Enga Oor Raja

1968 Indian film

21 October 1968 (1968-10-21)

Running time

159 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTamil

Enga Oor Raja (transl. The king of our town) is a 1968 Indian Tamil-language drama film, directed and produced by P. Madhavan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Jayalalithaa, Sowcar Janaki and M. N. Nambiar. It was released on 21 October 1968, and ran for more than 100 days at all centers of Tamil Nadu. The film was remade in Telugu as Dharma Daata (1970) and in Hindi as Dil Ka Raja (1972).^[1]

Plot

Cast

Sivaji Ganesan as Raja Raja Vijaya Ragunatha Sedhupathy "Sedhupathy" and Boopathy
Jayalalithaa as Geetha
Sowcar Janaki as Sivakami
M. N. Nambiar as Rajankam
Nagesh as Chakravarthi
Manorama as Rani
Kanakadurga as Vijaya
C. Vasantha as Gowri
Rajapandiyan as Rajankam's brother
Senthamarai as Ramu
Samikannu as Rathnakannu
Master Antony as Young Boopathy
Master Sekhar as Young Chakravarthi
Loose Mohan as Fruit Seller

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics by Kannadasan.^[2]

Song	Singers	Length
"Athai Meesai"	L. R. Eswari	04:25
"Ennadi Papa"	T. M. Soundararajan	04:22
"Parameshwari"	T. M. Soundararajan, P.Susheela	03:25
"Yarai Nambi Naan Poranthen"	T. M. Soundararajan	04:37
"Yezhu Kadal Seemai"	T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela, Kousalya	03:28

Release

Enga Oor Raja was Diwali released on 21 October 1968,^[3] and distributed by Vijayasri.^[4]

References

^ Narasimham, M. L. (19 August 2019). "Remembering 'Dharma Daata' (1970)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
^ "Enga Oor Raja Tml". Gaana. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
^ "Enga Oor Raja". The Indian Express. 21 October 1968. p. 15. Retrieved 24 October 2020 – via Google News Archive.
^ "Enga Oor Raja". The Indian Express. 16 October 1968. p. 5. Retrieved 24 October 2020 – via Google News Archive.