Raju Kannada Medium

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Raju Kannada Medium
Raju Kannada Medium Release Poster.jpg
Poster
Directed byNaresh Kumar
Written byNaresh Kumar
Produced byK. A. Suresh
Starring Gurunandan
Avantika Shetty
Sudeepa
Cinematography Shekar Chandra
Edited byGiri Mahesh
Music byKiran Ravindranath
Production
company
Suresh Arts
Release date
  • 19 January 2018 (2018-01-19)
Running time
132 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Raju Kannada Medium is an Indian Kannada language romantic comedy film written and directed by Naresh Kumar. [1] It features Gurunandan and Avantika Shetty in the lead roles. [2] [3] Achyuth Kumar, Suchendra Prasad, Sadhu Kokila and the Russian model Angelina Desedina play the supporting roles. [4] The score and soundtrack for the film is by Kiran Ravindranath and the cinematography is by Shekhar Chandra.

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The film was earlier titled as Raju Rangitaranga owing to the combination of the lead pair who found success with their earlier films 1st Rank Raju and RangiTaranga respectively. [5] The project marks the second collaboration of director Naresh Kumar, actor Gurunandan, and music director Kiran Ravindranath after their previous successful film 1st Rank Raju. The principal photography started in July 2016 in Bangalore. The filming is also held at Ooty. The film was released on 19 January 2018

Cast

Soundtrack

Raju Kannada Medium
Soundtrack album by
Kiran Ravindranath
Released2017
Recorded2017
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length19:41
Language Kannada
Label Ananda Audio
Producer Kiran Ravindranath

The film's background score and the soundtracks are composed by Kiran Ravindranath. The music rights were acquired by Ananda Audio.

Track-List
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Kodeyondara Adiyalli"Hrudaya Shiva Sonu Nigam 3:24
2."Seeda Saada"Hrudaya ShivaRap Smokey, Tippu 2:58
3."Nentru Bartarey"Chandan Shetty Chandan Shetty 2:46
4."Kannerali"Hrudaya Shiva Anuradha Bhat, Vijay Prakash 3:43
5."Ekangi Haadinali"Hrudaya ShivaSonu Nigam3:04
6."Marula Neenu"Jayanth kaikini Shreya Ghoshal 3:46
Total length:19:41

Release

The film released on 19 January 2018. [6]

Critical reception

Movie has got mixed review from the movie Critics. Sunayana Suresh of The Times of India  scored the film at 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote The film has some good cinematography. The songs too are catchy. One wishes the film could have utilized the same better. Sudeep's cameo is quite crucial plot, but the filmmaker has chosen to add a lot of extra twists. [7] Manoj Kumar R of The Indian Express gave the film a rating of 2.5/5 and wrote The film could have been much better if only Naresh had the will to swim against the tide. [8] S Sivaraman of The Hindu stated Raju Kannada Medium is a huge flop. The director simply doesn’t know how to take the rudderless plot forward. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Raju Kannada medium, FRR Naresh back". Simply cinema.in. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Avantika's next with Gurunandan titled 'Raju Rangitaranga'". News Karnataka. 18 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Ashika Ranganath joins Raju Kannada Medium". The Times of India. 13 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Russian model debuts in Gurunandan-starrer Raju Kannada medium". The New Indian Express. 4 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Gurunandan's New Film Titled Raju Rangitaranga". Chitraloka. 18 July 2017.
  6. ↑ Vedant, Reporter (1 January 2018). ""Raju Kannada Medium" to release on Jan 19". News Karnataka. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  7. ↑ Sunayana, Suresh (19 January 2018). "RAJU KANNADA MEDIUM MOVIE REVIEW". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  8. ↑ Manoj, Kumar R (20 January 2018). "Raju Kannada Medium movie review: Gurunandan and Sudeep starrer is entertaining". The Indian Express . Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
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