Raja (1999 film)

Raja
Directed by	Muppalaneni Shiva
Produced by	R. B. Choudary
Written by	Rajendra Kumar (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Muppalaneni Shiva
Story by	Vikraman
Based on	Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen
Starring	Venkatesh Soundarya Abbas
Music by	S. A. Rajkumar
Cinematography	Shyam K. Naidu
Edited by	Marthand K. Venkatesh
Production company	Super Good Films
Release date	18 March 1999 (1999-03-18)
Running time	175 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Raja is a 1999 Telugu family, romantic drama film directed by Muppalaneni Shiva and produced by R. B. Choudary on Super Good Films . Starring Venkatesh, Soundarya and Abbas in pivotal roles with original soundtrack by S. A. Rajkumar. The film was Sensational Hit at the box office. The film won three Filmfare South Awards in Best Film, Best Actress and Best Music Director categories. The film is a remake version of 1998 Tamil movie Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen starring Karthik and Roja in the lead roles, with Ajith Kumar in a guest appearance.

Raja (Venkatesh) and his friend Balu (Sudhakar) are petty thieves. One day they steal an idol of Lord Ganesha from a temple while escaping from the police they hide in a house, Anjali (Soundarya) who is a governess in that house taking care of three children when remaining all went out of the station. She locks them in her kitchen for one week, that one-week association with Anjali changes the entire lifestyle of Raja, he starts a new life and slowly falls in love with Anjali. Meanwhile, before leaving the house, Balu thefts Anjali's dairy, Raja starts reading the diary.

Anjali is an illegitimate daughter of Lawyer Viswanath (Chandramohan) whose house she is living as a maidservant along with her stepmother Bhagyalakshmi (Y.Vijaya), her sister (Sana), sister's husband (Tanikella Bharani) and their 3 children without knowing she is Viswanatham's daughter. Bhagyalakshmi's brother, Sanjay (Abbas) comes from Canada, Anjali likes Sanjay and Viswanatham want to make marriage to them, but Sanjay says, he needs at least 3 months to decide. After reading this Raja decides not to express his love and from that day he also makes a habit of writing diary. Next day when he goes to return the dairy a conflict arises to Anjali because of him, she has been thrown out of the house about the missed necklace. Raja decides to take care of Anjali, he keeps her in a hostel, works day & night, makes her a singer and takes her to highest peaks.