Valeba Raja

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• Sethu as Karthik
• Santhanam as Dr. Raja (Valeba Raja)
• Nushrat Bharucha as Sweety
• Vishakha Singh as Shaalu
• Jayaprakash as Ramachandran
• Sriranjani as Durga, Karthik's mother (Amma)
• VTV Ganesh as Prabhakaran Sethji, Sweety's father
• Devadarshini as Devadarshini (Devi)
• Chitra Lakshmanan as Chitra Lakshmanan
• Neelima Rani as Chithra Kala
• Subbu Panchu as Pathmanaban (Pathu / Dulquer)
• Rajendran as Ragendra
• Meera Krishnan as Chithra Lakshmi
• Pandu as Traffic Police
• Pattimandram Raja as Astrologer
• Baby Mithra as Mithra (Mithu)
• Jangiri Madhumitha as Raja's assistant
• Mahanadhi Shankar as Raja's interviewer
• Bonda Mani
• Agavamma
• Kanal Kannan as Romantic Kannan (guest appearance)
• Ashvin Raja in a guest appearance
• Srinivasan in a guest appearance

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In June 2013, it was announced that several members from the cast of the successful 2013 comedy film, Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya, would collaborate again for another comedy film to be directed by Sai Gokul Ramnath, who had previously made the unreleased horror film Shivani. Sethu was signed to play the lead role, with Vishakha Singh as the lead actress, while Santhanam also agreed to feature in the film as a psychiatrist.{{Cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/Laddu-cast-in-Vaaliba-Raja/2013/06/13/article1631821.ece|title='Laddu' cast in Vaaliba Raja|newspaper=The New Indian Express|date=13 June 2013|access-date=2020-12-14|archive-date=24 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124094834/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/Laddu-cast-in-Vaaliba-Raja/2013/06/13/article1631821.ece|url-status=dead}} The film continued to shoot through 2013, with Hindi actress Nushrat Bharucha brought in during mid 2013 to portray another heroine in the film.{{Cite news|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/santhanam-is-vaaliba-raja-news-tamil-nkqkdNdaeaisi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124153410/http://www.sify.com/movies/santhanam-is-vaaliba-raja-news-tamil-nkqkdNdaeaisi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 November 2015|title=Santhanam is 'Vaaliba Raja'!|work=Sify|access-date=2017-05-04|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/nushrat-bharucha-debuts-in-tamil-cinema-news-national-nixtumfebhesi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124164939/http://www.sify.com/movies/nushrat-bharucha-debuts-in-tamil-cinema-news-national-nixtumfebhesi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-11-24|title=Nushrat Bharucha debuts in Tamil cinema|work=Sify|access-date=2017-05-04|language=en}} The film was completed in early 2014, and the director revealed that the makers were targeting to release the film in May 2014, but the release was subsequently postponed.{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/comedy-is-central/article5893293.ece|title=Comedy is central|last=IANS|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-05-04|language=en|archive-date=8 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008014156/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/comedy-is-central/article5893293.ece|url-status=live}}

Soundtrack was composed by Radhan. The team held an audio launch event in June 2014, with Kamal Haasan attending as the chief guest.{{Cite news|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/kamal-haasan-upset-with-santhanam-news-tamil-og2kn2dfjjdee.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628173545/http://www.sify.com/movies/kamal-haasan-upset-with-santhanam-news-tamil-og2kn2dfjjdee.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 June 2014|title=Kamal Haasan upset with Santhanam?|work=Sify|access-date=2017-05-04|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/kamal-haasan-to-unveil-valiba-raja-music/article6136469.ece|title=Kamal Haasan to unveil 'Valiba Raja' music|last=IANS|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-05-04|language=en|archive-date=25 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625155448/http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/kamal-haasan-to-unveil-valiba-raja-music/article6136469.ece|url-status=live}} The soundtrack received mixed reviews.{{Cite web|url=http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/valeba-raja/valeba-raja-songs-review.html|title=Valeba Raja (aka) Vaaliba Raja songs review|website=behindwoods.com|access-date=2017-05-04|archive-date=5 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605032545/http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/valeba-raja/valeba-raja-songs-review.html|url-status=live}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Valeba Raja

| type = Soundtrack

| artist = Radhan

| cover =

| alt =

| released = 2014

| recorded = 2014

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Feature film soundtrack

| length =

| language = Tamil

| label = Sony Music India

| producer = Radhan

| prev_title = Andala Rakshasi

| prev_year = 2012

| next_title = Yevade Subramanyam

| next_year = 2015

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Despite being completed in early 2014, the producers were keen that the film was released at a suitable time and the film remained complete but unreleased till late 2015, evading several announced release dates and at last it was scheduled to release on 27 November 2015. After that the booking was open for the movie on 1 January 2016, got postponed again. The film was finally released on 25 March 2016, thus being in the making for three years.{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/reallife-doctor-plays-patient/article7652751.ece|title=Real-life doctor plays patient|last=Ramanujam|first=Srinivasa|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-05-04|language=en|archive-date=8 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008014059/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/reallife-doctor-plays-patient/article7652751.ece|url-status=live}} The Times of India gave the film a rating of two-and-a-half out of five stars and stated that "It sounds fairly engaging, but these scenes are neither comic or dramatic and remain flat".{{Cite web |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-27/news-interviews/29478560_1_carrom-film-aishwarya|title=Valeba Review {2.5/5}: Critic Review of Valeba Raja by The Times of India|website=Times of India|first=M.|last=Suganth|date=25 March 2016|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201094654/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/Valeba-Raja/movie-review/51563797.cms|archive-date=1 February 2017}} A critic from The Hindu stated that "There’s only one thing worse than an unfunny film. It’s an unfunny film that thinks it’s funny".{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/Valeba-Raja-King-of-bad-times/article14176381.ece|title=Valeba Raja: King of bad times|first=Sudhir|last=Srinivasan|newspaper=The Hindu|date=26 March 2016|via=www.thehindu.com|access-date=8 October 2020|archive-date=15 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015182744/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/Valeba-Raja-King-of-bad-times/article14176381.ece|url-status=live}} Sify wrote that "Technically, the production value is below par and even the visual quality lacks the grandeur. Enough said, now you can decide whether to watch the movie or not".{{Cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/valeba-raja-review-avoidable-review-tamil-qd0q3Tbhhajjj.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326224653/http://www.sify.com/movies/valeba-raja-review-avoidable-review-Tamil-qd0q3Tbhhajjj.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 March 2016|title=Valeba Raja review: Avoidable|website=Sify}}

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