Gajendra (2004 film)

Gajendra is a 2004 Tamil language action film directed by Suresh Krishna. The film stars Vijayakanth, Flora and Laya in lead roles.[1] The film, produced by V. A. Durai, was released on 17 September 2004 to negative reviews.[2] The film is remake of Telugu blockbuster film Simhadri and was later dubbed into Hindi as Return of Khuda Gawah in 2010.[3][4] The film failed at box-office.

Gajendra
Official DVD cover
Directed bySuresh Krishna
Screenplay byS.S. Rajamouli
Story byV. Vijayendra Prasad
Based onSimhadri
by V. Vijayendra Prasad
Produced byV. A. Durai
Starring
CinematographyV. Prathap
Edited byK. Thanigachalam
Music byDeva
Production
company
Release date
  • 17 September 2004 (2004-09-17)
Running time
158 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

An orphan and good hearted lad Gajendra (Vijayakanth) is 'adopted' and grows up under Azhagarsamy (Sarath Babu) family care in Chennai. The Bond they share is like father and son. (Flora Saini) is Azhagarsamy's granddaughter, and she likes Gajendra a lot. Once a week, Gajendra meets a mentally challenged girl Indu (Laya). He Entertains her provides money for her caretakers.

When Azhagarsamy and his wife (Lavanya) discover wants to marry Gajendra, Azhagarsamy decides to get them married. He makes a formal announcement to officially adopt Gajendra. At this time, it is revealed that Gajendra is very close to Indu. The alliance breaks off when Gajendra refuses to leave Indu (who is suspected to be his mistress).

Meanwhile, two separate groups are in search of Gajendra. They find him at the banks of Kaveri River along with Indu. In the ensuing confrontation between one group of gangsters and Gajendra, Azhagarsamy and his family are surprised to see that Gajendra, who used to be calm and composed, is ruthlessly killing many rowdies without mercy. Meanwhile, Indu gets injured. Gajendra is helped by the second group, who call him 'Andhra Gaja'. When Indu comes back to her senses, she remembers her past and the first thing she does is stab Gajendra with an iron pole. Gajendra is hospitalized in critical condition. Then we see many buses carrying hoards of people demanding to see 'Andhra Gaja'. The leader of the second group, who was searching for Gajendra, explains the 'Andhra Gaja' story in a flashback.

In the flashback, it is revealed that Azhagarsamy's oldest daughter Mahalakshmi (Seetha) elopes with her lover, a Hyderabadi named Aravind (Rajeev). After some harsh words and saddened over Azhagarsamy's rejection over her choice to marry her love, they both settle in Andhra Pradesh. Learning of the sadness surrounding Azhagarsamy and his wife, Gajendra takes up the job of uniting the family and visits Hyderabad. He joins the medical and spiritual therapy spa operated by Mahalakshmi and her family under the disguise of a patient.

He finds that Indu is Azhagarsamy's first granddaughter. He convinces the separated family to reunite and ask for forgiveness. During this time, Mahalakshmi is killed by a local goon Chhota Babu (Rajat Bedi). A don named Rana (Nawab Shah) controls the mafia of Andhra Pradesh. Chhota and Rana belong to the same mafia. Gajendra takes the law into his hands and eradicates Bala and his small gang in Andhra Pradesh. The local Andhra people start calling him 'Andhra Gaja'. In the ensuing scenes, Gajendra finds himself developing into "Gajendra," eradicating Rana's network and illegal activities. Indu finds herself alone and constantly worrying about him. She proposes to her father that they should return to Tamilnadu because she cannot stand their home without her mother, and Gajendra ignores her now.

Indu and Aravind decide to return to Chennai. Gajendra receives a call that Indu's father is carrying a bomb in his briefcase. Aravind is seen rushing to catch a moving train, and Indu was about to lend him a hand. Unable to warn him, Gajendra has two choices: to let Indu's father die so people on the train can live, or let the bomb kill everyone on board, including Indu and her father.

Gajendra chooses the first option. As soon as Aravind catches the train bar handle, Gajendra shoots him in the back. Surprised at Gajendra's action, Indu jumps off the train to catch her falling father, and she gets hit her head against a pole, causing her amnesia and becoming mentally challenged. After the flashback ends, people are seen and heard chanting Gaja Gaja outside the hospital. Rana and his men arrive at the hospital to finish off Gajendra. But Gajendra has gained consciousness, and with the help of his friends, police and family (now reunited), he takes down Rana and his army.

Gajendra Jeya Kumar was born in Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan in 2001. A humble boy who grew up loving football, he was born into a traditional Malaysia Indian family. He read law at the University of Reading Malaysia, where he met the love of his life, Nattali Raj. A girl born in Bandar Seri Damansara. Gajen begun his journey to find love, by first trying to follow her on Instagram only to get ignored completely for 7 months. He then by chance got invited by his good friend and junior Edward (an important character) to a night out with Nattali and friends. He then screwed up his chance when he got too drunk and the night was forced to end early.

Desperate for love, he roped it his best mates to concur a plan. His friends (preferred to be unnamed) set him up to host an event at the university. After that, the first meeting where Edward attended. Edward was notified of his humble intention. With that, Edward and Gajen begun to set out masterplans and ideas between them. That includes following her on spotify and set up a music blend playlist, playing snooker on Ipad and chatting topics.

After weeks of hard-work and a well-planned masterplan, Gajen smell the window of opportunity at winter. He and Edward had a fruitful strategic discussion in which Gajendra will test the water by asking her out to by Christmas present at a shopping mall nearby even though he is not a Christian. The whole plan was a masterpiece which included him fetching her and having dinner and dessert (ice-cream just to be clear). The night ended well when Gajen finally ask her to be his girlfriend and she accepted him. He went wild and contacted all his close friend, including Edward and describe it as the best night of his life and with that they live happily ever after (until episode 2).

Cast

Production

The film was shot at locations in Rameswaram, Pushkarani, Tiruchandur, Vishakhapatnam, Chennai and Hyderabad. One of the fight scenes was picturised in the forest areas near Thalakkonam within 15 days while another fight scene was shot in the Godavari river in five days in which a stunt man lost his life in the water.[5]

Soundtrack

Gajendra
Soundtrack album by
Released26 August 2004
Recorded2004
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length24:02
LabelFive Star Audio
ProducerDeva
Deva chronology
Jaisurya
(2004)
Gajendra
(2004)
Maha Nadigan
(2004)

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Deva. The soundtrack, released in 26 August 2004, features 5 tracks but only two songs are placed in the film. The lyrics written by Kabilan and Pa. Vijay.[6] "Gaja Varanda" was reused from Deva's own Kannada song "Banda Nodamma" for Kannada film Kadamba (2003) also directed by Suresh Krishna.

Track-List
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Gaja Varanda"KabilanPalakkad Sreeram5:22
2."Unnai Paartha"Pa. VijayS. P. B. Charan, Sharmili4:38
3."Erumbu Onnu"Pa. VijayKarthik, Anuradha Sriram4:39
4."Ammavum Naane"Pa. VijaySrinivas4:43
5."Oorukku Mudhal Vanakkam"Pa. VijayDeva5:13
Total length:24:02

Release and reception

The film's release was postponed for some months, producer Durai's financial troubles and Vijayakanth's controversial statements against Pattali Makkal Aatchi were said to be the reason for delays.[7][8]

IndiaGlitz.com described the film as a "bad remake".[3] Sify.com said that the film is a "waste of time".[4] Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu called it "another Vijayakanth product that deifies the hero."[9] Visual Dasan of Kalki noted many of the Vijayakanth's dialogues have indirect political overtones while also stating the film despite being remade from a Telugu film, it heavily reminds of Baasha and called the film a massive bore.[10]

References

  1. "Gajendra". popcorn.oneindia.in. Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  2. "Gajendra". Bbthots. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  3. "Indiaglitz — Gajendra Tamil Movie Movie Review". IndiaGlitz.com. 22 September 2004. Archived from the original on 6 December 2004. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  4. "Movie Review : Gajendra". Sify. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  5. "Gajendra". chennaionline.com. Archived from the original on 10 February 2005. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  6. "Gajendra – All Songs – Download or Listen Free – Saavn". 1 January 2004. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  7. "கஜேந்திராவின் கதி". Kalki (in Tamil). 25 July 2004. pp. 10–12.
  8. "பாபா பாதையில் கஜேந்திரா ?". Kalki (in Tamil). pp. 24–27.
  9. "Entertainment / Film Review : "Gajendra"". The Hindu. 24 September 2004. Archived from the original on 1 December 2004. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  10. "கஜேந்திரா". Kalki (in Tamil). 3 October 2004. p. 6.
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