---
title: 'Garjanai (1981)'
type: 'film'
director: 'C. V. Rajendran'
released: '1981-08-14'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/garjanai-1981'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279105/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Garjanai (1981)

1981 · India

Original title: கர்ஜனை

## Synopsis

Garjanai (transl. Roar) is a 1981 Indian Tamil-language film directed by C. V. Rajendran, starring Rajinikanth and Madhavi. The music was scored by Ilaiyaraaja. The film was simultaneously shot in Malayalam as Garjanam and in Kannada as Garjane. All three versions of the film failed at the box office. Garjanai ran for 52 days in Chennai making it one of Rajinikanth's films with the shortest run in theatres. It marked Rajinikanth's last Malayalam and Kannada film role till date.

## Credits

- **Director:** [C. V. Rajendran](https://cinepixo.com/people/c-v-rajendran)
- **Screenplay:** [Sreekumaran Thampi](https://cinepixo.com/people/sreekumaran-thampi), [Panchu Arunachalam](https://cinepixo.com/people/panchu-arunachalam)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ilaiyaraaja](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilaiyaraaja)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jayanan Vincent](https://cinepixo.com/people/jayanan-vincent)

## Cast

- [Madhavi](https://cinepixo.com/people/madhavi)
- [Rajinikanth](https://cinepixo.com/people/rajinikanth)
- [Geetha](https://cinepixo.com/people/geetha)

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