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{{Infobox film
| name = Raajjiyam
| image = Raajjiyam.jpg
| caption =
| director = [[Manoj Kumar (Tamil film director)|Manoj Kumar]]
| producer = Manoj Kumar
| writer = V. Prabhakar (dialogues)
| screenplay = Manoj Kumar
| story = R. Meghanathan
| starring = [[Vijayakanth]] [[Dileep (Malayalam actor)|Dileep]] [[Shamita Shetty]] [[Priyanka Trivedi]]
| studio = Guru films
| music = [[Bharathwaj]]
| cinematography = A. Kaarthik Raja
| editing = P. Mohanraj
| released = 12 April 2002
| runtime =
| language = Tamil
|country = India
}}

'''''Raajjiyam''''' is a 2002 Indian [[Tamil language]] [[action film]] directed and produced by [[Manoj Kumar (Tamil film director)|Manoj Kumar]]. The film features [[Vijayakanth]], [[Dileep (Malayalam actor)|Dileep]], [[Shamita Shetty]] and [[Priyanka Trivedi]]. The music was composed by [[Bharathwaj]]. The film was released on 12 April 2002, it received mixed review and was commercial failure at the box office.<ref>http://www.rediff.com/movies/2002/apr/22tamil.htm</ref> It was also dubbed in Telugu as ''Security Officer'' and in Hindi as ''Yeh Kaisi Hukumat''.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx1tDLvMiZ4</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_rSgtziozw</ref>

The film marked the debut of Malayalam actor [[Dileep (Malayalam actor)|Dileep]] in Tamil cinema.

==Plot==
Karthikeyan ([[Vijayakanth]]) runs a Central Government-authorized Secret Service agency called "Jothi Security Force" under the guise of an organization that helps people arriving in Chennai. He leads a happy life with his wife Geetha ([[Shamita Shetty]]), daughter Pooja (Baby Akshaya), and younger brother Surya ([[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]]), a mute. Surya falls in love with Anuradha ([[Priyanka Trivedi]]), a woman that Karthikeyan brings home from the railway station, but her past forces her to reject his romance. When the governor's ([[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]]) daughter-in-law dies, Karthikeyan finds out that it was a murder and arrests the governor's son Kiran Kumar ([[Anand (actor)|Anand]]). Though the governor congratulates Karthikeyan and appoints him as his personal bodyguard, he is plotting his revenge on him. The innocent Surya is then arrested during a riot. In jail, Inspector Kabilan ([[Mansoor Ali Khan (actor)|Mansoor Ali Khan]]), who hates Karthikeyan after being humiliated by him and works for the governor, tortures Surya. Kabilan later swaps Kiran Kumar and Surya: Surya gets hooked in jail and Kiran Kumar is secretly released from jail. Karthikeyan eventually comes to know about the plot and takes revenge by killing Kabilan and the governor.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Vijayakanth]] as Karthikeyan
*[[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]] as Surya
*[[Shamita Shetty]] as Geetha Karthikeyan
*[[Priyanka Trivedi]] as Anuradha
*[[Vadivelu]] as Sengalvarayan (Sengal)
*[[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]] as Governor
*[[Anand (actor)|Anand]] as Governor's Son
*[[Ponnambalam (actor)|Ponnambalam]] as Ponnambalam
*[[Janakaraj]] as Governor's PA
*[[Senthil]]
*[[Mansoor Ali Khan (actor)|Mansoor Ali Khan]] as Inspector Kabilan
*Baby Akshaya as Pooja
*Rocky as Terrorist
*[[Singamuthu]] as Convict
*[[Pandu (actor)|Pandu]] as Security Officer
*[[Mohan Sharma]] as Deputy Commissioner of Police
*[[Lavanya (actress)|Lavanya]] as Janaki
*[[Usharani]] as Janaki's mother
*[[Peeli Sivam]] as Anuradha's father
*Vijay Easwaran as Easwar
*Kallukkul Eeram Ramanathan as Ramanathan
*Kalidoss as Jayapal
*Lekhasri as Sneha, Sengalvarayan's lover
*[[Besant Ravi]] as Henchman
*Kottai Perumal as Man at the railway station
*[[Manivannan]] in a special appearance
{{colend}}

==Production==
The fight scene between Vijayakanth and Ponnamabalam was taken on a revolving bamboo, with the two men standing on either edge, the scene choreographed by Super Subbarayan. For the set, 20 lorries carrying bamboos were brought in, and set designer Shanmugham arranged them in order to make the place look like a bamboo fortress. It took twelve days to shoot the scene, and canning the shots was Kartikraja.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chennaionline.com/location/rajiyam.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020224130000/http://www.chennaionline.com/location/rajiyam.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=2002-02-24 |title=Rajjyam |work=Chennai Online |date=2002-02-24 |access-date=2012-08-04 }}</ref> The film was produced at a cost of {{INR}}7 crore.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/BFB69CAB26ED7A73E5256BB1001949FF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322150013/http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/BFB69CAB26ED7A73E5256BB1001949FF |archive-date=22 March 2012|title=April brings cheer to Tamil film industry|date=May 3, 2002}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Raajjiyam
| type = Soundtrack
| longtype =
| artist = [[Bharadwaj (music director)|Bharadwaj]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 15 March 2002
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack]]
| length =
| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| label =
| producer = Bharadwaj
| prev_title = [[Gemini (2002 Tamil film)|Gemini]]
| prev_year = 2002
| next_title = [[Thamizh]]
| next_year = 2002
}}
The music was composed by Bharadwaj, and lyrics were written by [[Snehan]].<ref>http://7starmusiq.com/tamil_movie_songs_listen_download.asp?MovieId=3737</ref>
*"Naan Unna" — [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam|SPB]], [[Pop Shalini]]
*"Thamizhan" — Krishnaraj, SPB
*"Ore Oru" — [[P. Unnikrishnan]], [[Sujatha Mohan]]
*"Oru Aayiram" — Bharathwaj, Reshmi
*"Namma Ooru" — Sabesh
*"Annan Thambi" — Bharathwaj
*"Uyir Theduthe" — Bharathwaj

==Critical reception==
Rediff wrote:"Though the film created expectations as a political thriller with Vijaykanth spewing dialogues laden with political nuances, Raajjiyam is about brothers, laced with action sequences".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2002/apr/29raj.htm |title=rediff.com, Movies: The Rediff review — Raajjiyam |work=Rediff.com |date=2002-04-29 |access-date=2012-08-04}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|12089310}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:2002 films]]
[[Category:2000s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Bharadwaj (music director)]]

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