Raju Kannada Medium is a 2018 Indian Kannada language romantic comedy film written and directed by Naresh Kumar.[1] It features Gurunandan and Avantika Shetty in the lead roles.[2][3] Achyuth Kumar, Suchendra Prasad, Sadhu Kokila and the Russian model Angelina Desedina play the supporting roles.[4] The score and soundtrack for the film is by Kiran Ravindranath and the cinematography is by Shekhar Chandra.
| Raju Kannada Medium | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Naresh Kumar |
| Written by | Naresh Kumar |
| Produced by | K. A. Suresh |
| Starring | Gurunandan Avantika Shetty Sudeepa |
| Cinematography | Shekar Chandra |
| Edited by | Giri Mahesh |
| Music by | Kiran Ravindranath |
Production company | Suresh Arts |
Release date |
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Running time | 132 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
The film was earlier titled as Raju Rangitaranga owing to the combination of the lead pair who found success with their earlier films 1st Rank Raju and RangiTaranga respectively.[5] The project marks the second collaboration of director Naresh Kumar, actor Gurunandan, and music director Kiran Ravindranath after their previous successful film 1st Rank Raju. The principal photography started in July 2016 in Bangalore. The filming is also held at Ooty. The film was released on 19 January 2018
Cast
edit- Gurunandan as Raju
- Avantika Shetty as Nisha
- Sudeepa as Deepak Chakravarthy, extended cameo appearance
- Ashika Ranganath as vidya
- Achyuth Kumar
- Suchendra Prasad
- Sadhu Kokila
- Vinayak Joshi
- Angelina Desedina
- Chandana Raghavendra
- Kuri Prathap
- Pratham in a guest appearance
- Kirik Keerthi in a guest appearance
- Chandan Shetty in a guest appearance
- Om Prakash Rao in a guest appearance
Soundtrack
edit| Raju Kannada Medium | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Kiran Ravindranath | |
| Released | 2017 |
| Recorded | 2017 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length | 19:41 |
| Language | Kannada |
| Label | Ananda Audio |
| Producer | Kiran Ravindranath |
The film's background score and the soundtracks are composed by Kiran Ravindranath. The music rights were acquired by Ananda Audio.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Kodeyondara Adiyalli" | Hrudaya Shiva | Sonu Nigam | 3:24 |
| 2. | "Seeda Saada" | Hrudaya Shiva | Rap Smokey, Tippu | 2:58 |
| 3. | "Nentru Bartarey" | Chandan Shetty | Chandan Shetty | 2:46 |
| 4. | "Kannerali" | Hrudaya Shiva | Anuradha Bhat, Vijay Prakash | 3:43 |
| 5. | "Ekangi Haadinali" | Hrudaya Shiva | Sonu Nigam | 3:04 |
| 6. | "Marula Neenu" | Jayanth kaikini | Shreya Ghoshal | 3:46 |
| Total length: | 19:41 | |||
Release
editThe film released on 19 January 2018.[6]
Critical reception
editMovie has got mixed review from the movie Critics. Sunayana Suresh of The Times of India scored the film at 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote The film has some good cinematography. The songs too are catchy. One wishes the film could have utilized the same better. Sudeep's cameo is quite crucial plot, but the filmmaker has chosen to add a lot of extra twists.[7] Manoj Kumar R of The Indian Express gave the film a rating of 2.5/5 and wrote The film could have been much better if only Naresh had the will to swim against the tide.[8] S Sivaraman of The Hindu stated Raju Kannada Medium is a huge flop. The director simply doesn’t know how to take the rudderless plot forward.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Raju Kannada medium, FRR Naresh back". Simply cinema.in. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- ^ "Avantika's next with Gurunandan titled 'Raju Rangitaranga'". News Karnataka. 18 July 2016.
- ^ "Ashika Ranganath joins Raju Kannada Medium". The Times of India. 13 January 2017.
- ^ "Russian model debuts in Gurunandan-starrer Raju Kannada medium". The New Indian Express. 4 April 2017.
- ^ "Gurunandan's New Film Titled Raju Rangitaranga". Chitraloka. 18 July 2017.
- ^ Vedant, Reporter (1 January 2018). ""Raju Kannada Medium" to release on Jan 19". News Karnataka. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ Sunayana, Suresh (19 January 2018). "RAJU KANNADA MEDIUM MOVIE REVIEW". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ Manoj, Kumar R (20 January 2018). "Raju Kannada Medium movie review: Gurunandan and Sudeep starrer is entertaining". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ Sivaraman, S (25 January 2018). "'Raju Kannada Medium' review: Carry oodles of patience". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.