''Sri Raja Rajeshwari'' is a 2001

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Hindu devotional film directed by

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. The film stars Ramya Krishnan,

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and

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, with Banupriya, Nizhalgal Ravi,

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and

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playing supporting roles. The film was produced by Pushpa Kandaswamy and had a musical score by Deva. The film released on 13 April 2001.

Cast

* Ramya Krishnan as Raja Rajeswari *

as Rasaiyya and Raja (Ravintharnath's son) *

as Meenakshi * Banupriya as Goddess

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and Vekkaliamman(

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) *

as Minor Pandiyan and Nattamai * Nizhalgal Ravi as Businessman Ravintharnath * Ponnambalam as Sangkara *

as Paampu Sithar "Rajalingam Swami" *

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as Rajeswari's father *

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as Sinthala karai Vekkali Amman priest and Meenakshi's father *

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as Prabakaran *

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as Rajeswari's mother * K. R. Vatsala as Sangkara's wife *

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as Katuvasi Girl who killed Prabakaran * V. K. Ramasamy as Jothidar * S. N. Parvathy as Rajeswari's grandmother *

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as Katuvasi leader * Lekhasri as Katuvasi Girl with Vadivelu * Bonda Mani *"Bayilvaan" Krishnasamy Thevar *

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

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, Bharathiputhiran,

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(Slokam) and Muralikrishnan (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
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