''Sri Raja Rajeshwari'' is a 2001 Tamil language Hindu devotional film directed by Bharathi Kannan. The film stars

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, Ramki and Sanghavi, with

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, Vadivelu and Vinu Chakravarthy playing supporting roles. The film was produced by Pushpa Kandaswamy and had a musical score by

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. The film released on 13 April 2001.

Cast

as Raja Rajeswari * Ramki as Rasaiyya and Raja (Ravintharnath's son) * Sanghavi as Meenakshi *

as Goddess Shakti and Vekkaliamman( Kali) * Vadivelu as Minor Pandiyan and Nattamai *

as Businessman Ravintharnath *

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as Sangkara * Vinu Chakravarthy as Paampu Sithar "Rajalingam Swami" * Delhi Ganesh as Rajeswari's father * Malaysia Vasudevan as Sinthala karai Vekkali Amman priest and Meenakshi's father * Thyagu as Prabakaran * Pallavi as Rajeswari's mother *

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as Sangkara's wife * Indhu as Katuvasi Girl who killed Prabakaran * V. K. Ramasamy as Jothidar *

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as Rajeswari's grandmother * Singamuthu as Katuvasi leader * Lekhasri as Katuvasi Girl with Vadivelu *

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*"Bayilvaan" Krishnasamy Thevar * Bharathi Kannan *

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guest role in song ("Maruvathoor Om Sakthi")

Production

A stint of shooting took place at Kuttralam near Tenkasi and at Injimedu Sivalayam where some scenes were picturised on Ramki and Ramya Krishnan. There is a song written by lyricist Kalidas which had the names of 165 Goddesses. This devotional song is picturised at 108 'Amman' temples of Tamil Nadu, with Nalini featuring in the song "Maruvathoor Om Sakthi". This song was sung by renowned playback singer K. S. Chithra.

Soundtrack

Music was composed by

. This is the first devotional movie for Deva. This soundtrack has 6 songs. The lyrics were penned by Kalidasan,

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, Bharathiputhiran, Seerkazhi Govindarajan (Slokam) and

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(Slokam).

References

External links

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geocities.com, "''SRI RAJA RAJESWARI'' A movie review by Balaji Balasubramaniam"broadband.bigflix.com, ''Sree Raja Rajeswari'' film details
2001 films 2000s Tamil-language films Hindu devotional films Films scored by Deva (composer) Films directed by Bharathi Kannan {{2000s-Tamil-film-stub