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Gaja (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Gaja' is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language action romance film directed by K. Madesh. The film stars Darshan and Devaraj. Producers of the film claimed that the film is based on a story by novelist P. Ramachandra Rao (Chandu). The film is a remake of the 2005 Telugu film 'Bhadra'. The movie was also dubbed into Hindi as 'Gajja Thakur'.
Plot
Gaja (Darshan) and Krishna are friends. Gaja goes out to Krishna's village for a holiday but finds some startling events happening. He finds that Krishna's brother Devendra has a running feud with a rival faction, which prevents a harmonious relationship between the two families. But Gaja becomes a darling of Devendra's family and he also takes a liking to Shwetha (Navya Nair), the sister of Devendra.
But in a faction fight later Devendra is killed along with his wife. Gaja tries to save the situation, but when he finds that the entire family of Devendra has become a target, he wants to run away with his friend Krishna and Shwetha. The rival faction leader's brother will kill Krishna and in a retaliatory mood Gaja kills him. He then escapes to Bangalore along with Shwetha. And then a cat and mouse game starts with Gaja being hounded by the rival faction leaders. Finally Gaja wins the battle.
Cast
*Darshan as Gaja alias Gajendra Moorthi
*Navya Nair as Shwetha
*Devaraj as Devendra, Shwetha's eldest brother
*Sourav as Krishna, Shwetha's brother
*Pradeep Rawat
*Shobaraj as Shivanna, Devendra's brother
*Bhavya
*Ashalatha
*Deepa Iyer
*Sangeetha
*Nischitha Gowda as Gaja's cousin
*Thejaswini
*Ravi Chetan
*Komal as Gaja's friend
*Ekta Khosla as Satya
*Chitra Shenoy
*Master Hirannaiah as Gaja's grandfather
*Srinath as Gaja's father
*Subbaraju
*Sathyajith
*Ravi Varma
*Chinnayya
*Tharakesh Patel
*Aruna Balaraj
*Jaidev
* Bhanu Prakash
*Rakhi Savanth
*Stunt Siddu
*Lamboo Nagesh
*Hulivana Gangadharayya
*Malathi Sardeshpande
*Shobha Raghavendra
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by V. Harikrishna. All lyrics were written by V. Nagendra Prasad.
Critical reception
'Sify' gave the film a rating of 4/5 and praised the role of acting, music and the camera departments in the film. R G Vijayasarathy of Rediff.com scored the film at 2 out of 5 stars and says "Gaja'smain strength is the music of Harikrishna and rich production values. Cameraman Ramesh Babu has to be complimented for his efforts.The songsMaathu Nannolu, Lambooji
Lambooji,andAithalakadi'are very well choreographed. And so are the fights.The only thumbs down toGajais the director and producer's claim that their film is an original."
Release
Gaja was released on 11 January 2008. It was certified as 'A' by the censor board. It completed over 100 days at the box office, and became a comeback film for Darshan after huge flops. "Bul Bul" and Gaja title song became chartbusters.
References
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