Ranganayaka

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Ranganayaka
Directed by Guruprasad
Written byGuruprasad
Produced byVikyath
Starring
Music by Anoop Seelin
Production
company
Vikyath Chithra
Release date
  • 8 March 2024 (2024-03-08)
Running time
121 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Ranganayaka is a 2024 Indian Kannada language political satire film directed by Guruprasad. The film stars himself, Jaggesh and Rachitha Mahalakshmi in lead roles. The film revolves around a filmmaker who learns about his past life in which he attempted to make first ever Kannada film. [1]

Contents

Ranganayaka was released on 8 March 2024. [2] The film opened with negative reviews from critics as well as audience. [3]

Cast

Production

Soundtrack

Release

The film was released on 8 March 2024. [2]

Reception

[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]


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