Kanmani Raja

Kanmani Raja is a 1974 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Devaraj–Mohan and written by Balamurugan. The film stars Sivakumar and Lakshmi, with M. N. Rajam, Manorama, Kumari Padmini and Thengai Srinivasan in supporting roles. It was released on 24 March 1974.^[1]

Kanmani Raja
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Devaraj–Mohan
Written by	Balamurugan
Produced by	P. K. V. Sankaran Arumugam
Starring	Sivakumar Lakshmi
Cinematography	A. Somasundaram
Edited by	R. Devarajan
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Production company	Muthuvel Movies
Release date	24 March 1974 (1974-03-24)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Sivakumar as Selvam
• Lakshmi as Janaki
• M. N. Rajam
• Manorama
• Kumari Padmini
• Usha
• Thengai Srinivasan
• Rajapandian
• Senthamarai
• Master Raghuman

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics by Kannadasan.^[2][3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Kaathal Valaiyada"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela
2.	"Oodam Kadal Ooram"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela
3.	"Yai Machan"	L. R. Eswari
4.	"Naan Aanaiyittal"	D. Pushpalatha

Reception

Kanthan of Kalki praised the acting of Sivakumar, Lakshmi and Rajam and added it is necessary to add flavour by adding many delicious programs, but they have made it impossible to enjoy anything by adding all the things they saw and called Devaraj–Mohan's direction as good but Balamurugan's story and dialogues as disappointing.^[4] The film did not do well at the box office.^[5][6]