Raajjiyam

Raajjiyam is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language action film directed and produced by Manoj Kumar. The film stars Vijayakanth, Dileep, Shamita Shetty and Priyanka Trivedi. The music was composed by Bharadwaj. The film was released on 12 April 2002, it received mixed reviews and became a commercial failure. The film marked the debut of actors Dileep, Samitha and Priyanka in Tamil cinema. Plot Karthikeyan 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, daughter Pooja, and younger brother Surya, a mute. Surya falls in love with Anuradha, a woman that Karthikeyan brings home from the railway station, but her past forces her to reject his romance. When the governor's daughter-in-law dies, Karthikeyan finds out that it was a murder and arrests the governor's son Kiran Kumar. 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, 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 discovers the plot and takes revenge by killing Kabilan and the governor. Cast Vijayakanth as Karthikeyan Dileep as Surya Shamita Shetty as Geetha Karthikeyan Priyanka Trivedi as Anuradha Vadivelu as Sengalvarayan (Sengal) Murali as Governor Anand as Governor's son Ponnambalam as Ponnambalam Janakaraj as Governor's PA Senthil Mansoor Ali Khan as Inspector Kabilan Baby Akshaya as Pooja Rocky as Terrorist Singamuthu as Convict Pandu as Security Officer Mohan Sharma as Deputy Commissioner of Police 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