Raghava is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Y. Nageswara Rao and starring Suresh and Rajasree. The film was a box office failure.[1]
| Raghava | |
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 Official poster | |
| Directed by | Y. Nageswara Rao |
| Written by | Satish Vegesna (dialogue) |
| Screenplay by | Y. Nageswara Rao |
| Produced by | L. B. Reddy Suresh |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Poorna |
| Music by | Shashi Preetam |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Cast
edit- Suresh as Raghava Reddy
- Rajasree as Anjali
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as Lakshma Reddy
- Ranganath as Veera Reddy
- Brahmanandam
- M. S. Narayana
- Chalapati Rao
- Ranganath
- Sudhakar
- Ali
- Mallikarjuna Rao
- G. V. Sudhakar Naidu
- Jeeva
- Gautam Raju
- Suma Kanakala
- Ramyasri
- Padmajayanthi
- Sudeepa Pinky
Soundtrack
editThe soundtrack was composed by Shashi Preetam.
| Raghava | |||||
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| Soundtrack album by | |||||
| Released | 2001 | ||||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | ||||
| Length | 20:53 | ||||
| Language | Telugu | ||||
| Label | Lahari Music | ||||
| Shashi Preetam chronology | |||||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Nuvve Nuvve" | Sahithi | Shashi Preetam, Mano, Usha | 4:30 |
| 2. | "Prema Prema" | Bhuvana Chandra | Mano, Swarnalatha | 4:47 |
| 3. | "Vamshoddara Vennela" | Vijayaditya | Mano, Usha | 3:14 |
| 4. | "Maina Maina" | Vijayaditya | Kousalya, Sashi Preetam, Vijayaditya | 3:57 |
| 5. | "Nuvve Nuvve (Pathos)" | Vijayaditya | Swarnalatha, Sashi Preetam | 4:25 |
| Total length: | 20:53 | |||
Reception
editJeevi of Idlebrain.com wrote that "Raghava is a badly made film with uninspiring story and direction".[2] Gudipoodi Srihari of The Hindu wrote that "The film, with a focus on the faction fights in Rayalaseema, is rather disappointing".[3]
A critic from Full Hyderabad wrote that "The film is nothing but an unabashed excuse to make money using what Tollywood considers the flavor of the season".[4] Griddaluru Gopalrao of Zamin Ryot also a gave a negative review for the film, writing the film had a poor storyline and the director failed to handle the film's conflict properly.[5]
References
edit- ^ Sunil, Sreya; Jeevi. "Tollywood in the first half of 2002".
- ^ Jeevi (1 February 2002). "Telugu Cinema - Review - Raghava". Idlebrain.com.
- ^ Srihari, Gudipoodi (1 February 2002). "Movie review - Raghava". The Hindu.
- ^ "Raghava Review". Full Hyderabad. 1 February 2002.
- ^ Gopalrao, Giddaluru (15 February 2002). "రాఘవ అఘోరిస్తున్నాడు" [Raghava is lamenting] (PDF) (in Telugu). pp. 9, 11.
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