Jananam is a 2004 Tamil language action drama film directed by S. D. Ramesh Selvan. The film stars Arun Vijay (credited as Arun Kumar) and Priyanka Trivedi in lead roles, while Ashish Vidyarthi, Raghuvaran, Nassar, Vadivelu, and Charle play supporting roles. The music was composed by Bharadwaj. The film was launched in 2002, but got delayed and was released in 2004.

Plot

Surya (Arun Vijay), an angry young man is a post-graduate student looking for a job. His girlfriend is Shruthi (Priyanka Trivedi), who always tries to control his rage as he fights against injustice in society. Once, Surya fights for a friend, Ganesh (Charle), who is a gold medalist but does not get a job as he is not able to get a loan from a bank because he does not have any collateral to pledge. Sasi (Munna), another gold medalist friend of Surya, dies in an accident after running helter-skelter hunting for a job. All these events change Surya’s life, especially after he meets a well-known writer and intellectual Udhaya Moorthy (Raghuvaran), who urges him, along with others, to start a movement against corruption and injustice in society. They start an Unemployed Graduate Association, which rubs the local politician and don Muthukaruppan (Ashish Vidyarthi) the wrong way. The idealist Surya turns into a raging force after Murthy is shot dead by police and he is jailed. In jail, he is brutally tortured by the police as he becomes a rallying point for the youths who are fighting unemployment.