla Anuradha Sriram Kabilan
Gundu Banagara Goli Manikka Vinayagam Pa. Vijay
Jinjinna Jinjinna Sujatha, Sumitra Thamarai
Nilave Nilave K. S. Chithra
Tension Tension Anuradha Sriram Newton
Velli Kolusu Mani Srinivas Palani Bharathi

Reception

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The Hindu wrote "WHAT COULD have been a thrilling action-packed film ends a damp squib, thanks to insipid treatment".[3] Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote "The screenplay has many loopholes, scenes are carelessly joined together, the director quite forgetting what he had depicted in his earlier scenes. The rest of the cast too hardly get any scenes to impress. 'Jaya' is a disappointing fare".[4]

References

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  1. ^ Mannath, Malini (28 October 2002). "Jaya". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 27 September 2003. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Jaya (2002)". Raaga.com. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  3. ^ Rangarajan, Malathi (13 December 2002). "Jaya". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 29 January 2003. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  4. ^ Mannath, Malini (15 December 2002). "JAYA". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 6 April 2005. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
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