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Rajaraja Cholan (1973)

Rajaraja Cholan poster
Directed by
A. P. Nagarajan
Genre
biographical film
Country
India
Rated
U
Rating
8.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This film is about the life of Rajaraja I, a powerful Chola king. It shows his reign, his accomplishments, and his personal challenges. Sivaji Ganesan plays the title role.

historicalgrandsolemnepicreverentstatelybiographicaldramatic

What happens

Rajaraja Cholan is a 1973 Indian Tamil-language historical biographical film directed by A. P. Nagarajan and written by Aru Ramanathan. Based on Ramanathan's play of the same name about the life of the Chola king Rajaraja I, the film stars Sivaji Ganesan in the title role and was the first Tamil CinemaScope film. It was released on 31 March 1973, and ran for over 100 days in theatres. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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