Dance Raja Dance

Dance Raja Dance
Directed by	Dwarakish
Written by	Dwarakish
Produced by	Dwarakish
Starring	Vinod Raj Divya Srinath Devaraj
Cinematography	R. Deviprasad
Edited by	Gowtham Raju
Music by	Vijayanand
Production company	Dwarakish Chitra
Release date	August 31, 1987 (1987-08-31)
Running time	134 min
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Dance Raja Dance is a 1987 Indian Kannada-language dance film, directed and produced by Dwarakish for his Dwarakish Chitra banner. The film stars newcomers Vinod Raj, Divya and Sangeetha.

Cast

• Vinod Raj
• Divya
• Srinath
• Devaraj

Production

For this movie, the climax was shot by helicopter, apart from that they used five cameras to shoot this climax scene. Actually it was Dwarakish's dream to shoot in Mysore from an aerial angle. He dropped that idea due to a financial crisis. But the then Chief minister Ramakrishna Hegde learned of this dream and he helped Dwarakish to do so. He called his minister Siddaramaiah to go to Mysore with a helicopter. He went with the helicopter and told Dwarakish to utilize the helicopter.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Vijaya Anand, with lyrics by Chi. Udaya Shankar and R. N. Jayagopal. Music director A. R. Rahman, who was Dilip then, had assisted Vijaya Anand on the keyboards. ^{[1] [2] [3]} Around 1988-1990 Telugu and Tamil versions of the film were released.

Kannada Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Dance Dance Raja Dance"	Chi. Udaya Shankar	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
2.	"Elli Neenu Alli Naanu"	R. N. Jayagopal	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki
3.	"Ee Namma Baale"	Chi. Udaya Shankar	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra
4.	"Om Namah Shivaya"	Chi. Udaya Shankarerai	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
5.	"Amma Amma"	Chi. Udaya Shankar	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
6.	"Naa Adalu"	R. N. Jayagopal	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

Telugu Track list ^[4]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Dance Raja"	Rajasri	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:17
2.	"Naa Naadithe"	Rajasri	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:17
3.	"Ningi Nainu"	Rajasri	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:45
4.	"Amma Amma"	Rajasri	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:59
5.	"Sangeetha Madhurim Naa"	Rajasri	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra	5:00
6.	"Om Namo"	Rajasri	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	6:05
Total length:				29:23

Release

The film released to positive response by critics and audience and the lead star Vinod Raj was lauded for his dancing skills.

Legacy

The song "Dance Dance Raja Dance" from this film was included in the popular video game Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories ^[5] along with few other Indian songs in a radio channel Radio Del Mundo.

References

1. "RAHMAN CYNOSURE AT 'GODFATHER'". Chitratara.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
2. ದ್ವಾರಕೀಶ್. "ವಿನೋದ್‌ರಾಜ್ ಮತ್ತು ಬೇಡರ ಕಣ್ಣಪ್ಪ". Prajavani (in Kannada). Archived from the original on 20 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
3. "Did you know: AR Rahman played keyboards for the Dance Raja Dance soundtrack". The Times of India . 6 December 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
4. "Dance Raja Dance (Telugu)". JioSaavn . 31 August 2014. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
5. "GTA Kannada song". YouTube . 18 February 2010. Archived from the original on 30 July 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.

External links

• Dance Raja Dance at IMDb