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{{Infobox film
| name = Rajakumaran
| image = Rajakumaran Prabhu.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[R. V. Udayakumar]]
| producer = [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]]
| story = Sujatha Udhayakumar
| screenplay = [[R. V. Udayakumar]]
| writer = [[Gokula Krishnan]] (dialogues)
| starring = [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]]<br />[[Meena (actress)|Meena]]<br />[[Nadhiya]]
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cinematography = Abdul Rahman
| editing = B. S. Nagaraj<br />N. Kapilan
| distributor =
| studio = [[Sivaji Productions]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1994|01|14}}
| runtime = 145 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Rajakumaran''''' ({{Translation|Prince}}) is a [[Tamil films of 1994|1994]] [[Tamil language]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[R. V. Udayakumar]]. The film features [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]], [[Meena (actress)|Meena]] and [[Nadhiya]] in lead roles. The film was released on 14 January 1994, coinciding with Pongal. The film was Prabhu's 100th film and was produced by [[Sivaji Productions]].

== Plot ==

The kindhearted Rajakumaran is the son of the village chief in Sundharapuri. Selvi and Vaidehi are in love with their cousin Rajakumaran but he chooses Vaidehi and Selvi decides to sacrifice her love. During a [[Jallikattu]] spectacle in Sundharapuri, Yuvaraj, who is from the neighboring village Palipattu, insults the villagers of Sundharapuri for not be able to tame his bull. A brave Rajakumaran then tames his bull and he humiliates him back. Selvi's father Selvaraj refuses to give his property to the village people as promised. To give away the property, his only request is that Rajakumaran marry his daughter Selvi. Selvi convinces Rajakumaran to lie for the good of all, so he lies to her father and he gets the property. Vaidehi, who comes to know about it, is heartbroken and decides to kill herself by jumping into a well. Later, Vaidehi is found dead when Rajakumaran finally reveals his lie.

One day, some goons decide to put a bomb in Sundharapuri but Rajakumaran beats up the goon and saves the village. The villagers think that the culprit was Selvi's brother Thangaraj because he wanted to take revenge on Rajakumaran for his lie. An angry Thangaraj then insults Rajakumaran's father in a wedding function and Rajakumaran's father dies of a heart attack due to the humiliation. Yuvaraj asks the permission of Selvaraj and Thangaraj to marry Selvi, and they accept. On the day of the marriage, the villagers are against the marriage and beg Rajakumaran to save Selvi from the heartless Yuvaraj. A man then says that a deaf-mute girl was the witness of Vaidehi's murder by Yuvaraj. Yuvaraj cancels the marriage and decides to humiliate Selvi in his village. Rajakumaran saves her and decides to marry her.

== Cast ==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]] as Rajakumaran
*[[Meena (actress)|Meena]] as Selvi
*[[Nadhiya]] as Vaidehi
*[[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]] as Yuvaraj
*[[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] as Rajakumaran's father
*[[Sujatha (actress)|Sujatha]] as Rajakumaran's mother
*[[Goundamani]] as Maarusamy, the milkman
*[[Senthil]] as the postman
*[[Vadivelu]] as 'Vicharuva' Veerasamy
*[[Captain Raju]] as Selvaraj, Selvi's father
*[[Kavitha (actress)|Kavitha]] as Selvi's mother
*Rajmadhan as Vaidehi's father
*[[Sathyapriya]] as Vaidehi's mother
*[[Thyagu (actor)|Thyagu]] as Thangaraj
*[[Kaka Radhakrishnan]]
*[[Oru Viral Krishna Rao]]
*[[Periya Karuppu Thevar]]
*[[Kovai Senthil]]
*[[Pasi Narayanan]]
*[[Chelladurai]]
*[[R. V. Udayakumar]] in a cameo appearance
{{colend}}

== Production ==
''Rajakumaran'' is the 100th film of Prabhu as an actor.<ref name="jinx" />

== Soundtrack ==

{{Infobox album
| name = Rajakumaran
| type = [[soundtrack]]
| artist = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1994
| recorded = 1993
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 33:36
| label = [[Pyramid]]
| producer = Ilaiyaraaja
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
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}}

The soundtrack was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]], with the lyrics written by the director himself, [[R. V. Udayakumar]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rajakumaran (1994) |url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/album/T0000299.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812182051/http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/album/T0000299.html |archive-date=12 August 2011 |access-date=25 November 2011 |website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Track !! Song !! Singer(s)!! Duration
|-
|1 || "Aadi Varattum" || [[S. P. Balasubramaniam]], [[K. S. Chithra]] || 5:16
|-
|2 || "Chinna Chinna Sol Eduthu" || [[K. J. Yesudas]], [[S. Janaki]] || 5:08
|-
|3 || "Ennavendru Solvathamma" || S. P. Balasubramaniam || 5:04
|-
|4 || "Kaatule Kambakaatule" || S. P. Balasubramaniam, S. Janaki || 5:01
|-
|5 || "Pottu Vachathu Yaaru" || S. P. Balasubramaniam || 4:01
|-
|6 || "Rajakumara Rajakumara" || [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], Sunandha || 4:25
|-
|7 || "Sithagathi Pookale" || S. P. Balasubramaniam, K. S. Chithra || 4:41
|}

== Reception ==
''Rajakumaran'' was released on 14 January 1994 coinciding with Pongal.<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 January 1994 |title=Rajakumaaran |page=10 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19940114&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=14 July 2018 |archive-date=27 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827143610/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19940114&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> The film received negative reviews and became a [[box-office bomb]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Karuthamma, Nammavar, Kadhalan, Nattamai — Tamil cinema offered its best in the watershed year of 1994 |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/karuthamma-nammavar-kadhalan-nattamai-tamil-cinema-offered-its-best-in-the-watershed-year-of-1994-4775931.html |date=2018-07-19 |website=Firstpost |language=en |url-status=live |access-date=2020-05-04 |archive-date=26 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026080420/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/karuthamma-nammavar-kadhalan-nattamai-tamil-cinema-offered-its-best-in-the-watershed-year-of-1994-4775931.html }}</ref> ''The Indian Express'' wrote "Udayakumar seems to have exhausted his stock of ideas [...] ''Rajakumaran'' is nothing but a rehash of his earlier film ''[[Ejamaan|Ejaman]]''".<ref>{{Cite news |last=MM |date=21 January 1994 |title=A rehash |page=6 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19940121&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=11 June 2021 |archive-date=11 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411192817/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19940121&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="jinx">{{Cite web |title=100th film jinx grips the mighty sans 'Captain' |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/tamil-film-industry-100th-film-jinx-grips-the-mighty-sans-captain/article8595803.ece |last=Kesavan |first=N. |date=14 May 2016 |website=[[The Hindu]] |url-status=live |access-date=24 November 2016 |archive-date=28 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628234546/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/tamil-film-industry-100th-film-jinx-grips-the-mighty-sans-captain/article8595803.ece }}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0318610|Rajakumaaran}}

{{R. V. Udayakumar}}

[[Category:1994 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Indian action drama films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]
[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by R. V. Udayakumar]]
[[Category:1990s action drama films]]

Rajakumaran (film) - Revision history

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