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Raj Tilak (1958 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Raj Tilak' is a 1958 Indian Hindi-language Ruritanian romance epic film written by the Gemini Studios story department, consisting of K. J. Mahadevan, C. Srinivasan and Kothamangalam Subbu, along with Ramanand Sagar, while the film was directed and produced by S. S. Vasan. The film features Gemini Ganeshan, Padmini, Vyjayanthimala in the lead roles, along with Pran, Gajanan Jagirdar, Bipin Gupta, Manmohan Krishna, Lalita Pawar, Durga Khote, Agha, Shammi forming an ensemble cast.
The screenplay was written by Ramanand Sagar, who had earlier worked with Vasan in 'Insaniyat'. The film was a remake of 1958 Tamil film 'Vanjikottai Valiban'.
Plot
Chandrashekhar (Gemini Ganeshan), shortly called Chandar, lives & works in a ship with his sister Savitri (C. R. Vijayakumari), they are raised by the ship captain. Now, Chandar becomes busy for Savitri's marriage & fixes in a decent family. Before marriage, Savitri is abducted by Senapati Durjay Singh (Pran); for saving her honour, she commits suicide in front of Chandar. Enraged Chandar vows to take revenge on Durjan, but captured by his goons & jailed in a fort, where he meets his long lost mother (Durga Khote). There he comes to know about his past as he is the son of Mangalsen (Gajanan Jagirdar), who was the faithful Chief Minister of Maharaja Vikram Singh (Bipin Gupta), who was killed by none other than Durjay; to save the Prince & Princess, Mangalsen took them with him, on the other side his wife took their son & daughter for running away by boats, however, Mangalsen managed to escape while his wife failed & captured by Durjay's goons, leaving her children on the boat, in this way, they became separated from their parents. Now, Chandar hits upon a plan for meeting his father as well as taking revenge on Durjay. However, his mother dies in the jail & Chandar manages to escape, ends up to be in a ship, which reaches him to the arrogant Princess Mandakini (Vyjayanthimala), who wants Chandar as her slave for lifetime. On the other side, Mangalsen, who now becomes Sardar & trains the villagers, along with Princess Padma (Padmini) & Prince (Romi), for fighting against the evils. Will Chandar ever meet with his father? Could he take revenge on Durjay & save the kingdom from the traitors?
Cast
* Gemini Ganeshan as Chandrashekhar "Chandar"
* Padmini as Princess Padma
* Vyjayanthimala as Princess Mandakini
* Pran as Senapati Durjay Singh
* Gajanan Jagirdar as Sardar Mangalsen
* Durga Khote as Mangalsen's Wife
* Bipin Gupta as Maharaja Vikram Singh
* Manmohan Krishna as Madhav
* Lalita Pawar as Alka
* Romi as Prince
* Agha as Govind
* Shammi as Govind's Wife
* Kumar as Ship Captain
* C. R. Vijayakumari as Savitri
* Meenakshi as Maharani
* T. K. Ramachandran as Gajpal
Soundtrack
The music was composed by C. Ramchandra and the lyrics were written by P. L. Santoshi.
Inspirations and remakes
The film was a remake of 1958 Tamil film 'Vanjikottai Valiban', which also directed by S. S. Vasan with Gemini Ganeshan, Vyjayanthimala and Padmini. The film itself was inspired by the 1844 novel 'The Count of Monte Cristo' by Alexandre Dumas.
References
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