- Pokkiri Raja
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name = Pokkiri Raja
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director =S.P.Muthuraman
writer =
starring =Rajnikanth
producer =
music =M. S. Viswanathan
editor =
released = 1982
runtime =
language = Tamil
budget =
imdb_id = http://imdb.com/title/tt0187412/Pokkiri Raja is a movie from India. It's a stereotypical movie from the 1980s. When you see it now, you feel as if you've seen it a hundred times before. But these were the movies that laid foundation to many modern stories on the silver screen.
Plot
The story is simple, Rajnikanth starts managing the office of an industrialist who strongly suspects his relatives to be looting him. Rajni finds the culprit and keeps a tight leash on everything happening in the office, thereby earning the wrath of the bad relatives. Rajni and Sridevi (the industrialist's daughter) were at loggerheads initially, but soon fall in love with each other. The industrialist is happy about this development, until he sees Rajni cheating on his daughter. He fires Rajni the very same day.
The industrialist is murdered and Sridevi also sees Rajni in her house that same night. Rajni is dragged to court and is shortly framed for murder. Sridevi is upset, and the ill-intentioned relatives start closing their reign around her, forcing her to marry Y.G. Mahendran (the son of Muthuraman and Manorama, who are the industrialist's relatives).
In the meantime, grief-stricken Rajni in jail meets another person who looks exactly like him (Rajni 2). Together Rajni 1 and Rajni 2 plan to punish the culprits and set the records straight. A little confusion, some fun, and a happy ending. I am sure everyone can guess how that might happen!
A very simple movie, slow at times, but still entertaining. You can see all the components of acting that make the term "Rajni Style" and also Rajni at his peak. Sridevi acts really well as the daughter of the industrialist and so does Radhika as the girlfriend of the second Rajni. In other words, a total time pass movie and worth watching with your whole family!
Cast
Rajnikanth
Sridevi
Manorama
Muthuraman
Y.G. Mahendran
Radhika
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