Jamboo
Jamboo is 1980 Tamil film, directed and produced by M. Karnan. The film story was written by Maa. Ra and the dialogue was written by A. Gurusamy. The film screenplay was written by M. Karnan. Music was by Shankar - Ganesh. The film stars Jaishankar, Major Sundararajan, S. A. Ashokan Manorama and Jayamala.[1][2]
| Jamboo | |
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| Directed by | M. Karnan |
| Produced by | M. Karnan |
| Written by | A. Gurusamy |
| Screenplay by | M. Karnan |
| Story by | Maa. Ra |
| Starring | Jaishankar Jayamala Major Sundararajan S. A. Ashokan Thengai Srinivasan Manorama |
| Music by | Shankar - Ganesh |
| Cinematography | M. Karnan |
| Edited by | G. Kalyana Sundaram K. Gouthaman |
Production company | Indrani Films |
Release date | 15 January 1980 |
Running time | 122 Mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot
A varied group of travelers on a flight to America find themselves stranded on an island. They're rescued by Jamboo (Jaishankar), a man who's lived on the island by himself since childhood. He's capable of surviving the harsh surrounding full of wild animals, raging rivers and other natural dangers. Jamboo takes on the task of keeping the crash survivors stay alive and eventually lead them off the island. They are forced to stay on the island until the circumstances are right for them to attempt an escape. The movie chronicles the many varied dangers they face as they attempt to get home.
Cast
- Jaishankar as Jamboo
- Jayamala as Geetha
- Major Sundararajan as Saamy
- Manorama as Anjalai
- S. A. Ashokan as Paranthaman
- Thengai Srinivasan
- Venniradai Moorthy
- Jaya Vani as Radha
- Lalitha as Noori
- M. R. R. Vasu
- Praveena Bhagyaraj as Tribal princess
- Mallika
- S. V. Ramadoss
- Jothi Kanna
- Oru Viral Krishna Rao
- Vijayganesh
- Kanchana
- Mottai Seetha Raman
- Vimala
- P. L. Selvaraj
- Manjula
- Franco
- Kovai Shantha
- Prabhakar
- Master Sivakumar
Crew
- Art: R. Radha
- Stills: Vellai Samy
- Design: Devudu
- Publicity: Jaya Publicity
- Processing: Gemini Colour Lab
- Audiography: S. Viswanathan
- Audiography (song): J. J. Manickam
- Re - Recording: Murugan Movie tone
- Choreography: Sundaram, Nambi Rajan and Pasumarthi Krishnamoorthi
- Stunt: K. S. Madhavan
Soundtrack
Music was written by Shankar - Ganesh and lyrics were written by Kannadasan. The playback singers consist of T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela, L. R. Eswari, Vani Jairam and Pasumarthi Krishnamoorthi.
| No. | Songs | Singers | Lyrics | Length (m:ss) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Yenga Vandha Yenga" | Kannadasan | 04:49 | |
| 2 | "Yen Intha Mayakkam" | 05:36 | ||
| 3 | "Oh Rama Oh Rama" | 05:30 | ||
| 4 | "Machaan Thota Mazaa" | 03:02 |
References
- "jambu movie". gomolo. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- "jambu". spicyonion. Retrieved 6 June 2016.