''Rajapart Rangadurai'' () is a 1973 Indian

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, directed by P. Madhavan. It 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 ...

and Ushanandini. The film was released on 22 December 1973.

Plot

''Rajapart Rangadurai'' narrates the story about a poor theatre actor. It is a film on theatre actors who, through time have been ignored, they play all roles from mythology characters to patriotic people, but fail to appeal to modern viewers who are drawn to more glamour and glitter.

Cast

as Rangadurai/Rajapart * Ushanandini as Alamel * M. N. Nambiar as Somasundaram * V. K. Ramasamy as Drama Teacher & Drama Group Owner *

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as Mohanraj * Srikanth as Baskar *

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as Vasanthi * Sasikumar as Ramu * Jaya as Seetha * C. K. Saraswathi as Ramu's mother * T. K. Bhagavathi as Vasanthi's father *V. R. Thilagam as Meenakshi *

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as Konangipatti/Konangi * Manorama as Chinthamani * Senthamarai as Karuppaiya *

Poornam Viswanathan Poornam Viswanathan (15 November 1921 – 1 October 2008) was an Indian actor who predominantly appeared in Tamil films. He started performing on stage at age 18. He worked as a reader for All India Radio and went on to act in films such as ''C ...

as Jilla Collector * Samikannu as Sivakozhunthu *Boopathy Raja as Young Rangadurai *Seethalakshmi as (Tiruppur Kumaran Mother Drama Artist) *Angamuthu as (Drama Group's) *Sedhupathy as Radhakrishnan Pillai *Heran Ramasamy as Aarumugam *Venkadachalam Pillai as Drama Audion's * S. N. Parvathy as Doctor (Seetha Pregnant Delivery) * Sridevi as Valli (Young Chinthamani, Drama Actor) *

Radha Ravi Madras Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan Ravi (born 29 July 1952) is an Indian actor and politician who played supporting roles throughout his career. He is the son of actor M. R. Radha and the uncle of Vasu Vikram and half-brother of Raadhika. He is a ...

as (Baskar Friend, college mate) * Karuppu Subbiah as (Drama Group's) *

Loose Mohan Arumugam Mohanasundaram (8 February 1928 – 16 September 2012), popularly known as Loose Mohan and Raja Gopalakrishnan, was an Indian actor who had acted as a comedian in over 1000 Tamil films. He is credited with popularizing Madras Basha ...

as (Drama Group's) * Pattom Sadan as (Drama Group's) *

Pakoda Kadhar Pakoda Kadhar was an Indian actor who appeared in Tamil films (Kollywood) in comedic and supportive roles. He acted in over 200 films in the Tamil language during the decades 1960s, 1970s, 1980s. He is notable for his comedian roles along with ...

as Ittuli (Drama Group's)

Production

In the scenes where Rangadurai speaks Shakespearean English, Ganesan's voice was dubbed by Shakespeare Sundaram.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, while the lyrics were written by

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Re-release

A digitally restored version was released in mid-2017, and ran for over 100 days theatrically.

References

External links

* {{P. Madhavan 1970s Tamil-language films 1973 films Films about actors Films about theatre Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Indian drama films Films directed by P. Madhavan 1973 drama films