Raja Veetu Pillai
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Directed byDada Mirasi
Written byM. K. Santharam
Produced byP. L. Mohanram
StarringJaishankar
Jayalalithaa
Jayalalithaa
| Raja Veetu Pillai | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Dada Mirasi |
| Written by | M. K. Santharam |
| Produced by | P. L. Mohanram |
| Starring | Jaishankar Jayalalithaa |
| Cinematography | W. R. Subbarao |
| Edited by | S. A. Murugan |
| Music by | S. M. Subbaiah Naidu |
Production company | Mohan Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
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 a cowgirl with shorts and started off a trend.[3]
Cast
- Male cast
- Jaishankar as Raja[4]
- M. N. Nambiar as Aanand
- V. S. Raghavan as Raghunathan's father
- Srikanth as Raghunathan[5]
- Thengai Srinivasan as Singaram
- Female cast
- Jayalalithaa as Raja's love interest[4]
- Pushpalatha as Geetha[4]
- Jayabharathi as Anandhi
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.[citation needed]
| 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 |