Enga Oor Raja

Enga Oor Raja (transl. The king of our town) is a 1968 Indian Tamil-language drama film, directed and produced by P. Madhavan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Jayalalithaa, Sowcar Janaki and M. N. Nambiar. It was released on 21 October 1968, and ran for more than 100 days at all centers of Tamil Nadu. The film was remade in Telugu as Dharma Daata (1970) and in Hindi as Dil Ka Raja (1972).^[1]

Enga Oor Raja
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	P. Madhavan
Written by	Balamurugan
Produced by	P. Madhavan
Starring	Sivaji Ganesan Jayalalithaa Sowcar Janaki M. N. Nambiar
Cinematography	P. N. Sundaram
Edited by	R. Devarajan
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Production company	Arun Prasath Movies
Distributed by	Vijayashree
Release date	21 October 1968 (1968-10-21)
Running time	159 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Sivaji Ganesan as Raja Raja Vijaya Ragunatha Sedhupathy "Sedhupathy" and Boopathy
• Jayalalithaa as Geetha
• Sowcar Janaki as Sivakami
• M. N. Nambiar as Rajankam
• Nagesh as Chakravarthi
• Manorama as Rani
• Kanakadurga as Vijaya
• C. Vasantha as Gowri
• Rajapandiyan as Rajankam's brother
• Senthamarai as Ramu
• Samikannu as Rathnakannu
• Master Antony as Young Boopathy
• Master Sekhar as Young Chakravarthi
• Loose Mohan as Fruit Seller

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics by Kannadasan.^[2]

Song	Singers	Length
"Athai Meesai"	L. R. Eswari	04:25
"Ennadi Papa"	T. M. Soundararajan	04:22
"Parameshwari"	T. M. Soundararajan, P.Susheela	03:25
"Yarai Nambi Naan Poranthen"	T. M. Soundararajan	04:37
"Yezhu Kadal Seemai"	T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela, Kousalya	03:28

Release

Enga Oor Raja was Diwali released on 21 October 1968,^[3] and distributed by Vijayasri.^[4]