Garjanai

{{more plot|date=March 2022}}

This is about the Tamil version only.

Dr. Vijay is an honest doctor who confronts a dangerous, diabolical gang led by Dr. Mithra and Parasuram. The gang contaminates common food items with lethal substances and profits by supplying antidotes. Geetha is Vijay's love interest, while Rekha is his sister.

{{cast listing|

• Rajinikanth as Dr. Vijay
• Madhavi as Geetha
• Geetha as Rekha
• Jayamalini (Special Appearance)

; Tamil version

• Jaishankar as Parshuram
• M. N. Nambiar as Dr. Mithra
• Major Sundarrajan as D. C. P.
• Thengai Srinivasan as Sivalingam
• V. K. Ramasamy as Sundaram
• Poornam Viswanathan as Prof. Jaidev
• Sukumari as Vijay and Rekha's mother
• Baby Anju as Asha
• Mohan Babu (Guest Appearance)

; Malayalam version

• Balan K. Nair
• Kuthiravattam Pappu
• Sukumari
• Baby Anju
• Ravikumar
• Jayan (special appearance)

; Kannada version

• Jai Jagadish
• Dwarakish
• Udaykumar
• Thoogudeepa Srinivas
• Sudheer
• Shivaram
• Shakti Prasad
• Baby Anju
• Leelavathi

}}

All three versions were filmed simultaneously. Jayan was the original lead actor of Garjanam, the Malayalam version. While half the film had been shot, he suffered an accident while filming another film, Kolilakkam and succumbed to his injuries. Subsequently, Garjanam was completed with Rajinikanth in the same role. Some footage of Jayan was included in the film's opening reel, before the credits, during screenings in Kerala.{{Cite news |last=Anandan |first=S. |date=6 January 2013 |title=Reel to real image, a tome |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/reel-to-real-image-a-tome/article4277245.ece |url-status=live |access-date=1 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213917/https://www.thehindu.com/books/reel-to-real-image-a-tome/article4277245.ece |archive-date=2 June 2021}}{{Cite book |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |title=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |title-link=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |publisher=Penguin Books |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-14-342111-5 |location=New Delhi |pages=120 |author-link=Naman Ramachandran |orig-date=2012}} During the filming of another fight sequence, a stuntman sustained a gash after punching glass, which led to hospitalisation.{{Cite news |last=Sivaraman |first=S. |date=7 April 2021 |title=Dadasaheb Phalke Award for Rajinikanth: The man, the myth, the legend |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/dadasaheb-phalke-award-for-rajinikanth-the-man-the-myth-the-legend/article61917584.ece |url-status=live |access-date=29 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329094730/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/dadasaheb-phalke-award-for-rajinikanth-the-man-the-myth-the-legend/article61917584.ece |archive-date=29 March 2022}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Tamil{{Cite web |title=Garjanai |url=https://isaishop.com/item/garjanai |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118035855/https://isaishop.com/item/garjanai |archive-date=18 January 2021 |access-date=29 March 2022 |website=IsaiShop}}

| extra_column = Singer(s)

| title1 = Oru Ooril

| note1 =

| lyrics1 = Kannadasan

| music1 =

| extra1 = Malaysia Vasudevan

| length1 = 4:27

| title2 = Enna Sugamana

| note2 =

| lyrics2 = Panchu Arunachalam

| music2 =

| extra2 = Malaysia Vasudevan, Uma Ramanan

| length2 = 4:41

| title3 = Kuththum Oosi

| note3 =

| lyrics3 = Kannadasan

| music3 =

| extra3 = Vani Jairam

| length3 = 4:09

| title4 = Vanthathu Nallathu

| note4 =

| lyrics4 = Kannadasan

| music4 =

| extra4 = S. Janaki, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

| length4 = 4:46

| title5 = Varuvai Anbe

| note5 =

| lyrics5 = Panchu Arunachalam

| music5 =

| extra5 = T. K. S. Kalaivanan, S. Janaki

| length5 = 5:04

}}

{{Track listing

| all_lyrics = Sreekumaran Thampi

| headline = Malayalam{{Cite web |title=Garjanam (1981) |url=https://www.malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?1364&cl=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317111905/http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?1364&cl=1 |archive-date=17 March 2016 |access-date=29 March 2022 |website=malayalasangeetham.info}}

| extra_column = Singer(s)

| title1 = Ente Pularkaalam

| note1 =

| extra1 = S. Janaki, P. Jayachandran

| length1 =

| title2 = Oru Mohathin

| note2 =

| extra2 = S. Janaki, P. Jayachandran

| length2 =

| title3 = Oru Theril

| note3 =

| extra3 = P. Jayachandran, Chorus

| length3 =

| title4 = Pennin Kannil Viriyum

| note4 =

| extra4 = Vani Jairam

| length4 =

| title5 = Thamburaatti Nin Kottaarathil

| note5 =

| lyrics5 =

| music5 =

| extra5 = P. Jayachandran

| length5 =

| title6 = Vannathu Nallathu Nalla Dinam

| note6 =

| extra6 = S. Janaki, P. Jayachandran, Chorus

| length6 =

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Kannada{{Cite web |date=1 January 1981 |title=Garjane |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/garjane/XtJuIrTn0G4_ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329095637/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/garjane/XtJuIrTn0G4_ |archive-date=29 March 2022 |access-date=29 March 2022 |website=JioSaavn}}

| extra_column = Singer(s)

| title1 = Bandeya Bandeya

| extra1 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki

| length1 = 4:46

| title2 = Hithavagidhe

| extra2 = P. Jayachandran, S. Janaki

| length2 = 5:02

| title3 = Kanna Minchinda

| extra3 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki

| length3 = 4:40

| title4 = Nadevaga

| extra4 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

| length4 = 4:25

| title5 = Nanna Roopa

| extra5 = Vani Jairam

| length5 = 3:49

}}

Sindhu and Jeeva, in their negative review of the film for Kalki, referred to it as a "meow" rather than the "roar" implied by the films title.{{Cite magazine |last=சிந்து |last2=ஜீவா |date=30 August 1981 |title=கர்ஜனை |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1981-08-30/page/n49/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230224122512/https://archive.org/details/kalki1981-08-30/page/n49/mode/2up |archive-date=24 February 2023 |access-date=24 February 2023 |magazine=Kalki |page=48 |language=ta |via=Internet Archive}}

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