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Kuppathu Raja
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<div>{{About||the 2017 film|Kuppathu Raja (2019 film)}}<br />
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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Kuppathu Raja<br />
| image = Kuppathu Raja.jpg<br />
| caption = <br />
| director = [[T. R. Ramanna]]<br />
| writer = A. L. Narayanan (screenplay/dialogues)<br />
| starring = [[Rajnikanth]]<br />[[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]]<br />[[Manjula Vijayakumar]]<br />[[Padmapriya (actress)|Padmapriya]]<br />[[S. A. Ashokan|Asokan]]<br />[[Venniradai Moorthy]]<br />[[Ramakrishnan (actor)|Ramakrishnan]]<br />[[Ramkumar]]<br />[[Chandol Leela]]<br />[[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]]<br />[[P. K. Saraswathi]]<br />
| studio = Surya Lakshmi Pictures<br />
| producer = S. Aarumugalakshmi<br />T. R. Nalini<br />
| music = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]<br />
| editing = [[K. Narayanan]]<br />
| cinematography = J. G. Vijayam,<br />V. Suresh<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1979|01|12}}<br />
| runtime = 134 Minutes<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
| budget = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Kuppathu Raja''' ({{trans|King of the slums}}) is a 1979 Tamil film, directed by [[T. R. Ramanna]]. This film was a blockbuster hit in the year 1979. The film stars [[Rajinikanth]], [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]], [[Manjula Vijayakumar]] and [[Padmapriya (actress)|Padmapriya]] in lead roles. It is a remake of the 1972 [[Hindi]] film ''[[Do Yaar]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |title-link=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-14-342111-5 |location=New Delhi |pages=90 |author-link=Naman Ramachandran |orig-year=2012}}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Rajinikanth]] as Jakku / JayaKumar<br />
*[[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] as Selvam<br />
*[[Manjula Vijayakumar]] as Mynaa<br />
*[[Padmapriya (actress)|Padmapriya]] as Kasthuri<br />
*[[S. A. Ashokan|S. A. Asokan]] as Govind<br />
*[[Venniradai Moorthy]] as Nallakannu<br />
*[[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] as Pavunu<br />
*C. I. D. Sakunthala as Dancer<br />
*[[Loose Mohan]] as Drunkard<br />
*[[Typist Gopu]]<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
All songs were written by [[Kannadasan]] and composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]]. The soundtrack was released under the label "Saregama".<ref>http://www.saregama.com/album/kuppathu-raja_14393</ref><br />
{|class="wikitable"<br />
! No. !! Song Title!!Lyrics!! Singers(s)!!Length<br />
|-<br />
| 1 || "Thinthom Thinthom"<br />
| rowspan="4" |[[Kannadasan]]||[[Vani Jairam]]||5:15<br />
|-<br />
| 2 || "Ammamma Aasai" ||[[Vani Jairam]]||4:21<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || "Kodikatti Parakkudada" ||[[T. M. Soundararajan|TMS]], [[Malaysia Vasudevan]], [[L. R. Eswari]], [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]]||4:22<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || "Puli Varudhu"||[[Malaysia Vasudevan]], [[S. Janaki]]||4:20<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0277786|Kuppathu Raja}}<br />
{{T. R. Ramanna}}<br />
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[[Category:1979 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Hindi films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan]]<br />
[[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by T. R. Ramanna]]<br />
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