Engal Thanga Raja

Engal Thanga Raja
Engal Thanga Raja
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	V. B. Rajendra Prasad
Screenplay by	Balamurugan
Story by	P. Chinnappa Reddy
Produced by	V. B. Rajendra Prasad
Starring	Sivaji Ganesan; Manjula; Sowcar Janaki
Cinematography	S. Venkata Rathnam
Edited by	A. Sanjeevi; P.S. Prakash Rao
Music by	K. V. Mahadevan
Production; company	Jagapathy Art Pictures
Distributed by	Sivaji Films
Release date	14 July 1973;
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Engal Thanga Raja (transl. Our precious king) is a 1973 Indian Tamil-language film, directed and produced by V. B. Rajendra Prasad.^[1]^[2] The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Manjula and Sowcar Janaki. The film had musical score by K. V. Mahadevan.^[3] The film was a remake of the 1972 Telugu film Manavudu Danavudu. It is loosely adapted from the 1886 novel Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.^[4]

Plot[]

Cast[]

Sivaji Ganesan as Dr. Thangaraja (alias) Raja/Pattakathi Bhairavan
Manjula as Vasanthi
Sowcar Janaki as Seetha
Major Sundarrajan as Kadhar Bai/Thatha
R. S. Manohar as Vedhachalam
S. V. Ramadas as Dharmalingam
Nagesh as Gopi
Rama Prabha as Radha
Ganthimathi as Kanaga
C.I.D.Sakunthala as Rani (Dancer)
Master Giri as Young Raja
Gemini Mali as Ramlal Sett
Comedy Shanmugam as Anthonysamy
T. K. S. Natarajan as Raja College Mate
S. R. Janaki as Appakadai Aaya

Soundtrack[]

The music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan.^[5]

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length (m:ss)
1	"Samy Ilum Samy Ithu"	P. Susheela	Kannadasan	04:04
2	"Kalayana Aasaivantha"	T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela		04:05
3	"Muthangal Nooru"	T. M. Soundararajan, L. R. Eswari		03:13
4	"Karpa Maanama"	T. M. Soundararajan		03:57
5	"Iravukkum Pagalukkum"	T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela		03:50
6	"Iraiva Iraiva Godiyil Oruvan"	P. Susheela		04:01

References[]

^ "Dinamalar Nellai Mobile".
^ https://kalkionline.com/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1973/jul/29-07-1973/p52.jpg
^ "Engal Thanga Raja". nadigarthilagam.com. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
^ "Yesteryear actor Manjula dead - The Hindu".
^ "Engal Thanga Raja Songs". raaga.com. Retrieved 2 September 2014.

External links[]

Engal Thanga Raja at IMDb

[1] "Dinamalar Nellai Mobile".

[2] ttps://kalkionline.com/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1973/jul/29-07-1973/p52.jpg

[3] "Engal Thanga Raja". nadigarthilagam.com. Retrieved 2 September 2014.

[4] "Yesteryear actor Manjula dead - The Hindu".

[5] "Engal Thanga Raja Songs". raaga.com. Retrieved 2 September 2014.

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v t Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Character Adaptations
Films	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1908) A Modern Dr. Jekyll (1909) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) The Head of Janus (1920) Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde (1925) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951) Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953) Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957) The Doctor's Horrible Experiment (1959) The Ugly Duckling (1959) My Friend, Dr. Jekyll (1960) The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) The Nutty Professor (1963) Karutha Rathrikal (1967) The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968) Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971) I, Monster (1971) Dr. Jekyll y el Hombre Lobo (1972) Engal Thanga Raja (1973) Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde (1976) Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot (1979) Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype (1980) Docteur Jekyll et les femmes (1981) Chehre Pe Chehra (1981) Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982) Edge of Sanity (1989) Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995) Mary Reilly (1996) The Nutty Professor (1996) Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000) Jekyll & Hyde: Direct from Broadway (2001) Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (2002) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) Van Helsing (2004) The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2006) Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (2008)
Theatre	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1887) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1888) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Or a Mis-Spent Life (1897) Jekyll & Hyde (1990)
Television	Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde (1995–1998) Jekyll (2007) Once Upon a Time (2011–2018) Do No Harm (2013) Penny Dreadful (2014–2016) Jekyll and Hyde (2015)
Animation	The Impatient Patient (1942) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse (1947) Motor Mania (1950) Dr. Jerkyl's Hide (1954) Hyde and Hare (1955) Hyde and Go Tweet (1960) Mad Monster Party? (1967) Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters (1972) The Pagemaster (1994) The Strange Case of Dr. Jiggle and Mr. Sly (2004) Van Helsing: The London Assignment (2004) The Monster of Phineas-n-Ferbenstein (2008) Hotel Transylvania (2012)
Video games	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1988) Jekyll and Hyde (2001) Van Helsing (2004)
Music	"Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive" (1983) "Bubba Hyde" (1995) Jekyll and Hyde (2003) Jekyll & Hyde en Español (2004)
Comics	Mister Hyde (introduced 1963) Batman: Two Faces (1998) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (1999–present)
Novels	The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1824) Knots and Crosses (1987) Mary Reilly (1990)
Radio	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)