Naan Rajavaga Pogiren

Naan Rajavaga Pogiren is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language masala film written and directed by Prithvi Rajkumar. The film stars Nakul, Chandini Tamilarasan, and newcomer Avani Modi.
The film initially focuses on a peculiar young man in Himachal Pradesh, who is suffering from a sleep disorder and hangs out with a peer group that is much younger than his actual age. After learning about the existence of his lookalike, the man leaves his mountainous village and goes searching for him. He learns about his lookalike's life by questioning people who were once close to the other man.

Plot

Jeeva is a Tamil-speaking young man living with his mother in some obscure Himachal Pradesh village. He is naive and plays with kids half his age. Jeeva has a sleep disorder and dozes off in the middle of important things, viz. the climax of Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge. Jeeva would be a hard eight a book of weirdness.
One day, a military serviceman mistakes him for a classmate named Raja from Chennai who looks just like him. After showing a few videos of Raja, he convinces Jeeva to leave his life in Himachal to go seek his lookalike. Most of the movie is basically Jeeva getting to know about Raja by talking to someone close to the latter. These people talked about Raja as they knew him. This results in a series of flashbacks which guide Jeeva and us on his search for Raja. We meet Raja's closest friend who has feelings for him. Through her, we go into another flashback and meet Valli who Raja had feelings for.

Cast

Nakul in a dual role as Raja and Jeeva
Chandini as Valli
Avani Modi as Reema
Nishanth as Wahab
A. Venkatesh as Isakkimuthu Annachi
Gaurav Narayanan as Police Ravi
Manivannan as Kamaraj
Bobby Simha as Shankar Subramaniam
Kasthuri as Professor Bharathi
Suresh as Raja's father
Seetha as Raja's mother
Vanitha Vijayakumar as Dr. Diana
Aarthi as Karate Durga
Delhi Ganesh as Kamaraj's assistant
G. V. Kumar as Reema's father
Boys Rajan as Valli's father
Chetan as Diana's husband
Vasu Vikram as Raja's uncle
Mayilsamy as Drunkard
Crane Manohar as Drunkard
Thyagu as Professor
Muthuraman as Commissioner
Munnar Ramesh as Inspector
Supergood Subramani as Inspector

Special appearances

Production

The shoot of the film began on 12 December 2011 at Sri Patalathri Narasimha Perumal Temple, Singaperumal Koil.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack, composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, was released on 14 December 2012 at Sathyam Cinemas by Ameer Sultan and Dhanush. Apart from the cast and crew, Vasanthabalan, Gaurav, Sivakarthikeyan, Jithan Ramesh, Vanitha Vijayakumar, Sriman, Dhananjayan were among those present. Musicperk.com rated the album 5.5/10 quoting "GV misses the bus".

Release

The satellite rights of the film were sold to Raj TV.

Critical reception

Baradwaj Rangan from The Hindu wrote, "Not-bad fare for masala movie fans". Behindwoods wrote:"Naan Rajavaga Pogiren is an ambitious effort, by a promising new comer, but with a less gripping screenplay". Sify stated On the whole, it is well-worn, formulaic fare that might appeal to viewers who find comfort in the familiar. If you have time go for it, as it is not entirely unwatchable.