Raajjiyam
Raajjiyam is a 2002 Tamil action film directed by Manoj Kumar starring Vijayakanth, Shamita Shetty, Priyanka Trivedi in the lead roles. The film marked the debut of popular Malayalam actor Dileep in Tamil cinema. The film released on 12 April 2002 and was a disaster at the box office.[1] It was also dubbed in Telugu as Security Officer and in Hindi as Yeh Kaisi Hukumat.[2][3]
Raajjiyam | |
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Directed by | Manoj Kumar |
Produced by | Manoj Kumar |
Written by | V. Prabhakar (dialogues) |
Story by | R. Meghanathan |
Starring | Vijayakanth Shamita Shetty Priyanka Trivedi Dileep Vadivelu |
Music by | Bharathwaj |
Cinematography | A.Kaarthik Raja |
Edited by | P. Mohanraj |
Production company | Guru films |
Release date | 12 April 2002 |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Synopsis
Karthikeyan (Vijayakanth) runs a Central Government-authorized Secret Service agency under the guise of an organization that helps people arriving in Chennai. He leads a happy life with his wife Pooja (Shamita Shetty), daughter, and younger brother Surya (Dileep), a mute. Surya falls in love with Anuradha (Priyanka Trivedi), a woman that Karthikeyan brings home from the railway station, but her past forces her to reject his romance. When the governor's (Murali) daughter-in-law dies, Karthikeyan finds out that it was a murder and arrests the governor's son (Anand). Though the Governor congratulates Karthikeyan and appoints him as his personal bodyguard, he is plotting his revenge on him.
Cast
- Vijayakanth as Karthikeyan
- Shamita Shetty as Pooja Karthikeyan
- Priyanka Trivedi as Anuradha
- Dileep as Surya
- Vadivelu as Sengal
- Murali as Governor
- Anand as Governor's Son
- Manivannan
- Vijayakumar
- Senthil
- Mansoor Ali Khan
- Janakaraj
- Ponnambalam
- Mohan Sharma
- Singamuthu
- Pandu
- Besant Ravi
Production
The fight scene between Vijayakanth and Ponnamabalam was taken on a revolving bamboo, with the two men standing on either edge, the scene choreographed by Super Subbarayan. For the set, 20 lorries carrying bamboos were brought in, and set designer Shanmugham arranged them in order to make the place look like a bamboo fortress. It took twelve days to shoot the scene, and canning the shots was Kartikraja.[4] The film was produced at a cost of ₹7 crore.[5]
Soundtrack
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Released | 15 March 2002 | |||
Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
Language | Tamil | |||
Producer | Bharathwaj | |||
Bharathwaj chronology | ||||
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The music was composed by Bharathwaj, and lyrics were written by Snehan.[6]
- Naan Unna — SPB, Pop Shalini
- Thamizhan — Krishnaraj, SPB
- Ore Oru — P. Unnikrishnan, Sujatha Mohan
- Oru Aayiram — Bharathwaj, Reshmi
- Namma Ooru — Sabesh
- Annan Thambi — Bharathwaj
- Uyir Theduthe — Bharathwaj
Critical reception
Rediff wrote:"Though the film created expectations as a political thriller with Vijaykanth spewing dialogues laden with political nuances, Raajjiyam is about brothers, laced with action sequences".[7]
References
- http://www.rediff.com/movies/2002/apr/22tamil.htm
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx1tDLvMiZ4
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_rSgtziozw
- "Rajjyam". Chennai Online. 24 February 2002. Archived from the original on 24 February 2002. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- "April brings cheer to Tamil film industry". 3 May 2002. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012.
- http://7starmusiq.com/tamil_movie_songs_listen_download.asp?MovieId=3737
- "rediff.com, Movies: The Rediff review — Raajjiyam". Rediff.com. 29 April 2002. Retrieved 4 August 2012.