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Jayam
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Directed by	Teja
Written by	Teja
Produced by	Teja
Starring	Nithiin Sadha Gopichand
Cinematography	Sameer Reddy
Edited by	Shankar
Music by	R. P. Patnaik
Production company	Chitram Movies
Release date	14 June 2002 (2002-06-14)
Running time	152 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	₹18 million
Box office	est. ₹320 million

Jayam (transl. Victory) is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language romantic action drama film written, produced and directed by Teja under the banner Chitram Movies. The film marks the acting debut of Nithiin and Sadha, with Gopichand in a pivotal role. The music was composed by R. P. Patnaik.

The film received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for the performances and music, and emerged as a commercial blockbuster. It was later remade in Tamil in 2003 under the same title by Mohan Raja, starring Ravi in his debut as a lead actor, earning him the moniker "Jayam Ravi," with Sadha and Gopichand reprising their roles.

Plot

Venkataramana alias "Venky" is from a poor family who meets Sujatha at his college and falls in love with her. After many meetings, Sujatha falls in love with Venky. However, Sujatha's father learns about this from an astrologer where he fixes Sujatha's marriage with her cousin Raghu, a womanizer and rogue. Raghu falls in love with Sujatha at first sight, where he warns her to never fall or marry anyone. After her engagement, Sujatha meets Venky at the temple, where Raghu also arrives with his gang and thrashes Venky. Despite this, Venky gets determined and warns Raghu that he and Sujatha will get married and will take Sujatha at 7:00 am. Enraged, Raghu tells the family to complete the wedding. Sujatha goes into the room to change, but she is actually waiting for Venkat after learning about his message. Venkat and Sujatha escape before Raghu arrives. After an intense chase, Venky and Sujatha are cornered by Raghu and his men in the forest. Venky and Raghu challenge each other in an intense hand-to-hand combat, where Venky finally defeats Raghu. With Sujatha's father's approval, Venky and Sujatha get married in presence of Raghu and her family members.

Cast

• Nithiin as Venkataramana (Voice dubbed by Sivaji)
• Sadha as Sujatha, Venky's love interest (Voice dubbed by Sunitha)
• Gopichand as Raghu
  • Dilip Kumar Salvadi as young Raghu
• Siva Krishna as Sujatha's father
• Prasad Babu as Raghu's father
• Dharmavarapu Subramanyam
• Chittajalu Lakshmipathy
• Suman Setty as Ali Baba
• Supreeth
• Rallapalli as a priest
• Duvvasi Mohan
• Satti Babu
• Jenny
• Shakeela as Gnana Saraswathi
• Delhi Rajeswari as Sujatha's mother
• Srilakshmi as a nurse
• Alapati Lakshmi
• Nirmala Reddy

Soundtrack

The music was composed by R. P. Patnaik, while the lyrics were penned by Kulasekhar. The musical rights of the film was released on Aditya Music.

Reception

Jayam received mixed reviews from critics with praise towards the cast performances (particularly Nithiin, Sadha and Gopichand) and music.

Critical reception

Jeevi of Idlebrain wrote, "First half of the film would be liked by class people as the style of narration is very poetic. Second half would be liked by masses compared to first half as it has got good action scenes. Over all, it's an average film." Arpan Panicker of Full Hyderabad wrote, "The second half drags and looks silly at times. The fight scenes especially are quite undigestable. There is only so much credit you can attribute to a flag. Jayam turns out to be just an average flick at the end of the day."

Accolades

Notes

1. Awards, festivals and organizations are in alphabetical order.
2. Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.
3. Shared with Ahuti Prasad for Nenu Ninnu Premistunnanu

References

1. ^ "Teja: Our heroes don't know film appreciation". The Hindu. 13 August 2015. Archived from the original on 29 February 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2021. ...made with a budget of Rs. 1.80 crore and made a profit of Rs. 32 crore.
2. Srihari, Gudipoodi. "visual monopoly". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
3. Jeevi (14 June 2002). "Movie review - Jayam". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
4. Panicker, Arpan. "Jayam Review". Full Hyderabad. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
5. "Telugu CineMaa Awards 2002". Idlebrain.com. 5 October 2003. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
6. "The Winner: 50th Manikchand Filmfare Awards 2002". Indian Times. The Times Group. Archived from the original on 28 August 2004. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
7. "Nandi Film Awards G.O and Results 2002". APSFTVTDC. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
8. "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964 - 2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964 - 2008)] (PDF) (in Telugu). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2021.

External links

• Jayam at IMDb

• 2002 films
• Telugu films remade in other languages
• Films directed by Teja (film director)
• Films set on trains
• 2002 romantic drama films
• Films scored by R. P. Patnaik
• 2000s Telugu-language films
• Indian romantic drama films
• Indian romantic action films
• 2000s romantic action films
• 2000s Indian films