''Raja Veetu Pillai'' () is a 1967 Indian
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
People, culture and language
* Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka
** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...
-language film directed by Dada Mirasi and written by M. K. Santharam. The film stars
Jaishankar and
Jayalalithaa
Jayaram Jayalalithaa (24 February 1948 – 5 December 2016), popularly known as Amma, was an Indian actress, politician, and philanthropist who served as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu for more than fourteen years between 1991 and 2016. She ...
. It was a successful film on its release. Jayalalithaa dressed up as a cowgirl with shorts and started off a trend.
Plot
Cast
;Male cast
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Jaishankar as Raja
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M. N. Nambiar as Aanand
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V. S. Raghavan as Raghunathan's father
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Srikanth as Raghunathan
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Thengai Srinivasan as Singaram
;Female cast
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Jayalalithaa
Jayaram Jayalalithaa (24 February 1948 – 5 December 2016), popularly known as Amma, was an Indian actress, politician, and philanthropist who served as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu for more than fourteen years between 1991 and 2016. She ...
as Raja's love interest
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Pushpalatha as Geetha
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Jayabharathi
Jayabharathi (born 28 June 1954 as Lekshmi Bharathi) is an Indian actress and two-time recipient of the Kerala State Film Award, Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress and National Film Award – Special Mention (feature film), Nationa ...
as Anandhi
Production
The film originally began production under the title ''Inba Nila'', with
M. G. Ramachandran
Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran (17 January 1917 – 24 December 1987), popularly known by his initialism M.G.R. and as Makkal Thilagam/Puratchi Thalaivar, was an Indian actor, politician, and philanthropist who served as the chief minister of ...
starring. It was later shelved, but restarted production under the title ''Raja Veetu Pillai'', with Ramachandran now replaced by Jaishankar.
Soundtrack
All the songs were written by
Vaali and the music was composed by
S. M. Subbaiah Naidu.
Reception
''
Kalki
Kalki (), also called Kalkin, is the prophesied tenth and final incarnation of the Hinduism, Hindu god Vishnu. According to Vaishnavism, Vaishnava cosmology, Kalki is destined to appear at the end of the Kali Yuga, the last of the four ages i ...
'' wrote what's new in this film, you have to put on magnifying glasses and see. A research team can be appointed for this.
References
Bibliography
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External links
* {{IMDb title, 2215433
1960s Indian films
1960s Tamil-language films
1967 films
Films scored by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu
Tamil-language Indian films