Gaja (film)

Gaja is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language action romance film directed by K. Madesh and produced by Srinivasa Murthy and Suresh Gowda. 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).[2] The film is a remake of the 2005 Telugu film Bhadra. The movie was also dubbed into Hindi as Gajja Thakur.

Gaja
Directed byK Madesh
Written byK. V. Raju (Dialogues)
Screenplay byK. Madesh
Story byP. Ramachandra Rao Srinu vaitla
Produced bySrinivasa Murthy
Suresh Gowda
StarringDarshan
CinematographyRamesh Babu
Edited byT. Shashi kumar Deepu. S. Kumar
Music byV. Harikrishna
Production
company
Sri SeethaByraveshwara productions
Distributed byJayanna Films
Release date
  • 11 January 2008 (2008-01-11)
Running time
2 hours 32 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada
Box office₹ 7.5 crores [1]

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.

Gaja
Soundtrack album by
V. Harikrishna
Released2008
Recorded2007
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length29:59
LanguageKannada
LabelAshwini Recording Company
V. Harikrishna chronology
Ee Preethi Yeke Bhoomi Melide
(2007)		 Gaja
(2008)		 Gaalipata
(2008)
Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Aitalakadi"Shankar Mahadevan, Shamitha Malnad4:56
2."Bangari Yare Nee"Jassie Gift, Chaitra H. G.4:38
3."Du Du Duniya"Tippu4:20
4."Lambuji"Shaan, K. S. Chitra4:14
5."Mathu Nannolu"Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal5:12
6."O Manase"Kunal Ganjawala4:37
7."Srikarane"K. S. Chitra2:02
Total length:29:59

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.[2][3][4]

Release

Gaja was released on 11 January 2008. It was certified as 'A' by the censor board. It completed 175 days at the box office, and became a comeback film for Darshan after huge flops. The film made record in MMCH & North Karnataka movie grossed 23cr with 10cr Share "Bul Bul" & Gaja title song became chartbusters.

References
  1. "Archived copy". www.sify.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Gaja". sify.com. Archived from the original on 9 April 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  3. https://www.chitraloka.com/movie-reviews/777-gaja-review.html
  4. https://www.nowrunning.com/movie/4296/kannada/gaja/1467/review.htm


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