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Engal Thanga Raja (1973)

Engal Thanga Raja poster
Directed by
V. B. Rajendra Prasad
Genre
family, drama, action, thriller, romance
Country
India
Rated
U
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man with a dark secret struggles with a dual identity. His actions create turmoil for those around him.

dramaticemotionaldarksuspensefultheatricaldatedsomberintense

What happens

Engal Thanga Raja (transl.  Our Precious King) is a 1973 Indian Tamil-language film, directed and produced by V. B. Rajendra Prasad. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Manjula, and Sowcar Janaki. It is a remake of the 1972 Telugu film Manavudu Danavudu, and loosely adapts the 1886 novel Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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