Pokkiri Raja (1982 film)

Pokkiri Raja
Poster
Directed by S. P. Muthuraman
Produced by M. Kumaran
M. Saravanan
M. Balasubramaniam
Written by Panju Arunachalam
Starring Rajinikanth
Sridevi
Raadhika
Music by M. S. Viswanathan
Cinematography Babu
Edited by R. Vittal
Production
company
Distributed by AVM Productions
Release date
 14 January 1982[1]
Country India
Language Tamil

Pokkiri Raja (English: Rogue King) is a 1982 Indian Tamil language action comedy film directed by S. P. Muthuraman. It is a remake of the Telugu film Chuttalunnaru Jagratha (1980). The film stars Rajinikanth, Sridevi and Raadhika. This film was remade in Hindi as Mawaali and in Kannada as Bazar Bheema(1987).

Plot

Ramesh (Rajinikanth) starts managing the office of an industrialist who strongly suspects his relatives to be looting him. Ramesh finds the culprit and keeps a tight leash on everything happening in the office, thereby earning the wrath of the industrialist's relatives. Ramesh and Sridevi (the industrialist's daughter) initially find themselves at loggerheads, but eventually fall in love with each other. The industrialist is happy about this development until he sees Ramesh cheating on his daughter. He fires Ramesh the very same day.

The industrialist is murdered and Sridevi also sees Ramesh in her house that same night. Ramesh is dragged to court and is shortly framed for murder. Sridevi is upset, and the ill-intentioned relatives start closing their net around her, forcing her to marry Y. G. Mahendran (the son of two of the industrialist's relatives).

In the meantime, the grief-stricken Ramesh meets another person named Raja (also Rajinikanth) in jail who looks exactly like him. Together Ramesh and Raja plan to punish the culprits and set the record straight.

Cast

Production

Pokkiri Raja was a remake of the Telugu film Chuttalunnaru Jagratha (1980),[2] and was Rajinikanth's first film opposite Raadhika.[3] It was colourised using Eastmancolor.[4]

Soundtrack

Music is composed by M. S. Viswanathan.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Saravanan, M. (2013). AVM 60 Cinema (in Tamil). Rajarajan Publications. p. 245.
  2. ↑ Ramachandran 2012, p. 104.
  3. ↑ Ramachandran, Naman (2012). Rajinikanth: A Birthday Special. Kasturi & Sons Ltd. p. 53.
  4. ↑ Kisan World. 9. Sakthi Sugars, Limited. 1982. p. 68.
  5. ↑ "Pokkiri Raja (1982)". Music India Online. Retrieved 2018-02-24.

Bibliography

  • Ramachandran, Naman (2012). Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography. Penguin Books.


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