Rajakumarudu

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Rajakumarudu
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Poster
Directed by K. Raghavendra Rao
Written by Paruchuri Brothers (Dialogues)
Screenplay bySatyanand
Produced by C. Aswani Dutt
Starring Mahesh Babu
Preity Zinta
Cinematography Ajayan Vincent
Edited by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music by Mani Sharma
Production
company
Release date
  • 30 July 1999 (1999-07-30)
Running time
162 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Rajakumarudu (translated in promotional material as The Prince) is a 1999 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. It stars Mahesh Babu and Preity Zinta. The film was produced by C. Aswani Dutt under the Vyjayanthi Movies banner. Krishna made a guest appearance. The music was composed by Mani Sharma. The film was released on 30 July 1999. [1]

Contents

Rajakumarudu is debut film of Mahesh Babu in a lead role after previous roles as a child actor. The film received positive reviews and was commercially successful. [2] [3] The film won two Nandi Awards.

Plot

Raj Kumar goes on a holiday to Khandala and stays with his uncle Dhananjay. He comes across Rani and falls for her. However, he ends up teasing her and she begins to despise him. She is determined to avoid him, but he won't leave her alone. Raj Kumar saves Rani from some thugs, and she is impressed. After spending some time together, she begins to like him and eventually love him.

Unfortunately his uncle has made other plans for him. He reveals the past of the hero's parents and his family. He mentions the challenge that he made with his in-laws to get the hero married to his daughter. Complying to this, the hero informs the heroine that their relationship needs to end there.

Going with his uncle to the village for his uncle's daughter, to his joy he sees that it's none other than Rani.

The rest of the movie revolves around the plot that is woven by him and his uncle to gain the heroine's hand and re-uniting the uncle with his family. This is done in a fun, comical way.

Cast

Soundtrack

Rajakumarudu
Soundtrack album by
Mani Sharma
Released1999
Recorded1999
Genre Soundtrack
Length30:33
Label Supreme Music (Telugu)
Aditya Music (Telugu)
Saregama (Hindi)
Producer Mani Sharma
Mani Sharma chronology
Iddaru Mitrulu
(1999)		Rajakumarudu
(1999)		 Seenu
(1999)

Music was composed by Mani Sharma.

Original Tracklist
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Godari Gattupaina" Chandrabose Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy 5:05
2."Enduke Praayamu" Veturi S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra 5:07
3."Rama Sakkanodamma" Suddala Ashok Teja Sukhwinder Singh, Chitra5:41
4."Indurudo Chandurudo"VeturiS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra4:34
5."Eppudeppudu"VeturiS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sujatha 4:50
6."Bollywood Balaraju"Veturi Shankar Mahadevan 5:15
Total length:30:33

All lyrics are written by Ravinder Rawal and Dev Kohli

Hindi Tracklist
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Ganga Ke Ek Kinare" Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy 5:05
2."Sharmane Lagi" Kumar Sanu, Anuradha Paudwal 5:07
3."Munda Pataka" Sukhwinder Singh, Jaspinder Narula 5:41
4."Ab Tu Meri" Vinod Rathod, Krishna Kumar, Poornima 4:34
5."Pyar Kar Shuru" Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan 4:50
6."Aashiq Hai Naam Dosto"Sonu Nigam5:15
Total length:30:33
Tamil Tracklist [5]
No.TitleLength
1."Karkandu Kannam"5:05
2."Nenjile Poo Poothathu"5:07
3."Rammanoda"5:41
4."Anthiriyil"4:34
5."Yeppa Ippadi"4:50
6."Pattukul"5:15
Total length:30:33

Release and reception

Rajakumarudu released with 78 prints in 116 screens. [2] Jeevi of Idlebrain.com wrote that "There are some excellent scenes in the second half that will make us realize how good is Mahesh at comedy. He is got perfect timing. He will the force to reckon with in the future". [4] Griddaluru Gopalrao of Zamin Ryot wrote that "All old stuff. There is not a single interesting new thing thing so it turns out to be an ordinary film" and added that "the dialogues of Paruchuri brothers were hilarious". [6]

Box-office

The film had a 50-day run in 80 centres and a 100-day run in 44 centres. Raja Kumarudu collected a share of ₹10.51 crore from Andhra Pradesh. It was dubbed in Hindi as Prince No. 1 and in Tamil as Kaadhal Vennila. The film was again dubbed and released theatrically in Tamil during January 2017 as Ivan Oru Thunichalkaran. [7]

Awards

Nandi Awards [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "19 years of 'Rajakumarudu': Here's a look at some interesting facts about the film". The Times of India.
  2. 1 2 "Box-Office Records And Collections – Maheshbabu's Debut Film Rajakumarudu". CineGoer.com. 4 September 2007. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Interview with Krishna Vamsi Part – II by Jeevi". Idlebrain.com . 13 February 2003. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2022. Mahesh Babu's first film 'Raja Kumarudu' was a hit. His subsequent films Yuvaraju and Vamsee are flops.
  4. 1 2 Jeevi (30 July 1999). "Rajakumarudu - A review". Idlebrain.com . Archived from the original on 3 December 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  5. ↑ Raaga.com. "Kadhal Vennila Songs Download, Kadhal Vennila Tamil MP3 Songs, Raaga.com Tamil Songs". www.raaga.com. Archived from the original on 4 July 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  6. ↑ Gopalrao, Griddaluru. "రాజకుమారుడుగా "మహేష్ బాబు" హవా" [Mahesh Babu as The Prince](PDF). Zamin Ryot (in Telugu). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "Ivan Oru ThunichalKaran || இவண் ஒரு துணிச்சல்காரன்" (in Tamil). 28 January 2017. Archived from the original on 28 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)](PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)
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