They fail to recognize that Bellary Raja is none other than Rajamanikyam. But to their surprise, they find that control of all the assets of their father have been transferred to a cattle dealer in Bellary, known by the name of Bellary Raja, a billionaire. Witnessing the riots, Rathnam dies of a heart attack - sitting inside the police van - while being taken to the prison.Īfter his death the two siblings are summoned by the family lawyer to read out the provisions of Raja Rathnam's will. (The stone is pelted by the actual assailant). Amidst the chaos, a huge stone is pelted at Rathnam - severely injuring him. While taking Rathnam to the prison from the premises of the court, a wide scale altercation erupts - between Rathnam's supporters and the sycophants of the slained politician. As a result, Rathnam is arrested and remanded. Raja Rathnam is implicated in a sensitive political murder. Rajaselvam, aided by his childhood buddy Simon Nadar also notches up a plot to frame his own father in a murder case. Several years later, Raja Rathnam's two grown-up children, Raja Selvam and Rani Rathnam (Muthu Lakshmi's daughter), quarrel for their father's wealth. Muthu returns the favour duly, as when Raja Rathnam's son ends up killing one of the children of the village, he takes up the blame and leaves the village. Once Raja Rathnam realises the truth, he takes Muthu into his care, giving him love, affection and a new name, 'Rajamanikyam'.

On the night of the wedding, Muthu knocks at the door of Raja Rathnam Pillai, demanding that he be shown his mother. Unknown to him, Muthu Lakshmi already has a son, whom she calls Muthu. Following the demise of his first wife, he marries Muthu Lakshmi Ammal so that Raja Selvam, the child from his first marriage will not grow up without the love and care of a mother. In a village in Southern Kerala bordering Tamil Nadu lives a wealthy man named Raja Rathnam Pillai. The film was dubbed and released in Tamil with same name in 2007. Rajamanikyam was the highest grossing Malayalam movie until 2008.

The film was remade in Kannada as Bellary Naga (2009) with Vishnuvardhan in lead and in Bengali as Rajkumar with Prosenjit Chatterjee in the lead. It tells the story of Rajamanikyam aka Bellary Raja ( Mammootty), a Karnataka based illiterate billionaire who tries to unite his warring siblings. It stars Mammootty in the title role along with Rahman, Manoj K Jayan, Cochin Haneefa, Ranjith, Salim Kumar, Sai Kumar, Bheeman Raghu, Sindhu Menon, and Padmapriya in supporting roles. Rajamanikyam is a 2005 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film directed by Anwar Rasheed and written by T.

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