Raja (Eng: King) is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Ezhil which stars Ajith Kumar, Jyothika, Priyanka Trivedi, Mantra and Sonu Sood in the lead roles. The film opened in July 2002 to mixed reviews and performed poorly at the box office. Simran supposed to do the role, which was played by Priyanka Trivedi. Simran refused the offer due to lack of confidence in the script. The film’s music was composed by S. A. Rajkumar. The film was dubbed into Telugu as Nuvvu Naaku Kavali.
Raja (Ajith) is paranoid about getting married. Priya Mahalakshmi (Jyothika) arrives at his place and begins to compel him to marry her. The reason: He was confessing his love to someone else thinking that she was Priya.
Under the cover of darkness Priya confesses her love for him. Thinking that it was the other Priya Mahalakshmi (Priyanka Trivedi) who was speaking to him, Raja begins to love her. However, an unknown person arrives on the scene and murders Priya. How he seeks to avenge his lover’s killer forms the rest of the story.
Directed by Ezhil
Produced by Thiruvenkatam
Written by Ezhil
Starring Ajith Kumar, Jyothika, Priyanka Trivedi
Music by S. A. Rajkumar
Cinematography K. Aravind
Edited by Suresh Urs
Production Serene Movie Makers
Release date 5 July 2002
Running time 150 minutes
Country India
Language Tamil
