Raja Chinna Roja Movie Details
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Rajinikanth | ... | Raja, a youth who wants to become an actor. |
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Gouthami | ... | Sumathi, the house owners daughter who falls in love with Raja. |
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Raghuvaran | ... | Bhaskar, a friend of Raja who uses him to cheat his rich uncle |
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V. K. Ramasamy | ... | Ravicnahdrans uncle. |
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Chinni Jayanth | ... | Rajas friend |
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Kovai Sarala | ... | a maid |
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Shalini | ... | Chithra, Ravichandrans middle daughter |
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Kitty | ... | Bhaskars associate |
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Rupini | ... | Rupini |
Raja Chinna Roja (English: King and Small rose) is a 1989 Indian Tamil children's film directed by SP. Muthuraman. The film was produced by M Saravanan and M Balasubramaniam under the production company AVM Productions.
The film's script was written by Panchu Arunachalam and is loosely based on the 1965 English musical The Sound of Music with a song of the original fully used in Tamil. The film was the first Tamil film to use animated characters with live actors. The plot revolves around Raja, who arrives in the city to become an actor, in the process he meets his childhood friend and is forced to take care of his nieces and nephews.
The film's cinematography was handled by TS Vinayagam while the editing was done by the duo RS Vittal and Lancy respectively. The soundtrack was composed by Chandrabose with the song "Superstar Yaarunu" remain popular today. The film was released on 20 July 1989 and had a 175-day theatrical run.
An aspiring young wannabe actor Raja (Rajinikanth) from a village get into a fast city which is full of crooks and drug dealers. As he searching for a place in the dream factory, he falls for the daughter of the house owner (Jaiganesh) Usha. Charmed by his looks and character, Usha (Gowthami) also falls for him.
One day he accidentally meet his childhood friend Bhaskar (Raghuvaran) who is a spoiled rich guy. He offers Raja an acting job, then takes him to his uncle's house. Raja is to be in charge of the administration of the household and take care of five children (Bhaskar's nieces and nephews) each of whom have issues (such as being lazy, not studying etc.). Raja finds out that Bhaskar is cheating his uncle out of funds and using him to do the same.
Bhaskar involves in drug business along with his associates (Azhagu, Kitty). Ravichandran who has blindness recovers from the problem and pretends to be blind in order to find out the truth of Bhaskar. After finding out the truth, Ravichandran throws Bhaskaran out of the home.
In retaliation, Bhaskar takes away his uncle's car resulting in Ravichandran getting arrested for drugs. Raja along with children goes to Bhaskar's den catches him redhandedly. The film ends with Raja finally achieving his ambition to become a film star.