Raja Veetu Pillai
Poster
Directed byDada Mirasi
Written byM. K. Santharam
Produced byP. L. Mohanram
StarringJaishankar
Jayalalithaa
CinematographyW. R. Subbarao
Edited byS. A. Murugan
Music byS. M. Subbaiah Naidu
Production
company
Mohan Productions
Release date
1967
Running time
115 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Raja Veetu Pillai (transl.The boy from the king's home) is a 1967 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Dada Mirasi and written by M. K. Santharam.[1] The film stars Jaishankar and Jayalalithaa. It was a successful film on its release.[2] Jayalalithaa dressed up as cowgirl with shorts and started off a trend.[3]

Plot

Cast

Male cast
Female cast

Production

The film originally began production under the title Inba Nila, with M. G. Ramachandran starring. It was later shelved, but restarted production under the title Raja Veetu Pillai, with Ramachandran now replaced by Jaishankar.[6]

Soundtrack

All the songs were written by Vaali and the music was composed by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu.

Title Singer(s) Length
"Poovu" L. R. Eswari 3:29
"Raja Veetu Pillaiyaanalum" T. M. Soundararajan, L. R. Eswari 4:32
"Oorukkellaam" T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela 3:38
"Andru Ninaithom" T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela 5:01
"Paithiyakaran" T. M. Soundararajan 4:06

References

  1. Kumar, S. R. Ashok (26 October 2012). "Navarasam: It's raining music". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  2. Cowie & Elley 1977, p. 278.
  3. "Jayalalithaa, megastar first and chief minister later". Scroll.in. 6 December 2016. Archived from the original on 10 September 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 "ராஜா வீட்டுப் பிள்ளை". Kalki (in Tamil). 13 August 1967. p. 11. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  5. "Veteran actor Srikanth passes away". Cinema Express. 12 October 2021. Archived from the original on 12 October 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  6. "ராஜா வீட்டுப் பிள்ளையாக மாறிய எம்ஜிஆர்-ன் இன்ப நிலா!". News18 (in Tamil). 21 July 2022. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.

Bibliography

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