Ranadheera was the highest-grossing Kannada film of 1988 and Khushbu also gained popularity in Karnataka through this film. Amitabh Bachchan was the chief guest at the event held to mark the film's 25 week run at the box office.[2]
Plot
Ranadheera, one of the henchmen of a crime boss, Basha, kidnaps Radha, the daughter of retired IG Jagannath, as Jagannath is the witness to the crimes committed by Basha. Radha earlier assumed that Ranadheera is a police officer, but later learns the truth. Radha and Ranadheera soon fall for each other, where Ranadheera, transformed by true love, surrenders to the police and gets imprisoned for two years.
Radha returns home, where she tells her brother Inspector Anand about Ranadheera. To prevent Radha from marrying someone else, Anand calls his friend Jimmy to pretend that Radha and Jimmy love each other. Jimmy misunderstands the situation and falls in love with Radha. Ranadheera gets released from prison and starts working in a garage in order to reform himself. Despite this, Jagannath kicks Ranadheera out of his life and decides to get Radha married to Jimmy.
However, Anand finds out that Jimmy is a drug smuggler and informs Jagannath, who cancels the marriage. Basha escapes from prison, he and Jimmy sets out to exact revenge against Jagannath and Ranadheera. They kidnap Radha, Jagannath and Ranadheera's friends and bring them to their ship. Ranadheera and a disguised Anand arrive to rescue them; Ranadheera kills Jimmy and Pasha. In the aftermath, Jagannath lets Radha reunite with Ranadheera.
↑ Shruti Indira Lakshminarayana. "Best of Karnataka". Filmi Escapes in Karnataka(PDF). Lonely Planet. p.23. Archived(PDF) from the original on 18 March 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
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