Madha Gaja Raja

Name: Madha Gaja Raja
Director: Sundar C
Genre: Action
Released: 2025-01-12
Rating: 2.5
Cast: Vishal, Santhanam, Anjali, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar

Directed by Sundar C

TezScore50/100 Mixed Early coverage · 1 scored of 1 Indian-media review How TezScore works IMDb 7/10

155 min 12 Jan 2025

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Synopsis

Madha Gaja Raja

The film starts with a relay race between two group of students. Teacher Dhandapani's team wins the race, but not without some foul play. Several years later, in Chinna Anaikatti, Madha Gaja Raja assumes his father Inspector Srinivasan's responsibility to protect Theekuchi Thirumugam and his daughter Madhavi from thugs hired by Shanmugapandi and citing safety Raja makes them stay at his residence. Raja and Madhavi fall in love, but Srinivasan insults Thirumugam. Angered, Madhavi and Thirumugam leave the village when Raja is away. Kalyanasundaram, owner of Goodbye Travels, is facing marital issues as his wife, Gayathri, influenced by her mother, is seeking divorce, citing Kalyanasundaram's failure to disclose his mortuary van service business before marriage. Kalyanasundaram invites both women to attend his school teacher's daughter's wedding. En route, they meet Shanmugam, Ramesh (a sub-collector) and Raja – the winning team from the relay race. Maya is Ramesh's sister-in-law who seems to like Raja. Dhandapani is thrilled to reunite with his estranged brother-in-law Pedha Perumal, by accepting his son as the groom for his daughter, who is actually in love with her cousin. Raja convinces Dhandapani to allow his daughter to marry her cousin and also fights off Pedha Perumal's son who tries to stop the wedding. Raja and his friend Dickey David and stage a play to help reconcile Kalyanasundaram with Gayathri.

Director: Sundar C
Release: 12 Jan 2025
Run time: 155 min
Language: Tamil

Cast & crew

Vishal Cast

Santhanam Cast

Anjali Cast

Varalaxmi Sarathkumar Cast

Sundar C Director VE Venkat Raghavan Writer A. A. C. Shanmugam Producer RI Richard M. Nathan Cinematographer PR Praveen K. L. Editor N. N. B. Srikanth Editor

Vijay Antony Composer

Reviews

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Mixed

The available source-linked Indian-media review for Madha Gaja Raja is mixed. The scored review is 50/100.

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The Indian Express Avinash Ramachandran

★★★★★ ★★★★★ 2.5/5 2025-01-12

And these portions sag a lot mainly because the narrative is so flimsy that we can’t wait for the action sequences to be over, and wait for Santhanam and Co to return. But till that happens, we have to see Raja and Vishwanath clashing against each other in a battle of wits that is not too clever, but is so fast-paced that we don’t really have time to sit and think of the archaic nature of this battle. And it is clear that the makers knew it too, and that’s why they bring back Santhanam, and he takes care of the rest. The laughs keep on coming, and it is a terrific mix of nostalgia and wistful thinking that makes us throw our weights behind Madha Gaja Raja.

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