Selfie Raja

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Selfie Raja
Directed byG. Eshwar Reddy
Screenplay by Diamond Ratnababu
Story byG. Eshwar Reddy
Produced byChalasani Rambrahmam Chowdary
Starring
Cinematography Loganathan Srinivasan
Edited byM. R. Varma
Music by Sai Karthik
Production
company
Gopi Movies
Distributed by Anil Sunkara
Release date
  • 15 July 2016 (2016-07-15)
Running time
126 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Selfie Raja is a 2016 Indian Telugu-language comedy film starring Allari Naresh, Sakshi Chaudhary, and Kanwa Ranawat. It is a remake of the Kannada film Victory (2013). [1] At the time of release, the film proved to be the highest-grossing film for Allari Naresh. [2] The film made 1.3 crs in the Nizam region. [2]

Contents

Cast

Production

Sakshi Chaudhary was cast opposite Allari Naresh for the second time after James Bond (2015). [5] Newcomer Kanwa Ranawat was signed to play one of the lead actresses. [6]

Soundtrack

Release

Sify wrote that "Despite no proper script, Selfie Raja offers some laughs in the first half, but the movie meanders into a mess post interval. Except for few scattered laughs and spoofs, the second half is bore". [7] The Times of India gave the film a rating of two-and-a-half out of five stars and noted that "Cut to 2016, four years after the release of one of his best films, Sudigadu (2012). Naresh is still making films. But sadly, he hasn't been able to deliver anything with punch and yet again, Selfie Raja just adds to that dull streak of his career". [3] The Hindu stated that "Selfie Raja by Eshwar Reddy looks like a movie made in a hurry, inspired by a selfie concept". [8]

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