Rajadhani (2011 film)

Rajadhani
Rajadhani
Soundtrack album by Arjun Janya
Released	2011
Recorded	2011
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	24:39
Language	Kannada
Arjun Janya chronology
Official audio
	Rajadhani - Full Album on YouTube

Rajadhani
Rajadhani
	Film poster
Directed by	Sowmya Sathyan N. R.
Screenplay by	Pavan Ranadheera
Story by	K. V. Raju
Produced by	Sowmya Sathyan N. R.
Starring	Yash; Chetan Chandra; Prakash Raj; Sheena Shahabadi; Umashree
Cinematography	H. C. Venugopal
Edited by	K. M. Prakash
Music by	Arjun Janya
Production; company	Sri Deviramma Enterprises
Distributed by	Nishkala Enterprises
Release date	3 June 2011;
Running time	133 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Rajadhani (Kannada: ರಾಜಧಾನಿ) is a 2011 Indian Kannada action crime film directed by debutante Sowmya Sathyan N. R., starring Yash, Prakash Raj, Chetan Chandra, Sathya It also stars Umashree and Sheena Shahabadi, a Mumbai-based model-turned-actress.^[1]

This movie is one of the underrated movies of Yash's career. The movie highlights how youths tend to lose their way in society due to wrong parenting and support of corrupt government officials. As a consequence, their contribution to society becomes negative.

Plot

Raja, Jaggi, Dhamu, Nithya and Vinay are unemployed and good for nothing. All of them belong to a middle and lower middle class family. Yet nobody seems to take up their family's responsibility. One day, all of them get into a petty fight and Inspector Ajay takes them to his custody. This is seen by Soumya, Raja's lover who was coming to his house with her father to discuss their marriage. She immediately tells her father to return home.

One day, contractor Manohar meets them in a bar and offers them a contract of Rupees 50,00,000 to kill Benki Mahadeva. Except Vinay, the rest kill Benki Mahadeva. Upon knowing that Mahadeva is a big rowdy of Bangalore, with the help of Bhatta, all of them apply for a bail. Being money driven and gaining some political support, slowly they commit more and more crimes.

Later we find Soumya being happily married to someone. In due course Jaggi and Nithya die when being attacked by their opposite gang. In the end it is revealed that Vinay joined Raja's gang as a secret informant of Ajay. Ajay shoots both Raja and Dhamu. Their families refuse to identify them as their sons owing to the humiliation and problem they have caused to them.

Cast

Yash as Raja
Prakash Raj as Inspector Ajay
Sheena Shahabadi as Soumya
Chetan Chandra as Chetan
Sathya as Jaggu
Ravi Teja as Dhamu
Sandeep as Nithya
Raju Talikote as Ravi
Rajendra Karanth
Umashree
Sharath Lohitashwa as ACP Manohar
Achyuth Kumar as Venkat
Vaijanath Biradar as Sairam
G. K. Govinda Raj
Lakshman as Benki Mahadeva
Ramesh Pandit
Sunetra Pandit
Arun Sagar
Mumaith Khan as an item number

Music

Arjun Janya composed the soundtrack album and background score for the film. The full album was released on 8 March 2011.^[2]

Track listing
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Namma Appa"	Rahul Nambiar, Pavan Ranadheera, Harsha Sadananda	4:31
2.	"Midiva Ninna"	Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal	4:45
3.	"Tightu Tightu"	Mohammad Aslam, Pavan Ranadhheera, Sumanth	4:52
4.	"I Wanna Do It"	Kailash Kher	4:16
5.	"Tightu Tightu (remix)"	Mohammad Aslam, Pavan Ranadheera, Sumanth	4:00
6.	"Thottilu"	Arjun Janya	2:55
Total length:			24:39

The Hindi Version released in 2012. Produced by Raju Bahruz and all lyrics are written by Kishan Paliwal.

Tracklist (Hindi Version)
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Yeh Jeena Kaisa"	Roopesh	04:31
2.	"Meri Duniya"	Roopesh, Anta	04:51
3.	"Tight Tight"	Roopesh, Anita	04:53
4.	"I Wanna Do It"	Roopesh	04:16
5.	"Jaane Kyun"	Roopesh	02:56

Telugu Version Soundtrack released by Aditya Music in 2012.

All tracks are written by Sathya

Tracklist (Telugu Version)
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Amma Nanna Tidataru"	Rahul	04:31
2.	"Tightu Tightu"	Abhiram & Uma	04:50
3.	"Midisi Padda"	Abhiram & Uma	04:52
4.	"Puttukalu"	Abhiram	02:55
5.	"I Wanna Do It"	Abhiram & Uma	04:16
Total length:			21:40

Reception

Critical response

A critic from The Times of India scored the film at 3.5 out of 5 stars and says "Full marks to Yash for his spirited performance in action and emotional sequences. Sheena has very little to do. Prakash Rai as police officer is graceful. Sandeep, Ravitheja, Chethan Chandra and Sathya have done their best. H C Venua's cinematography is amazing, especially in the climax. Music by Arjun is okay".^[3] Shruti Indira Lakshminarayana from Rediff.com scored the film at 1.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Action sequences, especially the climax, were pitted as the highlight of the film. But the jump sequence in the climax definitely doesn't make you hold your breath. Songs by Arjun however pep up the film. In total, the film leaves you asking for more. What could have been a thrilling roller coaster ride ends up being a merry-go-round!".^[4] A critic from The New Indian Express wrote "Music director Arun has provided lilting tunes. Ramesh Bhat and Umasri have provided good support. The movie is worth watching by youth, especially those who avoid hard work, and parents who fail to warn their children".^[5] B S Srivani from Deccan Herald wrote "He is loud, tough and dances like a dream. Music director Arjun seems to be in competition with the hero - the tunes are robust.Raajadhani ‘tries’ to keep people from ruining themselves. But it is doubtful if it reaches today’s youth. Just like the ones in the film. A pity".^[6]

Box office

Rajadhani got a good opening and was a moderate success at the box office. The film's opening proved Yash's newly found fan following after the success of his previous film Modalasala.