Thanikattu Raja

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{{Infobox film
| image = Thanikattu Raja poster.jpg
| caption = Poster
| name = Thanikattu Raja
| producer = [[D. Ramanaidu]]
| director = [[V. C. Guhanathan]]
| writer = V. C. Guhannathan
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cinematography = [[P. S. Nivas]]
| editing = [[K. M. Marthand]]
| starring = {{ubl|[[Rajinikanth]]|[[Sridevi]]|[[Sripriya]]|[[Jaishankar]]}}
| studio = [[Suresh Productions]]
| released = {{Film date|1982|03|12|df=y}}
| runtime = 153 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
'''''Thanikattu Raja''''' ({{trans|The lone king of the forest}}) is a 1982 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action film]] written and directed by [[V. C. Guhanathan]], and Produced by [[D. Ramanaidu]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 July 2007 |title=மதுரகீதம் படத்தின் மூலம் டைரக்டர் ஆனார் வி.சி.குகநாதன் |language=Tamil |work=[[Maalai Malar]] |url=http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2012/07/22194035/madhura-geetham-movie-director.html |access-date=19 September 2013}}</ref> It stars [[Rajinikanth]], [[Sridevi]] and [[Sripriya]], with [[Jaishankar]], [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]], [[Sathyakala]] and [[Y. Gee. Mahendra]] in supporting roles. The film was a hit at the box office especially B and C centre.<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 January 2013 |title=கின்னஸ் தயாரிப்பாளர் டி.ராமா நாயுடு பேரனுக்கு போலீஸ் வலை |language=Tamil |work=[[Maalai Malar]] |url=http://www.maalaimalar.com/2013/01/05042803/Police-search-for-Grandson-of.html |access-date=19 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tani Kattu Raja (1982) |url=http://www.sureshproductions.com/2018/12/03/tani-kattu-raja-1982/ |access-date=7 March 2021 |website=[[Suresh Productions]]}}</ref> the film had music by [[Ilayaraja]] and cinematography handled by [[P. S. Nivas]].

==Plot==
Soori (Rajinikanth) is a rebellious young man who works as a mechanic and often lands in trouble fighting for justice. He falls in love with a rich girl Vaani (Sridevi), but Vaani's father plots to break their relationship through his manager (Vijayakumar). In the ensuing melee, Soori murders the manager to save Vaani's honour. Soori is about to be sentenced to death and Vaani finds that the only way she can save Soori is by marrying a rich, roguish man (Jaishankar) who uses his money to get Soori's death penalty commuted to a prison term.

After his release, Soori is distraught at losing Vaani and takes to drinking. He moves to his village where he becomes immensely popular among the villagers due to his righteous work and progressive activities. He offers protection to a village damsel Vidhya (Sripriya) to escape from being forced to be a prostitute and later marries her but still remains alcoholic. Vaani meets and advises him to stop drinking and turn over a new leaf. Despite being abused by her husband and falsely accused of hobnobbing with Soori, Vaani maintains the sanctity of her marriage. Whether Soori and Vaani's lives return to normal forms the rest of the story.

== Cast ==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Rajinikanth]] as Soori (Sooriya Prakash)
* [[Sridevi]] as Vani
* [[Sripriya]] as Vidhya
* [[Jaishankar]] as Ethiraj
* [[Major Sundarrajan]] as Jayaprakash
* [[Sangili Murugan]] as Vadivelu
* [[Y. G. Mahendra]]n as Ravi
* [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] as Vasu
* [[Senthamarai (actor)|Senthamarai]] as Landlord
* [[V. K. Ramasamy (actor)|V. K. Ramasamy]] as 'Salaiyur' S.K.R
* [[Venniradai Moorthy]] as Kannisamy
* [[Thengai Srinivasan]] as Siva (Kanakkupillai)
* [[R. S. Manohar]] as Rajasekhar
* [[Sathyakala]] as Seetha
* [[Rajesh (actor)|Rajesh]] as Ethiraj's brother
* [[K. Kannan (actor)|K . Kannan]] as Paranthaman
* [[Master Haja Sheriff]]
* [[K. Natraj]] as Village people
* [[C. L. Anandan|C. L. Anandhan]] as Henchman
* [[Oru Viral Krishna Rao]] as Tea shop owner
* [[M. R. R. Vasu]] as Uncle of Vidya
* [[Usilai Mani]] as Village people
* [[Y. Vijaya]] as Madhavi
* [[Idichapuli Selvaraj]] as Ponnusamy
* Jr. Manohar as Friend of Soori
* I. S. Ramachandran as Ramu
* [[V. Gopalakrishnan (actor)|V. Gopalakrishnan]] as Sangaralingam
* [[Silk Smitha]] as (Special Appearance)
{{colend}}

==Themes==
According to ''[[Jump Cut (journal)|Jump Cut]]'', ''Thanikattu Raja'' "explores the connections between landlords and politicians, who together oppress the rural population".<ref>http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/jc52.2010/Tamil/4.html</ref>

==Soundtrack==
;Tamil
The soundtrack was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]] and had six songs. "Mullai Arumbe" did not feature in the movie but was part of the album. The lyrics for the songs were written by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] and [[Panchu Arunachalam]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vinyl ("LP" record) covers speak about IR (Pictures & Details) - Thamizh - Page 5|url=https://ilayaraja.forumms.net/t63p105-vinyl-lp-record-covers-speak-about-ir-pictures-details-thamizh|access-date=2020-09-08|website=ilayaraja.forumms.net|language=en}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!No.
! Title
! Lyrics
! Singer(s)
! Duration <small>(mm:ss)</small>
|-
|1
|"Naan Thaan Taapu"
| rowspan="5" |[[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
|[[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[S. Janaki]]
|4:32
|-
|2
|"Santhana Kaatre
|S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki
|3:47
|-
|3
|"Naan Thaanda Ippo Devadas"
|S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
|4:23
|-
|4
|"Koovungal Sevalgale"
|S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
|4:30
|-
|5
|"Raasaave Unna Naan Ennithan"
|[[S. P. Sailaja]]
|4:29
|-
|6
|"Mullai Arumbe"
|[[Panchu Arunachalam]]
|[[Malaysia Vasudevan]], [S. Janaki
|4:24
|}

;Hindi
Brij Bihari wrote the lyrics for all the songs in the Hindi dubbed version.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Arunachalam|first=Param|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V4rcDwAAQBAJ&q=aaj+ka+dada+songs&pg=PA518|title=BollySwar: 1981 - 1990|date=2020-04-14|publisher=Mavrix Infotech Private Limited|isbn=978-81-938482-2-7|language=en}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! No.
! Title
! Singer(s)
!Duration <small>(mm:ss)</small>
|-
| 1
| "Aaj Ka Dada Main Ban Gaya"
|[[Shailendra Singh (singer)|Shailendra Singh]]
|4:23
|-
| 2
| "Dafli Baje Kya Kahe"
| Shailendra Singh
|4:30
|-
| 3
| "Dil Kya Jaan Bhi"
|[[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Vani Jairam]]
|4:32
|-
| 4
| "Khilti Kali Yeh Roop Tera"
| [[Mahendra Kapoor]], [[Alka Yagnik]]
|3:47
|-
| 5
| "Saanson Mein Sargam"
| Alka Yagnik
|4:29
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0187547|Thanikattu Raja}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1980s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1982 films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]
[[Category:Films directed by V. C. Guhanathan]]
[[Category:Suresh Productions films]]

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