Michael Raj

Michael Raj is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by V. C. Guhanathan and produced by D. Ramanaidu. The film stars Raghuvaran and Madhuri, supported by Sarath Babu and Baby Shalini. It was released on 5 December 1987.^[1] The film was remade in Telugu as Brahma Puthrudu and in Hindi as Rakhwala with Shalini reprising her role.^[2][3]

Michael Raj
Poster
Directed by	V. C. Guhanathan
Written by	V. C. Guhanathan
Produced by	D. Ramanaidu
Starring	Raghuvaran Madhuri Sarath Babu Baby Shalini
Cinematography	Dharma
Edited by	R. T. Annadurai
Music by	Chandrabose
Production company	Suresh Productions
Release date	5 December 1987 (1987-12-05)
Running time	130 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Michael Raj is the story of an honest man who had to take the route of action to erase the corruption and crime happening around him.

Cast

• Raghuvaran
• Madhuri
• Sarath Babu
• Charle
• Baby Shalini
• Senthil
• K. Rajan
• Sumithra
• Jai Ganesh
• Sathyajith
• Viji
• M. N. Rajam
• Vijayakumar
• Bayilvan Ranganathan
• Chinni Jayanth
• Rajyalakshmi

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Chandrabose. All songs written by Mu. Metha.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Thenna Mara Thoppukulle"	Malaysia Vasudevan, Vani Jairam
2.	"Kaalam Porandiruchu"	K. J. Yesudas
3.	"Jothilingam"	S. P. Sailaja
4.	"Maniyadikuthu"	Malaysia Vasudevan
5.	"Hey Dorai"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

Reception

The Indian Express wrote, "There is crude rabblerousing with anti-rich bombast, all in keeping with the meaningless socialistic pattern(n) of filmy rhetoric".^[5]