''Naan Rajavaga Pogiren'' () is a 2013 Indian

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-language

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written and directed by Prithvi Rajkumar. The film stars

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, Chandini Tamilarasan, and newcomer

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Plot

Jeeva is a Tamil-speaking young man living with his mother in some obscure Himachal Pradesh village. He is naive and plays with kids twice as young as him. He has a sleeping disorder and dozes off in the middle of important things, viz. the climax of '' Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge''. Jeeva would be a hard eight a book of weirdness. One day, a military serviceman mistakes him for a classmate named Raja from Chennai who looks just like him. After showing a few videos of Raja, he convinces Jeeva to leave behind his life in Himachal to go seek his lookalike. Most parts of the movie is basically Jeeva getting to know about Raja by talking to a person close to the latter. These people talk about Raja as they knew him. This results in a series of flashbacks which guide us and Jeeva on his search for Raja. We meet Raja's closest friend who has feelings for him. Through her, we go into another flashback and meet Valli who Raja had feelings for.

Cast

as Raja / Jeeva * Chandini as Valli *

as Reema * Dharmajan as Ronaldo * Nishanth as Wahab * A. Venkatesh as Isakkimuthu Annachi *

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as Police Ravi *

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as Kamaraj *

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as Shankar Subramaniam * Kasthuri as Professor Bharathi *

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as Raja's father * Seetha as Raja's mother *

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as Dr. Diana * Chetan as Diana's husband *

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as Kamaraj's assistant * G. V. Kumar as Reema's father * Boys Rajan as Valli's father *

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as Raja's uncle * Aarthi as Karate Durga * Mayilsamy Special appearances *

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''Malgova'' *

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* G. V. Prakash Kumar *

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as a boxer

Production

The shoot of the film began on 12 December 2011 at Sri Patalathri Narasimha Perumal Temple, Singaperumal Koil .

Soundtrack

The soundtrack, composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, was released on 14 December 2012 at Sathyam Cinemas by Ameer Sultan and Dhanush. Apart from the cast and crew, Vasanthabalan, Gaurav, Sivakarthikeyan, Jithan Ramesh, Vanitha Vijayakumar, Sriman, Dhananjayan were among those present. Musicperk.com rated the album 5.5/10 quoting "GV misses the bus".

Release

The satellite rights of the film were sold to Raj TV.

Critical reception

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wrote, "Not-bad fare for masala movie fans". Behindwoods wrote:"Naan Rajavaga Pogiren is an ambitious effort, by a promising new comer, but with a less gripping screenplay". Sify stated On the whole, it is well-worn, formulaic fare that might appeal to viewers who find comfort in the familiar. If you have time go for it, as it is not entirely unwatchable.

References

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* {{Vetrimaaran 2010s action adventure films 2010s Tamil-language films 2013 directorial debut films 2013 films Indian action adventure films Indian nonlinear narrative films 2013 masala films Films scored by G. V. Prakash Kumar