Roja (movie)

Roja is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller movie directed by Mani Ratnam. It stars Arvind Swamy and Madhoo in the lead roles. Notably, this is also the first film where the legendary A.R. Rahman composed the music. It was released on August 15, 1992, coinciding with Indian Independence Day and received positive reviews and became a blockbuster upon release. A.R. Rahman won awards for his debut as a music composer and best music direction. The movie itself won an award for best film. It was later dubbed into Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, and Marathi with the same name.

 Cast 

 Arvind Swamy as Rishi Kumar
 Madhubala as Roja
 Nassar as Colonel Rayappa
 Janagaraj as Achu Maharaj
 Pankaj Kapur as Liaqat
 Shiva Rindani as Wasim Khan
 Vaishnavi Aravind as Shenbagam
 C. K. Saraswathi as one of the village seniors
 Vijaya Chandrika as Roja's mother
 Sathyapriya as Rishi's mother
 Vatsala Rajagopal as Roja's paternal grandmother
 Sujitha as Chinna Ponnu
 S. V. Venkatraman as Chandramoorthy, Rishi Kumar's chief and RAW official
 Nirmala Periyasamy as Newsreader
 Rangammal
 Manikandan. G. as Liaqat's brother
 Padmini as Liaqat's sister
 Raju Sundaram (special appearance in the song "Rukmini")

Category:1990s Tamil movies
Category:Tamil-language movies
Category:1992 movies