''Raja Mariyadhai'' () is a 1987 Indian

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-language

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film directed by Karthick Raghunath. The film stars

Sivaji Ganesan Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Ga ...

, Karthik and

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. It is a remake of the

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film ''

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''. The film was released on 14 January 1987.

Plot

Rajasekar is an industrialist who has strict expectations of his employees and those around him. Raghuram works for Rajasekar and is a stool pigeon, constantly ratting out fellow employees to improve his own standing in his boss' eyes. He also hides his relationship with his girlfriend Vaidehi as Rajasekar is against love and expects Raghuram to remain a bachelor. Vaidehi, fed up with waiting, insists on marriage. The two marry in secret and after lying to Rajasekar, go to Ooty for their honeymoon. Confusion arises when Rajasekar also lands in Ooty, meets Vaidehi and starts to see her as a surrogate daughter.

Cast

as Rajasekar * Karthik as Raghuram *

as Vaithehi *

Kallapetti Singaram Kallapetti Singaram was an Indian actor who acted in over 100 Tamil films from the 1966 to 1990. He primarily played comedic characters, mostly in minor roles in films directed by K. Bhagyaraj. His most notable movies include ''Suvarilladha Chitht ...

as Ramanathan *

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as Hanumanthu *

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as Shankar *

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as Head Clerk * Sadhana as Meena *

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as Disco Shanthi * Anuradha as Anuradha * Baby Sonia

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

Shankar–Ganesh Shankar–Ganesh is an Indian music director duo who has worked on Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada movies for around 50 years. Career They started as assistants to Tamil music composers M. S. Viswanathan and T. K. Ramamoorthy in 1964 a ...

and the lyrics were written by

Vairamuthu Vairamuthu Ramasamy (born 13 July 1953) is an Indian lyricist, poet, and novelist working in the Tamil film industry. He is a prominent figure in the Tamil literary world. A master's graduate from the Pachaiyappa's College in Chennai, he first ...

Reception

Jayamanmadhan of ''

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'' praised the acting of Sivaji Ganesan and Karthik, humour and Shankar–Ganesh's music but panned the

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s and emotional flashback of Ganesan calling them unnecessary and felt it would have been a full length comedy film if this flashback was not incorporated in the film.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, tt10133676 1980s Tamil-language films 1987 comedy-drama films 1987 films Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh Indian comedy-drama films Tamil remakes of Telugu films