Auto Raja (1982 film)

Auto Raja is a 1982 Tamil language Indian feature film directed by K. Vijayan. The film stars Vijayakanth and Jaishankar in the lead roles.^[1] The film was a remake of Kannada film of the same name.

The film was originally scheduled to be released on 1982 January 14, but due to some local conflicts it was released in March and it still made a grand entry.

Cast

• Vijayakanth as Raja
• Jaishankar as Ramu
• Gayatri as Rani
• Vanitha as Shanthi
• Sangili Murugan as Chellappa
• Thengai Srinivasan as Doctor
• V. K. Ramasamy as Servant
• Chithra as Raja's Sister
• T. K. S. Natarajan as Peon
• Kallapatti Singaram as Iyer
• Kaja Sheriff as Son of Kallapatti Singaram (Saambu)
• Bayilvan Ranganathan as Henchman

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Shankar Ganesh and Maestro Ilaiyaraja composed one song. A total of six songs were composed of which all the six were included in the soundtrack.^[2] The song "Malare Ennenna" was reused from the track of the original Kannada film. Ilayaraja's composition "Sangathil Paadaatha" remains one of his famous tracks.

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