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{{Infobox film
| name = Auto Raja
| image =
| caption =
| director = [[K. Vijayan]]
| producer = Santosh Art Films
| screenplay=
| story = M. D. Sundar
| starring = [[Vijayakanth]]<br>[[Jaishankar]]<br>[[Gayatri (actress)|Gayathri]]
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]] - 1 Song<br> [[Shankar–Ganesh]] - 5 Songs
| cinematography =
| editing =
| released = 27 March 1982
| runtime = 110 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Auto Raja''''' is a 1982 [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[drama film]], directed by [[K. Vijayan]]. The film stars [[Vijayakanth]] and [[Jaishankar]] .<ref>{{cite web|title=Auto Raja LP Vinyl Records|url=http://musicalaya.net/imgviewer.php?mod=lpcovers/108/3/1/1|publisher=musicalaya|accessdate=2014-04-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009094956/http://musicalaya.net/imgviewer.php?mod=lpcovers%2F108%2F3%2F1%2F1|archive-date=9 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film was a remake of the 1980 Kannada movie [[Auto Raja (1980 film)|of the same name]].

The film was originally scheduled to be released on 14 January 1982, but due to some local conflicts it was released in March and it still made a grand entry.

== Cast ==
* [[Vijayakanth]] as Raja
* [[Jaishankar]] as Ramu
* [[Gayatri (actress)|Gayatri]] as Rani / Bhavani
* [[Vanitha Krishnachandran|Vanitha]] as Shanthi
* [[Sangili Murugan]] as Chellappa
* [[Thengai Srinivasan]] as Doctor
* [[V. K. Ramasamy (actor)|V. K. Ramasamy]] as Servant
* [[Chithra (actress)|Chithra]] as Raja's Sister
* [[T. K. S. Natarajan]] as Peon
* Kallapatti Singaram as Iyer
* Kaja Sheriff as Son of Kallapatti Singaram (Saambu)
* Bayilvan Ranganathan as Henchman

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Auto Raja
| type = film
| artist = [[Illayaraja]] and [[Shankar–Ganesh]]
| cover =
| released =
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 25:30
| label = EMI
| producer =
}}

The soundtrack was composed by [[Shankar–Ganesh]] and Maestro [[Ilaiyaraja]] composed one song. Except "Sangathil Paadatha" which was composed by Ilayaraja, rest of the songs were composed by Shankar Ganesh. A total of six songs were composed of which all the six were included in the soundtrack.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://musicalaya.net/imgviewer.php?mod=lpcovers/108/3/1/1|title=Auto Raja Songs|accessdate=2014-04-09|publisher=musicalaya|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009094956/http://musicalaya.net/imgviewer.php?mod=lpcovers%2F108%2F3%2F1%2F1|archive-date=9 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The song "Malare Ennenna" was reused from the track "Naliva Gulabi Hoove" from the original Kannada film. Ilayaraja's composition "Sangathil Paadaatha" reused from Malayalam song "Thumbi Vaa" remains one of his famous tracks.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Track !! Song !! Singer(s) !! Lyrics !! Music
|-
|1 || "Sangathil Padatha{{nbsp}}..." || [[Illayaraja]], [[S. Janaki]] || rowspan=6|[[Pulamaipithan|Pulavar Pulamaipithan]]|| Illaiyaraaja
|-
|2 || "Malare Enna Kolam{{nbsp}}..." || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] || Shankar Ganesh
|-
|3 || "Kanni Vannam{{nbsp}}..." || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Vani Jairam]] || Shankar Ganesh
|-
|4 || "Oru Vargappuratchi{{nbsp}}..." || [[T. M. Soundararajan]] || Shankar Ganesh
|-
|5 || "Kattilarai{{nbsp}}..." || [[S. Janaki]] || Shankar Ganesh
|-
|6 || "Oosikkulle{{nbsp}}..." || [[Malaysia Vasudevan]] & [[Chorus (song)|Chorus]] || Shankar Ganesh
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:1982 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1980s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh]]
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Kannada films]]
[[Category:Films directed by K. Vijayan]]

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