Raja (Telugu: రాజా ) is a 1999 Telugu family, romantic drama film directed by Muppalaneni Shiva, which is a remake version of 1998 Tamil movie Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen starring Karthik and Roja in the lead roles, with Ajith Kumar in a guest appearance. The film stars Venkatesh, Soundarya and Abbas in pivotal roles. with original soundtrack by S. A. Rajkumar.The film won three Filmfare South Awards in Best Film, Best Actress and Best Music Director categories. Director:
Muppalaneni Shiva
Producer:
R. B. Choudary
Music Director:
S. A. Rajkumar
Writer:
Vikraman
Stars
Venkatesh,
Soundarya,
Abbas,
Annapoorna,
Tanikella Bharani,
Brahmanandam,
Chandramohan,
Y.Vijaya,
Sudhakar,
A.V.S,
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Raja (Telugu: రాజా ) is a 1999 Telugu family, romantic drama film directed by Muppalaneni Shiva, which is a remake version of 1998 Tamil movie Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen starring Karthik and Roja in the lead roles, with Ajith Kumar in a guest appearance. The film stars Venkatesh, Soundarya and Abbas in pivotal roles. with original soundtrack by S. A. Rajkumar.The film won three Filmfare South Awards in Best Film, Best Actress and Best Music Director categories.
Plot
The story revolves around the Raja and his friend who is a petty thief. When one day they escape from the police, they hide in Soundarya’s house and his life also changes after meeting Soundarya.There he learns about the conflicts in Soundarya's life. Now he decides to help her and likes to bring her to highest position. The rest of the story is about How Raja succeeding in his job and eventually how he wins her heart?Date uploaded:Sat Jul 28 2012 09:56:13 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
Storyline: Emotional love stories of two unlikely sisters
MOVIE
Story:Meenakshi(Aishwarya Roy) asks Sowmya (Tabu), "Don't
you like to choose the man whom you want to marry?". Sowmya replies "I
didn't choose to be a woman, I didn't choose my eyes, I didn't choose my
nose, I didn't choose my name. So, how can I choose the man who is
coming to my life?". Meenakshi states, "But,I will choose a handsome
prince who comes like a storm and takes me away!. The rose that I plant ,
should flower the same day". Movie kicks off with these dialogues that
carry the essence of the movie.
Srividya is a huge estate owner in a beautiful country-side.
Tabu, Aishwarya Roy and Shamili are her three daughters with contrasting
personalities. Tabu is a practical,down to earth girl but is still not
immune from disappointments. She doesn't expect much from her life. She
believes and accepts things that come her way. Whereas Aishwarya Roy,
with her doctrines of love at first sight, fervent emotions overtly
expressed, lives in fiction. She is romantic,passionate and bubbly.
Tabu gets branded as ill-fated lady as one of her suitor dies in
an accident. None of her matches workout, much to the concern of
Srividya. Ajit is an aspiring young director. He meets Tabu in rather
strange circumstances and promptly falls in love with her. Tabu has her
own fears and refuses initially.Ajit manages to convince her and vows to
marry her after his first filmi debute. Mammoty is a army officer who
loses his leg in a terrorist attack. He develops liking for Aishwarya.
But she cares a damn. She awaits for her handsome prince and meets him
one day in the form of Abbas. Abbas is a rich Stock broker, Finance
company owner. They fall in love.
As the fate would have it, things suddenly turn around when
Srividya's father dies leaving all the property to Nigalagal Ravi,
brother of Srividya. Unable to tune up with a loud mouthed
sister-in-law, Srividya steps out to the city with her daughters.
Things start getting tougher as days pass by.Abbas's financial
company gets into doldrums facing cheating charges. Unable to adjust to
the sycophantic film field, Ajit loses his first directional offer.Tabu
makes desperate attempts to find a job with her software experience,but
in vain. After long struggle,she settles down as a receptionist in a
software firm managed by Raghuvaran. Aishwarya joins a music school as a
teacher with the help of Mammotty. Mammotty manages to unite Abbas and
Aishwarya. Ajit gets into good books of an action heroine, Poja Batra.
He starts an action film with her. Tabu gets promoted as a junior
programmer. Rumors fly around the city linking Pooja Batra and Ajit.
Tabu is heart broken and decides to fly away to California. Unable to
repay the debts, Abbas decides to ditch Aishwarya for an rich MLA's
daughter. Ajit's first movie clicks bigtime. Will he come back to hold
Tabu's hand or leaves her to her ill fate? Will Abbas and Aishwarya get
together again? What is the fate of Mamotty?
Rajiv Maenon sensitively portrays the vicissitudes in the sisters lives and gives an emotional and touching ending to the film.
Analysis: The movie is
inspired by hollywood flick "Sense and Sensibility" starring Hugh Grant,
Kate Winslate which is based on a novel with the same name by Jane
Austin. As you can see, the subject is vast. There are lots of
characters and many twists. Rajiv Maenon deftly handles this complex and
interesting story and presents a pleasant film. Though story is not
original, its a big relief from regular "boy meets a girl", "marriage
video" kind of movies and one line stories. Rajiv's first venture
'Merupu Kalalu' was a disaster. But he made no mistakes this time.
Performances wise, though Aish looks gorgeous, Tabu underplays her
serious role and steals the show. She is definitely one of the most
talented actresses we have. All the three heros have nothing much to do.
Pooja Batra and Dino Morea appear in cameo roles. Music is pleasing.
The song "Palike Gorinka" is beautifully picturized on energetic
Aishwarya. Photography by Ravi Chandran is brilliant.
Some of Jane Austin's novels like "Pride and Prejudice", "Sense
and sensibility" belong to different genre. Some people just fall in
love with them, while some others will find them boring. Same holds good
with this film too.
Recommendation:The movie is
intended for class audience. The film has very little comedy absolutely
no mass elements. Hence it might not appeal to wider cross section.But,
if you are bored with recycled stories,and if you want to see a movie
with fresh and different story line,this movie is for you.
