''Rojavin Raja'' () is a 1976 Indian

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-language film, directed by

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and produced by N. V. Ramasamy. The film stars

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, A. V. M. Rajan and Cho. It was released on 15 December 1976.

Plot

Raja (

) is the poor son of a teacher and a college student. Gopal ( A. V. M. Rajan) is his rich best friend that often helps him financially. Janaki (

) is the only child of a rich man and falls in love with Raja. Her father ( Major Sundararajan) objects as Raja is poor and arranges her marriage with Gopal. Raja is stuck between the wanting to be with the woman he loves and his best friend's happiness.

Cast

as Raja *

as Janaki * A. V. M. Rajan as Gopal * Major Sundarrajan as Selvanayakam * Srikanth as Thiyagu *

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as Singapur Rasappa *

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as Gopal's mother *

Kumari Rukmani Kumari Rukmani (19 April 1929 – 4 September 2007), also known as Kumari Rukmini, was an Indian actress and dancer. She has acted in about 100 films in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi languages. Childhood She is the daughter of Nungambakkam Janaki, a ...

as Visalam * Sukumari as Amirtham * V. K. Ramasamy * Cho as Jambu *

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* Manorama *

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as the college professor * C.I.D Sakunthala as Nirmala * Senthamarai as Singapur Rasappa's assistant

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan.All songs written by Puratchidasan

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 1445734 1970s Tamil-language films 1976 films Films directed by K. Vijayan Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan