Coordinates	29°55′12″N51°10′48″N
Name	Majnu
Director	Ravichandran
Writer	Ravichandran
Starring	PrashanthRinke KhannaRaghuvaranSonu SoodVivek
Producer	Dr Manohar
Music	Harris Jayaraj
Distributor	Cee I TV Ltd
Released	2001
Runtime	172 mins
Country
Language	Tamil

Majnu (2001) is a Tamil film directed by Ravichandran. The film stars Prashanth, Rinke Khanna, Sonu Sood, Raghuvaran, Nassar, Rati Agnihotri and Vivek. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by Harris Jayaraj. The film was a surprise hit in 2001. It was written by director Ravichandran himself and distributed by the London-based Tamil language telechannel Cee I TV.

Plot

Vasanth (Prashanth) falls in love with Heena (Rinke Khanna), who lives in Calcutta and is on a visit to his college. Meanwhile Vasanth's father Gajapathy (Raghuvaran), an MP, is the target of terrorists and under a peculiar set of circumstances, Heena becomes the prime suspect after an attack on his life. Vasanth hides her in his own house before packing her off to Calcutta. But when he goes there in search of her, she is forced to refuse to acknowledge her feelings for him.Whether Vasanth saves his father from terrorists and succeeds in love froms the rest of story.

Cast

Box office

The film opened big in Tamil Nadu and within a week the producers were looking at profits. It was a surprise hit at the box office; it raised business for Prashanth and the soundtrack was an even bigger success.

Trivia

Punjabi actress Rati Agnihotri got her start in Tamil Nadu and was a huge star in South India from 1979-1981. She left to act in Hindi films in 1981 and became a huge star there as well. However, by 1985, she retired from films to get married and start a family. This film marks her welcome return to South India after a 20-year absence.

Music

The music of Majunu is credited to Harris Jayaraj, who composed the songs and the background score for the movie. The music went on to become a huge hit and made it to the top of the 2001 charts.

Category:2001 films Category:Indian films Category:Tamil-language films

Coordinates	29°55′12″N51°10′48″N
Name	Harris Jayaraj
Background	non_performing_personnel
Birth name	Harris Jayaraj
Born	January 08, 1975
Origin	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Instrument	Guitar, keyboard, piano, percussion
Genre	Film Score
Occupation	Music director
Years active	2001–present

Harris Jayaraj (; born 8 January 1975, in Tirunelveli) is a film composer. He has written scores and soundtracks and played music for many Tamil films, as well as Telugu and Hindi films. He lives in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Early life

Harris Jayaraj was born to a pious Christian Nadar family in tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. He studied at the Krishnasamy Matric School, Chennai. His father, S. M. Jayakumar, was a film guitarist who later became a noted musician and Chennai film composer. His father was an assistant to Malayalam music director Shyam and he hoped to make his child Harris a great singer. But Harris' interest was in film music and he once confessed that he couldn't sing well. Harris Jayaraj was an early admirer of the work of Hans Zimmer.

Career

Harris Jayaraj entered the world of film music as a musician, programming scores and drum-percussion for films under the Indian music director A. R. Rahman. Harris had been the first person to receive the title of Top Mark Scorer in Asia from Trinity College of Music. Harris began his career as a keyboardist for several music directors over twelve years including Rahman, Mani Sharma, Vidyasagar, Karthik Raja, Yuvan Shankar Raja and Sirpi, in addition to composing beats for TV advertisements.

His first film project was Minnale. The music he scored was well received, particularly the song "Vaseegara", which was in the charts for weeks. Next, he composed music for the Tamil films 12B and Majunu, which met with high acclaim. His Minnale score was later used in the Hindi version, titled Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein. Harris's collaborations with director Gautham Menon have been widely acclaimed, both of them being very successful in Tamil film industry. They have worked together in a series of hit movies like Minnale (2001), Kaaka Kaaka (2003), Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2006), Pachaikili Muthucharam (2007) and ''Varanam Aayiram (2008).

Filmography

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Personal life

Harris is married to Joyce (formerly Suma). The couple have a son called Samuel Nicholas and a daughter called Karen Nikita. Harris' father Jayakumar is a noted evangelistic musician. As a student in Trinity College of Music Harris received the title of 'Top mark scorer in Asia'. His music albums have been commercially successful throughout his career. Harris established his own studio named Trinity Studios in his own residence.

Awards

Harris Jayaraj won the Filmfare Best Music Director Award (Tamil) for Minnale (2001), Kaakha Kaakha (2003), Anniyan (2005), Vaaranam Aayiram (2008) and Ayan (2009).

He has won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Music Director for Kaakha Kaakha (2003) and Anniyan / Ghajini (2005).

He has been awarded Meera Tamil Music Awards (by Isai Aruvi TV) in 2008 in the categories of Best Album of the Year (Unnalae Unnalae) and the Most Listened Song of the Year ("June Ponaal"). In 2009 he received awards in the categories of Best Music Composer and Best Music Album of the Year, both for Vaaranam Aayiram, and also the Best Romantic Song of the Year award for the song "Anbe En Anbe" in Dhaam Dhoom.

In 2009, he received an International Tamil Film Award (ITFA) in the category of Best Music Director (Vaaranam Aayiram).

He received two Vijay Awards in 2009 in the categories of Best Music Composer (Vaaranam Aayiram and Dhaam Dhoom) and Favorite Song of the Year ("Anjalai" from Vaaranam Aayiram). In the next consecutive year, he was awarded the Best Music Director Award for Aadhavan.

He has received the prestigious Kalaimamani award from the Tamil Nadu government.

References

External links

Category:1975 births Category:Indian Christians Category:Indian film score composers Category:Living people Category:Tamil film score composers Category:Tamil musicians Category:Telugu film score composers