Raja (2002 film)

Raja (transl. King) is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Ezhil which stars Ajith Kumar, Jyothika and Priyanka Trivedi in the lead roles. The film opened in July 2002 to mixed reviews and performed poorly at the box office.[2][3]The film was dubbed into Telugu as Nuvvu Naaku Kavali[4].

Raja
Poster
Directed byEzhil
Produced byThiruvenkatam
Written byEzhil
Starring
Music byS. A. Rajkumar
CinematographyK. Aravind
Edited bySuresh Urs
Production
company
Serene Movie Makers.[1]
Release date
  • 5 July 2002 (2002-07-05)
Running time
150 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Raja (Ajith) is paranoid about getting married. Priya Mahalakshmi (Jyothika) arrives at his place and begins to compel him to marry her. The reason: Raja was confessing his love to someone else thinking that she was Priya.

Under the cover of darkness Priya confesses her love for Raja. Thinking that it was the other Priya Mahalakshmi (Priyanka Trivedi) who was speaking to him, Raja begins to love her. However, an unknown person arrives on the scene and murders Priya. How Raja seeks to avenge his lover's killer forms the rest of the story.

Cast
  • Ajith Kumar as Raja
  • Jyothika as Priya
  • Priyanka Trivedi as Priya Mahalakshmi
  • Vadivelu as Sappai
  • Radha Ravi as Kathiresan
  • Livingston as Madhi
  • Vaiyapuri as Onan
  • Sonu Sood as Bhavani
  • Devan as Priya's father
  • Jyothi as Raja's mother
  • Madhan Bob as Priya Mahalakshmi's father
  • Nalini as Priya Mahalakshmi's mother
  • Mayilsamy as Drunk passenger
  • Theni Kunjarammal as Madhi's grandmother
  • Besant Ravi as Sumathi's relative
  • Chaplin Balu as Bus passenger
  • MLA Thangaraj as Madhi's father
  • Krishnamoorthy as Bus owner
  • Bava Lakshmanan as Bus owner
  • Kottachi as Bus passenger
  • Pasi Sathya as Priya's housemaid
  • Varalakshmi as Madhi's mother
  • Priyanka as Sumathi
  • Karnaa Radha
  • Vijay Ganesh
  • Mantra in a special appearance

Production

A fight scene was picturised on Ajit, Sonu and 40 stunt-men on a train that travelled from Mettupalayam to Ooty. For the scenes the train was hired for four days at a cost of about ₹40 lakh.[5]

Soundtrack
Raja
Soundtrack album by
S. A. Rajkumar
Released2002
Recorded2002
VenueChennai
StudioA.V.M
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length30:00
LabelHit Musics
ProducerS. Thiruvengadam

The film's music was composed by S. A. Rajkumar.

Track-List
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Chinna Chinna"P. VijayMahalakshmi Iyer, Timmy5:10
2."Karisai Kaattu Pennae"S. A. RajkumarK. S. Chithra, Manikka Vinayagam, Chorus5:39
3."Nee Paakinrai"Muthu VijayanRajesh Krishnan, S. A. Rajkumar5:24
4."Oru Pouranami"KalaikumarHariharan, Mahalakshmi Iyer5:34
5."Singari Singari"P. VijayKarthik3:01
6."Vethalaikodiye"KalaikumarKarthik, Krishnaraj5:12
Total length:30:00

References
  1. "Jyothika rakes it in". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 2 April 2002. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  2. http://www.sify.com/movies/raja-review-tamil-pclus5jejhdia.html
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-1Tm49Hu8E
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUvlu96zE-c
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20020615141959/http://www.chennaionline.com/location/raja.asp
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