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.

[3] The Hindu wrote: "DESPITE A rather irrelevant and unrealistic theme that offers little support to the story and cast, if Crescent Movie International's "Jananam" is able to garner appreciation, much of the credit goes to the film's hero, Arun Kumar.

[4] Sify wrote:" The story, plot development and packaging is old wine in a new bottle and has a hangover of films like Sethu and Nanda .

The director focuses more on his punch dialogues and student revolution rather than building a story with flowing scenes to stimulate interest.

[7] Visual Dasan of Kalki wrote although the technical elements like music and cinematography have become secondary since the director has acted like a terrorist to touch the problem of the film, there is sulphurous smell in this Jananam.