Rajapart Rangadurai
| Rajapart Rangadurai | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | P. Madhavan |
| Story by | Balamurugan |
| Produced by | V. C. Guhanathan |
| Starring | Sivaji Ganesan Ushanandini |
| Cinematography | P. N. Sundaram |
| Edited by | R. Devarajan |
| Music by | M. S. Viswanathan |
Production company | Chithramala Combines |
Release date |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Rajapart Rangadurai (transl. Rangadurai in King's Attire) is a 1973 Indian Tamil-language drama film, directed by P. Madhavan. It stars Sivaji Ganesan and Ushanandini.[1][2][3] The film was released on 22 December 1973.[4]
Plot[]
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Rajapart Rangadurai narrates the story about a poor theatre actor. It is a film on theatre actors who, through time have been ignored, they play all roles from mythology characters to patriotic people, but fail to appeal to modern viewers who are drawn to more glamour and glitter.
Cast[]
- Sivaji Ganesan as Rangadurai/Rajapart
- Ushanandini as Alamel
- M. N. Nambiar as Somasundaram
- V. K. Ramasamy as Drama Teacher & Drama Group Owner
- S. V. Ramadas as Mohanraj
- Srikanth as Baskar
- Kumari Padmini as Vasanthi
- Sasikumar as Ramu
- Jaya as Seetha
- C. K. Saraswathi as Ramu's mother
- T. K. Bhagavathi as Vasanthi's father
- V. R. Thilagam as Meenakshi
- Suruli Rajan as Konangipatti/Konangi
- Manorama as Chinthamani
- Senthamarai as Karuppaiya
- Poornam Vishwanathan as Jilla Collector
- Samikannu as Sivakozhunthu
- Seethalakshmi as (Tiruppur Kumaran Mother Drama Artist)
- Angamuthu as (Drama Group's)
- Sedhupathy as Radhakrishnan Pillai
- Heran Ramasamy as Aarumugam
- Venkadachalam Pillai as Drama Audion's
- S. N. Parvathy as Doctor (Seetha Pregnant Delivery)
- Sridevi as Valli (Young Chinthamani, Drama Actor)
- Radha Ravi as (Baskar Friend, college mate)
- Karuppu Subbiah as (Drama Group's)
- Loose Mohan as (Drama Group's)
- Pattom Sadan as (Drama Group's)
- Pakoda Kadhar as Ittuli (Drama Group's)
Production[]
In the scenes where Rangadurai speaks Shakespearean English, Ganesan's voice was dubbed by Shakespeare Sundaram.[5]
Soundtrack[]
The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, while the lyrics were written by Kannadasan.[6]
| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Ammamma Thambi" | Pushpalatha | Kannadasan |
| 2 | "Vanthaen Vandhanam" | T. M. Soundararajan, K. Veeramani, T. K. Kala | |
| 3 | "Meiyatha Maan" | T. M. Soundararajan, Pushpalatha | |
| 4 | "Madhana Maligaiyil" | T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela | |
| 5 | "Ammamma Thambi" (Sad) | T. M. Soundararajan | |
| 6 | "Jinjunika Chinnakili" | T. M. Soundararajan | |
| 7 | "Inquilab Zindabad" | T. M. Soundararajan |
Re-release[]
A digitally restored version was released in mid-2017, and ran for over 100 days theatrically.[7]
References[]
- ^ https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1974/jan/13-01-1974/p29.jpg
- ^ Mahendra, Y. G. (9 June 2011). "Old film, new perspective". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ "161-170". nadigarthilagam.com. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ^ "நடிகர்திலகத்தின் பட வரிசைப்பட்டியல்". Seithi Saral (in Tamil). 30 September 2020. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "செலுலாய்ட் சோழன் சிவாஜி தொடர் 172– சுதாங்கன்". Dinamalar (in Tamil). Nellai. 23 April 2017. Archived from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ ராஜபார்ட் ரங்கதுரை (song book) (in Tamil). Chithramala Combines. 1973.
- ^ "Sivaji fans celebrate 100th day of a remastered flick". The Hindu. 11 September 2017. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
External links[]
- 1973 films
- Tamil-language films
- 1970s Tamil-language films
- Films about actors
- Films about theatre
- Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan
- Indian drama films
- Indian films