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| based_on      = ''[[Jayam (2002 film)|Jayam]]'' (Telugu)
| starring      = [[Jayam Ravi|Ravi]]<br />[[Sadha]]<br />[[Gopichand (actor)|Gopichand]]
| starring      = [[Ravi Mohan]]<br />[[Sadha]]<br />[[Gopichand (actor)|Gopichand]]
| producer      = M. Varalakshmi<br /> Editor Mohan
| producer      = M. Varalakshmi<br />[[A. Mohan|Editor Mohan]]
| music          = [[R. P. Patnaik]]
| music          = [[R. P. Patnaik]]
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'''''Jayam''''' ({{trans|Victory}}) is a 2003 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[romantic action film]] directed by [[Mohan Raja|M. Raja]]. The film is a remake of the 2002 [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[Jayam (2002 film)|film with the same title]]. It featured [[Jayam Ravi|Ravi]] and [[Sadha]] in their first Tamil ventures respectively, with the success of the film prompting the actor to retain the film's title as a prefix to his stage name. It also stars [[Gopichand (actor)|Gopichand]], who is reprising his role in the Telugu movie, alongside an ensemble supporting cast including, [[Rajeev (Tamil actor)|Rajeev]], [[Pragathi (actress)|Pragathi]], [[Nizhalgal Ravi]], [[Nalini (actress)|Nalini]], [[Senthil]], [[Suman Setty]], and [[Ramesh Khanna]]. Till date, ''Jayam'' is the first and the only Tamil film Gopichand has performed in.
'''''Jayam''''' ({{translation|Victory}}) is a 2003 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[romantic action film]] directed by [[Mohan Raja|M. Raja]] in his Tamil debut. The film is a remake of the 2002 [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[Jayam (2002 film)|film with the same title]]. It featured Raja's brother [[Ravi Mohan]], [[Sadha]] and [[Gopichand (actor)|Gopichand]] in their first Tamil ventures respectively, with the latter two reprising their roles from the Telugu movie alongside an ensemble supporting cast including [[Rajeev (Tamil actor)|Rajeev]], [[Pragathi (actress)|Pragathi]], [[Nizhalgal Ravi]], [[Radha Ravi]], [[Nalini (actress)|Nalini]], [[Senthil]], and [[Suman Setty]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=13184778|date=29 June 2003|access-date=30 November 2025|website=[[Sify]]|title=Remake strikes gold?|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030830191952/http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=13184778|archive-date=30 August 2003}}</ref> The music was composed by [[R. P. Patnaik]].
 
The film released on 21 June 2003 to mixed reviews but was a [[sleeper hit]]. The success prompted Ravi to retain the film's title as a prefix to his stage name and changed in 2025. Till date, ''Jayam'' is the first and only Tamil film which [[Gopichand (actor)|Gopichand]] has acted till date.


==Plot==
==Plot==


In Pushpathoor, the parents of first cousins Sujatha and Raghu decide the children will marry one another when they grow up. Raghu is seen to be arrogant and negatively shaded since he was young. He smokes and steals money from his father. Once when Raghu attacks Sujatha's classmate when he helps her, Sujatha breaks all bonds with Raghu. When Raghu's family move to another village, Sujatha and Raghu do not even say goodbye to each other. Meanwhile, Raghu's father gifts Sujatha with silver anklets and requests her to never remove them, to which she obliges. Several years pass by. Raghu and Sujatha are fairly distanced. Sujatha grows up to be a beautiful teenage girl, whereas Raghu becomes a rogue and womanizer. Every time his mother speaks of Sujatha, he feels disgusted. He even goes to the extent of sleeping with his servant.
The film begins with a flashback in the early 1980s, where a young Sujatha and Raghu are playing. Their fathers are best friends and have decided that Raghu and Sujatha would eventually get married in the future. As the two go to high school, Sujatha becomes an ideal student whereas Raghu becomes a good-for-nothing man. He steals money and gambles with grown-up, catching bad habits. Once, he beats Sujatha's classmate for being close with her while studying and he and Sujatha have a fallout, swearing to never meet again. Eventually, Raghu's family move away and as days go by both forget about each other.
 
Meanwhile, Sujatha goes to college, where she meets Ravi. Ravi is from an extremely poor family and does small jobs to survive his only mother and pay money to the moneylender. He has a decent group of friends, and they are classmates with Sujatha. Ravi has an instant crush for Sujatha, while Sujatha does not reciprocate. Ravi asks Sujatha to come to the temple festival, to which she denies, but in the end, Sujatha comes, indicating that she is in love with Ravi. Ravi and Sujatha start dating and communicate with each other on the train by writing to each other on the blackboard at the side of the train.
 
Once, when building up the courage to board the same compartment in the train as Ravi, Sujatha is spotted by the family astrologer. She goes home scared, and as she had expected, the astrologer had told Sujatha's father. Her father tells her that she would be married to Raghu, just like they decided years ago. Sujatha protests, but her father stays firm. This results in Sujatha dropping out from college and staying at home. Sujatha has a sister named Kalyani, who turns out to be the messenger between her and Ravi.
 
Raghu comes for the engagement reluctantly (still thinking about their childhood encounter) but instantly falls for her the moment he sees her. He warns Sujatha that she would never go away and marry him in the end. They both are engaged. The whole family go to the family temple after the engagement, and there, Sujatha sees Ravi waiting for her. She is spotted talking to Ravi by Raghu and his gang, and they mercilessly beat him up. Traumatized, Sujatha runs to her father, but Raghu indirectly warns her family that things would turn out wrong if Ravi is seen anywhere near Sujatha.


Ravi gets treated, and Sujatha's marriage is nearing. As a last hope, Sujatha asks her sister to inform Ravi without letting any of Raghu's men knowing. Her sister goes to the railway station and waits for Ravi. When he comes, fearing that someone would see her, she writes the details on the blackboard. She eyes him to read it and leaves in a haste and is shown that Raghu's men are actually with her. Ravi comes and reads the board. However, Sujatha's sister has a habit for writing the letters "it" and "la" in between words, making it difficult for the readers to read them. Ravi ignores the message and leaves.
Coming to the present, Sujatha grown up to be a beautiful young woman, who her father adores. On the outskirts of their village Pushpathoor lives Ravi. Ravi belongs to a poor family and was raised by his widowed mother. Ravi takes tuition for kids and runs errands around the village for money. He is an obedient and polite man. He has a group of friends and they all go to the same college as Sujatha and become her classmates. Initially Sujatha does not talk to him but after sometime, both fall in love. This is known to Sujatha's younger sister Kalyani. As days go by, Sujatha openly reciprocates Ravi's love. The two travel in the same compartment on the train and are spotted by Sujatha's family astrologer. He conveys the same to her father, who then forbids her to go to college and contacts his old friend to arrange Sujatha’s marriage with his son, Raghu.


Fearing that Ravi would come and take Sujatha away, Raghu sends his men to Ravi's house. They trash the whole house and the things inside, sparing his mother. His mother tells Ravi's friends that he should come back with Sujatha, and if he does not, she herself would kill him. Ravi, who somehow cracked the code that Sujatha's sister wrote, realizes that Sujatha's wedding is the next day. He then mysteriously comes into Raghu's home and writes that he would be the one marrying Sujatha in the end, in blood, triggering Raghu. The same thing happens in Sujatha's home on their wedding day. Raghu, in a rush, asks the family to hurry and complete the wedding. Sujatha goes into the room to change, but in reality, she is waiting for Ravi, after seeing his message on the wall. Raghu comes and breaks open the door, and at the same time, Ravi comes through the roof and rescues Sujatha.
Raghu had turned out to be an arrogant rogue and womaniser. He is persuaded by his mother to meet Sujatha, and Raghu comes to Pushpathoor to see her with no interest. However, when he meets Sujatha, he falls for her beauty and wants to marry her. When Sujatha conveys about her love for Ravi, Raghu threatens her. The wedding arrangements proceed. Ravi gets beaten up by Raghu in front of Sujatha and has his home invaded and trashed by Raghu's men who threaten his mother. Ravi's mother however wants her son to fight back and says should he die, it should be with victory and not like a coward. Heeding his mother's words, Ravi challenges Raghu and warns him that he and Sujatha will get married before 7 a.M try next morning. Enraged, Raghu tells the family to pull the wedding forward. Sujatha goes into the room to change, but she actually waits for Ravi after learning about his message. Ravi and Sujatha escape before Raghu arrives. After an intense chase, Ravi and Sujatha are cornered by Raghu and his men in the forest. Ravi and Raghu challenge each other in an intense [[hand-to-hand combat]], where Ravi finally defeats Raghu. With Sujatha's father's approval, Ravi and Sujatha get married in presence of Raghu and her family members.
 
Angered and defeated, Raghu goes after the couple, and a chase ensues, which results in Ravi getting wounded by Raghu. The couple and Ravi's friend who helped them escape in the train with the help of the conductor, but Raghu enters the train with his men. The couple escapes to the roof, where they are cornered. To save themselves, they jump off the train and roll down to a forest. To their shock, Raghu and his men come there as well. Raghu once more corners them and asks Ravi to fight him, face-to-face. In the end, Ravi wins, bringing out his confidence, and also wins Sujatha's hand.


==Cast==
==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
{{cast listing|
* [[Jayam Ravi|Ravi]] as Ravi
* [[Ravi Mohan]] as Ravi
* [[Sadha]] as Sujatha
* [[Sadha]] (voice: [[Savitha Radhakrishnan|Savitha]]) as Sujatha
** [[Reshmi Menon]] as Young Sujatha  
* [[Gopichand (actor)|Gopichand]] as Raghu
* [[Gopichand (actor)|Gopichand]] as Raghu
** [[Dilip Kumar Salvadi]] as Young Raghu<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/title-change-for-a-reason/articleshow/19864477.cms|title=Title change for a reason|author=V. Lakshmi|work=The Times of India}}</ref>
* [[Rajeev (Tamil actor)|Rajeev]] as Sujatha's father
* [[Rajeev (Tamil actor)|Rajeev]] as Sujatha's father
* [[Pragathi (actress)|Pragathi]] as Sujatha's mother
* [[Pragathi (actress)|Pragathi]] as Sujatha's mother
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* [[Suman Setty]] as Alibaba
* [[Suman Setty]] as Alibaba
* [[Junior Balaiah]] as Astrologer
* [[Junior Balaiah]] as Astrologer
* [[Shakeela]] as College Professor
* [[Shakeela]] as Gnana Sarawathi
* [[Ramesh Khanna]]
* [[Ramesh Khanna]] as Local Drunkard
* [[Mayilsamy]]
* [[Mayilsamy]]
* [[Ilavarasu]]
* [[Ilavarasu]]
* [[Manobala]] as Kamalesh
* [[Manobala]] as Kamalesh
* [[Reshmi Menon]] as Young Sujatha
* [[Vennira Aadai Moorthy]]
{{colend}}
* [[Pandu (actor)|Pandu]] as College Principal
* Anamika Pravallika as Gunachithram
 
}}


==Soundtrack==
==Soundtrack==
Songs and background score is handled by [[R.P. Patnaik]] making his debut in Tamil.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/album/T0000501.html | title=Jayam Movie songs from Raaga.com | access-date=8 February 2012}}</ref>
{{Infobox album
# "Kanamoochi" - [[Shankar Mahadevan]]
| name        = Jayam
# "Kavithayae Theriyuma" - [[Harini (singer)|Harini]], [[Manicka Vinayagam]], [[R.P. Patnaik]]
| type        = soundtrack
# "Thiruvizhannu Vantha" - [[Tippu (singer)|Tippu]], Gowri, Raja, Ravi
| artist      = [[R.P. Patnaik]]
# "Vandi Vandi Railu Vandi" - Tippu, Manicka Vinayagam
| cover        = Jayam (2003 film).jpg
# "Kaathal Kaathal" - [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]]
| genre        = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
# "Kaathal Thandha Vali" - Karthik, Ganga Sitharasu
| length      = 30:46
# "Kodi Kodi Minnalgal" - [[Vijay Yesudas]]
| language    = [[Tamil-language|Tamil]]
| label        = [[Saregama]]<br>[[Sun Music (channel)|Sun Music]]<br />
| producer    = [[R.P. Patnaik]]
}}
The songs and background score were composed by [[R. P. Patnaik]], marking his debut in Tamil cinema.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/album/T0000501.html | title=Jayam Movie songs from Raaga.com | access-date=8 February 2012}}</ref> For the Tamil remake, Patnaik replaced "Raanu Raanu" with "Thiruvizhannu Vantha" (based on "Gaajuvaka Pilla" from ''[[Nuvvu Nenu]]''), as the original was already remade as "Kai Kai Vekran" for ''[[Bagavathi]]''. The audio rights brought by [[Saregama]] and [[Sun Music (channel)|Sun Music]].<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXvnKeMnbyk |title=Jayam - Full Album {{!}} Jayam Ravi, Sadha, Senthil, Mayilsami {{!}} R.P.Patnaik |date=2021-06-08 |last=Saregama Tamil |access-date=2026-01-10 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0SoPTsLNho |title=Kodi Kodi Minnal - Video Song {{!}} Jayam {{!}} Jayam Ravi {{!}} Sadha {{!}} Sun Music |date=2024-11-28 |last=Sun Music |access-date=2026-01-10 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
 
{{Track listing
| extra_column  = Singer(s)
| total_length  = 30:46
| title1        = Kannamochi Ray Ray
| length1      = 3:39
| lyrics1      = [[Palani Bharathi]]
| extra1        = [[Shankar Mahadevan]]
| title2        = Vandi Vandi
| length2      = 5:26
| lyrics2      = [[Na. Muthukumar]]
| extra2        = [[Tippu (singer)|Tippu]], [[Manikka Vinayagam]]
| title3        = Thiruvizhannu Vandha
| length3      = 4:25
| lyrics3      = Na. Muthukumar
| extra3        = Tippu, Gowri, [[Raja Hasan]], [[Ravi Shankar Sharma]]
| title4        = Kavithayae Theriyuma
| length4      = 4:22
| lyrics4      = [[Arivumathi]]
| extra4        = R. P. Patnaik, [[Harini (singer)|Harini]], [[Manikka Vinayagam]]
| title5        = Kodi Kodi Minnalgal
| length5      = 4:48
| lyrics5      = [[Palani Bharathi]]
| extra5        = [[Vijay Yesudas]]
| title6        = Kaathal Kaathal
| length6      = 2:39
| lyrics6      = [[Thamarai]]
| extra6        = [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]]
| title7        = Kandha Un Aalayam
| length7      = 1:25
| lyrics7      = Nandalala
| extra7        = Chorus
| title8        = Vetri Velada
| length8      = 1:40
| lyrics8      = Nandalala
| extra8        = R. P. Patnaik, chorus
| title9        = Kaathal Thandha Vali
| length9      = 1:01
| lyrics9      = Nandalala
| extra9        = Karthik, [[Ganga Sitharasu|Ganga]]
}}
 
==Release and reception==
''Jayam'' opened to mixed reviews, with a critic from [[The Hindu]] stating the film gave a sense of "[[déjà vu]]" but added that Raja's "treatment is interesting in patches".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/06/27/stories/2003062701250200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031028135534/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/06/27/stories/2003062701250200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 October 2003 |title=Jayam |date=27 June 2003 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=28 December 2015}}</ref> Visual Dasan of ''Kalki'' praised the performances of Ravi, Sadha and Gopichand, flashback in the beginning of the film but panned for forcibly adding double meaning dialogues, illegal affairs and plagiarised scenes from English films and concluded calling it another film from Telugu which came to get rid of Tamil identities from Tamil films.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/kalki2003-07-06/page/n17/mode/2up|date=6 July 2003|magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]|language=ta|access-date=8 February 2024|title=ஜெயம் |first=விஷுவல் |last=தாசன் }}</ref> ''Screen'' wrote "The climax is long and takes up the entire second half. The changeover of the timid Ravi into a one-man army is shown in a convincing manner. RP Patnaik’s score is hummable. Sada has given a good performance. However, Gopichand scores with a very natural performance in the role of a hot-tempered youth".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=5084|title=Offbeat treatment|website=Screen|access-date=7 August 2025|date=25 July 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030811085636/http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=5084|archive-date=11 August 2003}}</ref>


==Release==
The film went on to become a [[Sleeper hit|surprise success]] at the box office and prompted Ravi to adopt "Jayam" to his stage name as a prefix for a period, while their home production studio was renamed Jayam Company. The film collected 25 crores at the box office and became commercially successful.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2004/apr/05sld3.htm |title=Tamil heroes: Generation Next! |work=rediff.com |access-date=28 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://kollywood.allindiansite.com/g/11ta.html |title="Jayam" Ravi in "M. Kumaran son of Mahalakshmi." |publisher=Kollywood.allindiansite.com |access-date=28 December 2015 |archive-date=24 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224104121/http://kollywood.allindiansite.com/g/11ta.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
''Jayam'' opened to mixed reviews, with a critic from [[The Hindu]] stating the film gave a sense of "[[déjà vu]]" but added that Raja's "treatment is interesting in patches".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/06/27/stories/2003062701250200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031028135534/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/06/27/stories/2003062701250200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 October 2003 |title=Jayam |date=27 June 2003 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=28 December 2015}}</ref> The film went on to become a [[Sleeper hit|surprise success]] at the box office, and prompted both Raja and Ravi to adopt "Jayam" to their stage names as a prefix, while their home production studio was renamed Jayam Company.The film collected 25 crores at the box office and became commercially successful.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2004/apr/05sld3.htm |title=Tamil heroes: Generation Next! |publisher=rediff.com |access-date=28 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kollywood.allindiansite.com/g/11ta.html |title=<!-#echo var="stitle" -> – Cinema scidhigal – It's All About movie |publisher=Kollywood.allindiansite.com |access-date=28 December 2015}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 10:08, 3 March 2026

This article is about 2003 Tamil film. For other uses, see Jayam.

Jayam
Directed byM. Raja
Produced byM. Varalakshmi
Editor Mohan
Written byPrasanna Kumar (dialogues)
Story byTeja
Based onJayam (Telugu)
StarringRavi Mohan
Sadha
Gopichand
Music byR. P. Patnaik
CinematographyR. Rathnavelu
Edited byEditor Mohan
Production
company
M. L. Movie Aarts
Release date
  • 21 June 2003 (2003-06-21)
Running time
162 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Jayam (transl. Victory) is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic action film directed by M. Raja in his Tamil debut. The film is a remake of the 2002 Telugu-language film with the same title. It featured Raja's brother Ravi Mohan, Sadha and Gopichand in their first Tamil ventures respectively, with the latter two reprising their roles from the Telugu movie alongside an ensemble supporting cast including Rajeev, Pragathi, Nizhalgal Ravi, Radha Ravi, Nalini, Senthil, and Suman Setty.[1] The music was composed by R. P. Patnaik.

The film released on 21 June 2003 to mixed reviews but was a sleeper hit. The success prompted Ravi to retain the film's title as a prefix to his stage name and changed in 2025. Till date, Jayam is the first and only Tamil film which Gopichand has acted till date.

Plot[edit | edit source]

The film begins with a flashback in the early 1980s, where a young Sujatha and Raghu are playing. Their fathers are best friends and have decided that Raghu and Sujatha would eventually get married in the future. As the two go to high school, Sujatha becomes an ideal student whereas Raghu becomes a good-for-nothing man. He steals money and gambles with grown-up, catching bad habits. Once, he beats Sujatha's classmate for being close with her while studying and he and Sujatha have a fallout, swearing to never meet again. Eventually, Raghu's family move away and as days go by both forget about each other.

Coming to the present, Sujatha grown up to be a beautiful young woman, who her father adores. On the outskirts of their village Pushpathoor lives Ravi. Ravi belongs to a poor family and was raised by his widowed mother. Ravi takes tuition for kids and runs errands around the village for money. He is an obedient and polite man. He has a group of friends and they all go to the same college as Sujatha and become her classmates. Initially Sujatha does not talk to him but after sometime, both fall in love. This is known to Sujatha's younger sister Kalyani. As days go by, Sujatha openly reciprocates Ravi's love. The two travel in the same compartment on the train and are spotted by Sujatha's family astrologer. He conveys the same to her father, who then forbids her to go to college and contacts his old friend to arrange Sujatha’s marriage with his son, Raghu.

Raghu had turned out to be an arrogant rogue and womaniser. He is persuaded by his mother to meet Sujatha, and Raghu comes to Pushpathoor to see her with no interest. However, when he meets Sujatha, he falls for her beauty and wants to marry her. When Sujatha conveys about her love for Ravi, Raghu threatens her. The wedding arrangements proceed. Ravi gets beaten up by Raghu in front of Sujatha and has his home invaded and trashed by Raghu's men who threaten his mother. Ravi's mother however wants her son to fight back and says should he die, it should be with victory and not like a coward. Heeding his mother's words, Ravi challenges Raghu and warns him that he and Sujatha will get married before 7 a.M try next morning. Enraged, Raghu tells the family to pull the wedding forward. Sujatha goes into the room to change, but she actually waits for Ravi after learning about his message. Ravi and Sujatha escape before Raghu arrives. After an intense chase, Ravi and Sujatha are cornered by Raghu and his men in the forest. Ravi and Raghu challenge each other in an intense hand-to-hand combat, where Ravi finally defeats Raghu. With Sujatha's father's approval, Ravi and Sujatha get married in presence of Raghu and her family members.

Cast[edit | edit source]

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

Jayam
Soundtrack album by
R.P. Patnaik
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length30:46
LanguageTamil
LabelSaregama
Sun Music
ProducerR.P. Patnaik

The songs and background score were composed by R. P. Patnaik, marking his debut in Tamil cinema.[3] For the Tamil remake, Patnaik replaced "Raanu Raanu" with "Thiruvizhannu Vantha" (based on "Gaajuvaka Pilla" from Nuvvu Nenu), as the original was already remade as "Kai Kai Vekran" for Bagavathi. The audio rights brought by Saregama and Sun Music.[4][5]

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Kannamochi Ray Ray"Palani BharathiShankar Mahadevan3:39
2."Vandi Vandi"Na. MuthukumarTippu, Manikka Vinayagam5:26
3."Thiruvizhannu Vandha"Na. MuthukumarTippu, Gowri, Raja Hasan, Ravi Shankar Sharma4:25
4."Kavithayae Theriyuma"ArivumathiR. P. Patnaik, Harini, Manikka Vinayagam4:22
5."Kodi Kodi Minnalgal"Palani BharathiVijay Yesudas4:48
6."Kaathal Kaathal"ThamaraiKarthik2:39
7."Kandha Un Aalayam"NandalalaChorus1:25
8."Vetri Velada"NandalalaR. P. Patnaik, chorus1:40
9."Kaathal Thandha Vali"NandalalaKarthik, Ganga1:01
Total length:30:46

Release and reception[edit | edit source]

Jayam opened to mixed reviews, with a critic from The Hindu stating the film gave a sense of "déjà vu" but added that Raja's "treatment is interesting in patches".[6] Visual Dasan of Kalki praised the performances of Ravi, Sadha and Gopichand, flashback in the beginning of the film but panned for forcibly adding double meaning dialogues, illegal affairs and plagiarised scenes from English films and concluded calling it another film from Telugu which came to get rid of Tamil identities from Tamil films.[7] Screen wrote "The climax is long and takes up the entire second half. The changeover of the timid Ravi into a one-man army is shown in a convincing manner. RP Patnaik’s score is hummable. Sada has given a good performance. However, Gopichand scores with a very natural performance in the role of a hot-tempered youth".[8]

The film went on to become a surprise success at the box office and prompted Ravi to adopt "Jayam" to his stage name as a prefix for a period, while their home production studio was renamed Jayam Company. The film collected 25 crores at the box office and became commercially successful.[9][10]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Remake strikes gold?". Sify. 29 June 2003. Archived from the original on 30 August 2003. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  2. ↑ V. Lakshmi. "Title change for a reason". The Times of India.
  3. ↑ "Jayam Movie songs from Raaga.com". Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  4. ↑ Saregama Tamil (8 June 2021). Jayam - Full Album | Jayam Ravi, Sadha, Senthil, Mayilsami | R.P.Patnaik. Retrieved 10 January 2026 – via YouTube.
  5. ↑ Sun Music (28 November 2024). Kodi Kodi Minnal - Video Song | Jayam | Jayam Ravi | Sadha | Sun Music. Retrieved 10 January 2026 – via YouTube.
  6. ↑ "Jayam". The Hindu. 27 June 2003. Archived from the original on 28 October 2003. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  7. ↑ தாசன், விஷுவல் (6 July 2003). "ஜெயம்". Kalki (in தமிழ்). Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  8. ↑ "Offbeat treatment". Screen. 25 July 2003. Archived from the original on 11 August 2003. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  9. ↑ "Tamil heroes: Generation Next!". rediff.com. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  10. ↑ ""Jayam" Ravi in "M. Kumaran son of Mahalakshmi."". Kollywood.allindiansite.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.

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