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Rajanadai - Wikipedia

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Rajanadai
Poster
Directed by	S. A. Chandrasekhar
Screenplay by	S. A. Chandrasekhar
Story by	Shoba Chandrasekhar
Produced by	Shoba Chandrasekhar
Starring	Vijayakanth Gautami Seetha Vidhyashree
Cinematography	Indhu Chakravarthy
Edited by	D. Shyam Mukherjee
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Production company	V. V. Creations
Release date	28 October 1989 (1989-10-28)
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Rajanadai (transl. Royal Walk) is a 1989 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar. The film stars Vijayakanth, Gautami, Vidhyashree and Seetha. It was released on 28 October 1989.^[1] The film was later remade in Hindi by Chandrasekhar as Jeevan Ki Shatranj (1993)^[2] and in Bengali Bangladesh as Baba in (2003).

Plot

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Vijayakanth, an honest C.I.D. inspector, is married to Seetha and they have a daughter Shamili. Vijayakanth has enough evidence to arrest a dangerous criminal Tiger Kaali. Vijayakanth befriends Rekha, a C.I.D inspector, without knowing that she is Seetha's friend. Seetha compels Rekha to live with them. Seetha has blood cancer but she conceals this from her husband. When her husband and her friend know this news, they decide to go to the United States for treatment but Kaali manages to kill Seetha and erases the proofs. Vijayakanth is now more determined to catch him.

Cast

Vijayakanth as CID Inspector Vijayakanth
Gautami as Rekha
Vidhyashree as Thenmozhi
Seetha as Seetha
Suresh as Pandian
Charan Raj as Tiger Kaali
Radha Ravi as Chakravarthy
Senthamarai as Police Commissioner
Baby Shamili as Shamili
S. S. Chandran
Kovai Sarala
Suryakanth
Ennathe Kannaiah as Jail Superintendent
Kuyili in a Special appearance

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics written by Vaali and Pulamaipithan.^[3]^[4]

Song	Singer(s)	Duration
"Kasthuri Maankutti" (solo)	K. S. Chithra	4:37
"Kasthuri Maankutti" (duet)	Jayachandran, K. S. Chithra	4:32
"Onnum Rendum"	Vani Jairam	4:46
"Thendralukku"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	5:02
"Ullay Vanthathu"	Mano	5:19

Release and reception

Rajanadai was released on 28 October 1989, alongside another Vijayakanth starrer Dharmam Vellum.^[5] P. S. S. of Kalki wrote that on one hand, there was a desire to express the sentiment of affection for wife, child and family, and on the other hand, there was a desire to take revenge on anti-social forces; director Chandrasekhar tried to bind the fans by separating the two, and the rope was not strong.^[6]

References

^ "Rajanadai ( 1989 )". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
^ Arunachalam, Param. BollySwar: 1991–2000. Mavrix Infotech. p. 369. ISBN 978-81-938482-1-0.
^ "Raja Nadai Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by M S Viswananthan". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 12 November 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
^ "Rajanadai (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 12 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
^ நவநீதகிருஷ்ணன், பா ஸ்டாலின் (28 October 2022). "1989 Diwali Release Movies: தீபாவளினா... இது தான் தீபாவளி... ரிலீஸ் ஆன எல்லா படமும் ஹிட்... மறக்க முடியாத 1989!". ABP Nadu (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 28 October 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
^ பி. எஸ். எஸ். (10 December 1989). "ராஜ நடை". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 38. Archived from the original on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023 – via Internet Archive.

External links

Rajanadai at IMDb

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