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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Kuppathu Raja<br />
| image = Kuppathu Raja.jpg<br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[T. R. Ramanna]]<br />
| screenplay = A. L. Narayanan<br />
| producer = S. Aarumugalakshmi<br />T. R. Nalini<br />
| starring = [[Rajinikanth]]<br />[[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]]<br />[[Manjula Vijayakumar]]<br />[[Padmapriya]]<br />
| cinematography = J. G. Vijayam<br />V. Suresh<br />
| editing = [[K. Narayanan]]<br />
| music = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]<br />
| studio = Surya Lakshmi Pictures<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1979|01|12}}<br />
| runtime = 134 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
| budget = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Kuppathu Raja''' ({{translation|King of the slums}}) is a 1979 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film, directed by [[T. R. Ramanna]]. The film stars [[Rajinikanth]], [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]], [[Manjula Vijayakumar]] and [[Padmapriya]]. It is a remake of the 1972 [[Hindi]] film ''[[Do Yaar]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |title=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |title-link=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-14-342111-5 |location=New Delhi |pages=90 |author-link=Naman Ramachandran |orig-date=2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=K. Naresh |date=2020-05-12 |title=Rajini's Pongal releases are mostly remakes |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/cinema/kollywood/rajinis-pongal-releases-are-mostly-remakes-622136 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826070316/https://www.thehansindia.com/cinema/kollywood/rajinis-pongal-releases-are-mostly-remakes-622136 |archive-date=26 August 2021 |access-date=2021-08-26 |website=[[The Hans India]]}}</ref><br />
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''Kuppathu Raja'' was released in theatres on 12 January 1979, [[Pongal (festival)|Pongal]] day along with [[Kamal Haasan]]'s ''[[Neeya?]]''. Although it was appreciated for Rajinikanth's style and acting, the film became a commercial failure during its release.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 April 2019 |title=ரஜினியின் 'குப்பத்து ராஜா' |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/160812-.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119170829/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/160812-.html |archive-date=19 January 2022 |access-date=2022-01-19 |website=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |language=ta}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
{{No plot|date=August 2021}}<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
*[[Rajinikanth]] as Jakku / Jayakumar<br />
*[[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] as Selvam<br />
*[[Manjula Vijayakumar]] as Mynaa<br />
*[[Padmapriya]] as Kasthuri<br />
*[[S. A. Ashokan|S. A. Asokan]] as Govind<br />
*[[Venniradai Moorthy]] as Nallakannu<br />
*[[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] as Pavunu<br />
*C. I. D. Sakunthala as Dancer<br />
*[[Loose Mohan]] as Drunkard<br />
*[[Typist Gopu]]<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
All songs were written by [[Kannadasan]] and composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kuppathu Raja |url=https://www.saregama.com/album/kuppathu-raja_14393 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826070441/https://www.saregama.com/album/kuppathu-raja_14393 |archive-date=26 August 2021 |access-date=2021-08-26 |website=[[Saregama]]}}</ref><br />
{|class="wikitable"<br />
! No. !! Song Title!!Lyrics!! Singers(s)!!Length<br />
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| 1 || "Thinthom Thinthom"<br />
| rowspan="4" |[[Kannadasan]]||[[Vani Jairam]]||5:15<br />
|-<br />
| 2 || "Ammamma Aasai" ||[[Vani Jairam]]||4:21<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || "Kodikatti Parakkudada" ||[[T. M. Soundararajan|TMS]], [[Malaysia Vasudevan]], [[L. R. Eswari]], [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]]||4:22<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || "Puli Varudhu"||[[Malaysia Vasudevan]], [[S. Janaki]]||4:20<br />
|}<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
P. S. M. of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' said the film could be watched for Rajinikanth's performance.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=பி. எஸ். எம். |date=4 February 1979 |title=குப்பத்து ராஜா |url=https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1979/feb/04-02-1979/p61.jpg |url-status=live |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |language=ta |page=61 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104045641/https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1979/feb/04-02-1979/p61.jpg |archive-date=4 January 2022 |access-date=25 April 2022}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0277786}}<br />
{{T. R. Ramanna}}<br />
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[[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1979 films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by T. R. Ramanna]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Hindi films]]</div>UpdateBot