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title: 'Pokkiri Raja (1982)'
type: 'film'
director: 'S. P. Muthuraman'
released: '1982-01-01'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/pokkiri-raja-1982'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187412/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Pokkiri Raja (1982)

1982 · India

Original title: போக்கிரி ராஜா

## Synopsis

Pokkiri Raja is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film directed by S. P. Muthuraman and written by Panchu Arunachalam. A remake of the Telugu film Chuttalunnaru Jagratha (1980), it stars Rajinikanth, Sridevi and Radhika. The film revolves around a man who was framed for murder, and a lookalike who aids him in finding the true killers. It was released on 14 January 1982 and became a commercial success, running for over 100 days in theatres.

## Credits

- **Director:** [S. P. Muthuraman](https://cinepixo.com/people/s-p-muthuraman)
- **Screenplay:** [Panchu Arunachalam](https://cinepixo.com/people/panchu-arunachalam)
- **Original Music Composer:** [M. S. Viswanathan](https://cinepixo.com/people/m-s-viswanathan)

## Cast

- [Rajinikanth](https://cinepixo.com/people/rajinikanth)

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