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Payanam (transl. Journey) is a 2011 Indian action thriller film written and directed by Radha Mohan. It is simultaneously shot in Tamil and Telugu languages, the latter titled Gaganam (transl. Sky). The plot of the film is based on a flight hijacking incident. It stars Nagarjuna, Prakash Raj, Poonam Kaur, Sana Khan, Rishi, Brahmanandam and Thalaivasal Vijay amongst others. Co-produced by Raj and Dil Raju, the film was released on 11 February 2011 to critical and commercial success.
Original Release
02/11/2011
US Release
02/11/2011
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Nagarjuna Akkineni | Major Ravindra |
| Poonam Kaur | Vimala Gupta / Air Hostess Vimala Gupta |
| Harshavardhan | |
| Brahmanandam | Director Rajesh Kapur |
| Sana Khan | Sandhya |
| Melkote | S.K. Sharma |
| Sri Lakshmi | (as Srilakshmi) |
| Ravi Prakash | Pilot / Flight Captain Girish |
| M.S. Bhaskar | Father Alphonse |
| Kumaravel | Subhash / Subash |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Nagarjuna Akkineni | Major Ravindra |
| Poonam Kaur | Vimala Gupta / Air Hostess Vimala Gupta |
| Harshavardhan | |
| Brahmanandam | Director Rajesh Kapur |
| Sana Khan | Sandhya |
| Melkote | S.K. Sharma |
| Sri Lakshmi | (as Srilakshmi) |
| Ravi Prakash | Pilot / Flight Captain Girish |
| M.S. Bhaskar | Father Alphonse |
| Kumaravel | Subhash / Subash |
| Prithvi Vazir | Chandrakanth |
| Satyam Rajesh | (as Rajesh) |
| Chaams | Chandrakanth's fan / Passenger |
| Sricharan | Yusuf Khan / Ranganathan / Yusuf Khan and Ranganathan |
| Badava Gopi | |
| Mohan V. Raman | |
| Narayan | Praveen, the drug addict |
| Sana Khan | Sandhya |
| Prakash Raj | Vishwanath |
| Bharath Reddy | Nawaz Khan |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Prakash Raj | Producer |
| Lakshman | Producer |
| N.M. Pasha | Producer |
| Dil Raju | Producer |
| Anvesh Reddy | Producer |
| Sireesh | Producer |
| Jagan Mohan Vancha | Producer |
