Jana

<p>Janarthanan alias Jana lives in a village in . In an unforeseen circumstance, Jana meets his former rival Viswanathan Bhandari, who wants to exact revenge against Jana for his brother’s death, and it is revealed that Jana was a former at with an expertise in . Jana learns that Bhandari and his brother tried to smuggle arms and ammunitions, where Jana kills Bhandari’s brother in the process. An enraged Bhandari exacts revenge on Jana by killing his family with his uncle and father as the only survivor. A fight ensues in which Jana finally finishes Bhandari and Veerapandi. The film was announced in early 2002 titled as . was initially signed on to play the lead female role. but pulled out due to unavailability of dates and she was later replaced by . The title was subsequently changed to and Ajith began filming in December 2002. The shooting took place at Palghat, where some sets were erected. It was a lavish set costing 9 lakh, consisting of two bungalows, one belonging to and the other to , in the film. Most of the story has taken place in these bungalows. Among those present were Ajith and Sneha. The sets have been designed by art director Maniraj. Apart from Palghat, a 20-day schedule took place at Ottappalam and Shornoor in . The soundtrack features 6 songs composed by . Before finalizing Dhina, the makers approach for composing the soundtrack, but he opts out due to creative differences. was released on 1 May 2004, coinciding with Ajith Kumar’s 33rd birthday. Visual Dasan of called it a comforting victory film for Ajith. wrote “Neither great nor ghastly Jana packs in a sting but ends with a whimper and is strictly for the no-holds barred Ajith addicts”. Malathi Rangarajan of wrote, “A little of and a lot of peppered with some originality in screenplay, a ravishing heroine and an invincible hero make up this summer cocktail”. wrote “One sees the movie and comes out of the theatre with an unclear picture of what it was all about. We carry only the memory of some hotch-potch situations, and a handsome protagonist caught in the midst of it!”.</p>