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Raj Tilak (1958)

Raj Tilak poster
Original title
राज तिलक
Directed by
S. S. Vasan
Genre
adventure, drama, music
Country
India
Runtime
2h 51m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man is crowned king in a fictional European kingdom. He faces romantic entanglements and political intrigue.

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What happens

Raj Tilak (transl. Coronation) is a 1958 Indian Hindi-language Ruritanian romance epic film written by the Gemini Studios story department, consisting of K. J. Mahadevan, C. Srinivasan and Kothamangalam Subbu, along with Ramanand Sagar, while the film was directed and produced by S. S. Vasan. The film features Vyjayanthimala, Gemini Ganeshan and Padmini in the lead roles, along with Pran, Gajanan Jagirdar, Bipin Gupta, Manmohan Krishna, Lalita Pawar, Durga Khote, Agha, Shammi forming an ensemble cast. The music was composed by C. Ramchandra. The screenplay was written by Ramanand Sagar. The film was a remake of 1958 Tamil film Vanjikottai Valiban. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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