Rajanadai

Rajanadai
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Directed by	S. A. Chandrasekhar
Produced by	Shoba Chandrasekhar
Screenplay by	S. A. Chandrasekhar
Story by	Shoba Chandrasekhar
Starring	Vijayakanth Gouthami Seetha Suresh Charan Raj Radha Ravi Senthamarai Shamili S. S. Chandran Kovai Sarala
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Cinematography	Indhu Chakravarthy
Edited by	Shyam Mukarji
Production company	V. V. Creations
Release date	28 October 1989 (1989-10-28)
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Rajanadai is a 1989 Tamil crime film directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar. The film features Vijayakanth, Gouthami and Seetha in lead roles. The film, produced by Shoba Chandrasekhar, had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan and was released on 28 October 1989. This movie did well in the box office at the time of its release. The film was later remade in Hindi as Jeevan Ki Shatranj.

Vijayakanth (Vijayakanth), an honest C.I.D inspector, is married to Seetha (Seetha) and they have a daughter Shamili (Shamili). Vijayakanth has enough evidences to arrest the dangerous criminal Tiger Kali (Charan Raj). Vijayakanth befriends Rekha (Gouthami), a C.I.D inspector, without knowing that she is Seetha's friend. Seetha compels Rekha to live with them. Seetha has the blood cancer but she hides to her husband. When her husband and her friend know this news, they decide to go in U.S.A for the treatment but Tiger manages to kill Seetha and erases the proofs. Vijayakanth is now more determined to catch Tiger.

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer M. S. Viswanathan. The soundtrack, released in 1989, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Vaali and Pulamaipithan.