Raani Samyuktha

falls in love when he sees a portrait of princess . To insult him, her father Jayachandran installs his statue at the entrance to the palace hall where the (a ceremony to choose the bridegroom) by the princess is to take place. Getting wind of it, Prithvirajan rushes to the spot on a horse and carries away his sweetheart, while others present watch shocked and stunned. The story of and , a popular love story, had been filmed several times in Indian cinema. In 1942, it was made in Tamil, titled , with and A. Sakunthala starring. , the 1962 edition of the same story, was produced by A. C. Pillai, who was a small-time bank clerk. The music was composed by , while the lyrics were written by . was released on 14 January 1962, and performed averagely. Film historian wrote in 2015 that there was a talk among Ramachandran’s close friends that a misunderstanding arose between him and the producer and that somewhat affected his performance in the film.