Raja Manthiri

Raja Manthiri (transl. King, Minister) is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film written and directed by Usha Krishnan and produced by V.Mathiyalagan and P. G. Muthiah Productions. The film stars Kalaiyarasan, Kaali Venkat, Shaalin Zoya and Vaishali. Featuring music composed by Justin Prabhakaran, the film was released on 24 June 2016.

Raja Manthiri
Poster
Directed by	Usha Krishnan
Produced by	V. Mathiyalagan, P. G. Muthiah
Starring	Kalaiyarasan Kaali Venkat Shaalin Zoya Vaishali Bala Saravanan
Cinematography	P. G. Muthiah
Edited by	Selva R. K.
Music by	Justin Prabhakaran
Production companies	Etcetera Entertainment P. G. Muthiah Productions
Distributed by	Auraa Cinemas
Release date	24 June 2016 (2016-06-24)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Cast

• Kalaiyarasan as Karthik
• Kaali Venkat as Suriya
• Shaalin Zoya as Subha
• Vaishali Radhakrishan as Maha
• Bala Saravanan as Satish
• Naadodigal Gopal as Sivakumar. Karthik and Suriya's father
• Florent Pereira as Subha's father
• Saravana Sakthi as Chithappu
• Meenakshi as Karthi and Surya's mother
• S. R. Pandiyan as Muneesh, Subha's brother
• Gajaraj as Maha's father and drunk astrologer
• Supergood Subramani as the alliance broker
• Rindhu Ravi
• Anandhi
• Gunalan

Production

Usha Krishnan, an assistant of Suseenthiran, worked on the film's script in 2013 and selected Kalaiyarasan to play a leading role before he had signed on to star in his breakthrough role in Madras (2014).^[1] After being impressed by Usha's commitment as an assistant director, cinematographer Muthiah chose to make Raja Manthiri as his first production.^[2] The film was shot throughout the middle of 2015 and had entered post-production by September 2015. The film's release was put on hold for several months until the team could find an apt release date.^[3]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the movie was composed by Justin Prabhakaran.

Raja Manthiri
Soundtrack album by Justin Prabhakaran
Released	2016
Genre	Film soundtrack
Language	Tamil
Label	T-Series Tamil
Producer	Justin Prabhakaran
Justin Prabhakaran chronology
Oru Naal Koothu (2016) Raja Manthiri (2016) Ulkuthu (2016)

• "Kootatha Kootti" — Gnana Anthony Daasan, Reetha Anthony Daasan
• "Leguva" — V. V. Prasanna, Sharanya Srinivas
• "Snegithiye" — Naresh Iyer
• "Ethutha Veetu" — ACS Ravichandran
• "Bam Bam" — Chinnaponnu

Release

The film released in June 2016 to mixed reviews from critics. Sify noted the film "is an average entertainer and people, who watch village comedies, might find this as a decent watch",^[4] while Behindwood.com added it "entertains with its comical script and endearing performances by the cast".^[5] Baradwaj Rangan of the Hindu wrote "Raja Mandhiri follows the formula where practically nothing happens in the first half, and the big blow-up at interval point is where the story really gets going. But some bits work."^[6]