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Music director
  
C. R. Subburaman

Country
  
India

Director
  
Raja Chandrasekhar

Screenplay
  
Pudhumaipithan

Language
  
Tamil

Raja Mukthi Raja Mukthi Enna Aanandam song YouTube

Release date
  
9 October 1948

Producer
  
M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar

Cast
  
M K Thyagaraja Bhagavathar
(King Rajendra Varman),
M G Ramachandran
(Mahendra Varman),
Bhanumathi Ramakrishna
(Kannika),
V N Janaki
(Queen Mrinalini),
P S Veerappa

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M G Ramachandran and M K Thyagaraja Bhagavathar appear in Raja Mukthi and Ashok Kumar

Raja Mukthi (Tamil: இராஜ முக்தி) is a Tamil language film starring M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, V. N. Janaki and P. Bhanumathi in the lead roles. M. G. Ramachandran had done a supporting role. The film was released on 9 October 1948.

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Production

M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar produced this movie himself under his banner Narendra Picture. He had done so in order to avoid to shoot the movie in Madras city where he had been imprisoned for more than 2 years. He booked Prabhat Studios in Poona and took on lease a bungalow to accommodate his cast. Most of the technicianns are from Prabhat Studious.

Plot

King Rajendra Varman and Queen Mrinalini are reigning the Vyjayanti empire. Mahendra Varman is the rival and the neighbouring king. Kannika is the minister’s daughter, who is in love with King Rajendra Varman and aims to attain him at any cost.

This convoluted tale of palace intrigue, suspicion, unreciprocated love, seduction, villainy and piety was interspersed with excellent music.

Crew

  • Producer: M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar
  • Production Company: Narendra Pictures
  • Director: Raja Chandrasekhar
  • Music: C. R. Subburaman
  • Lyrics: Papanasam Sivan
  • Screenplay: Raja Chandrasekhar
  • Story: S.R.Krishna Iyengar
  • Dialogue: Pudhumaipitthan & Nanjilnaadu T. N. Rajappa
  • Art Director: Vasudev Stolikar
  • Editing: M. D. Jadhav
  • Choreograph:
  • Cinematograph: Pandurang Naik and Surendra Pai
  • Stunt:
  • Dance:

    • Soundtrack

    The music was composed by C. R. Subburaman. Lyrics by Papanasam Sivan.

    Trivia

  • The famous T. N. Rajarathinam Pillai played the nadaswaram for a sequence.
  • The music records of Raja Mukthi witnessed record sales even before the movie’s release.
  • C. R. Subburaman had introduced a new female singer M. L. Vasanthakumari to Tamil cinema through Raja Mukthi debut as a playback singer.
  • Raja Mukthi was not a success and marked the beginning of the end for M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar.

    • References

    Raja Mukthi Wikipedia
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    Raja Mukthi IMDb