Raghava (film)

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Raghava
Raghava film poster.jpg
Official poster
Directed byY. Nageswara Rao
Written by Satish Vegesna (dialogue)
Screenplay byY. Nageswara Rao
Produced byL. B. Reddy
Suresh
Starring
CinematographyPoorna
Music by Shashi Preetam
Release date
  • 1 February 2002 (2002-02-01)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Raghava is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Y. Nageswara Rao and starring Suresh and Rajasree. The film was a box office failure. [1]

Contents

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Shashi Preetam.

Raghava
Soundtrack album by
Released2001
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length20:53
LanguageTelugu
Label Lahari Music
Shashi Preetam chronology
Hands Up!
(2000)
Raghava
(2001)
Aamdani Atthanni Kharcha Rupaiya
(2001)
External audio
Nuvola apps arts.svg Raghava – Jukebox on YouTube
Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Nuvve Nuvve"Sahithi Shashi Preetam, Mano, Usha 4:30
2."Prema Prema" Bhuvana Chandra Mano, Swarnalatha 4:47
3."Vamshoddara Vennela"VijayadityaMano, Usha3:14
4."Maina Maina"Vijayaditya Kousalya, Sashi Preetam, Vijayaditya3:57
5."Nuvve Nuvve (Pathos)"VijayadityaSwarnalatha, Sashi Preetam4:25
Total length:20:53

Reception

Jeevi of Idlebrain.com wrote that "Raghava is a badly made film with uninspiring story and direction". [2] Gudipoodi Srihari of The Hindu wrote that "The film, with a focus on the faction fights in Rayalaseema, is rather disappointing". [3]

A critic from Full Hyderabad wrote that "The film is nothing but an unabashed excuse to make money using what Tollywood considers the flavor of the season". [4] Griddaluru Gopalrao of Zamin Ryot also a gave a negative review for the film, writing the film had a poor storyline and the director failed to handle the film's conflict properly. [5]

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References

  1. Sunil, Sreya; Jeevi. "Tollywood in the first half of 2002".
  2. Jeevi (1 February 2002). "Telugu Cinema - Review - Raghava". Idlebrain.com .
  3. Srihari, Gudipoodi (1 February 2002). "Movie review - Raghava". The Hindu .
  4. "Raghava Review". Full Hyderabad. 1 February 2002.
  5. Gopalrao, Giddaluru (15 February 2002). "రాఘవ అఘోరిస్తున్నాడు" [Raghava is lamenting](PDF) (in Telugu). pp. 9, 11.