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Raajakumara (transl. The Prince) is a 2017 Indian Kannada language action drama film written and directed by Santhosh Ananddram and produced by Vijay Kiragandur under the Hombale Films banner. It stars Puneeth Rajkumar and Priya Anand in lead roles. Apart from them, the film features an ensemble cast of Ananth Nag, Sarath Kumar, Prakash Raj, Chikkanna, Sadhu Kokila, Achyuth Kumar, Avinash in important roles.[3] V. Harikrishna composed the film's score and soundtrack. The film was released on 24 March 2017 and received positive reviews from critics and audience where the film went to become sixth highest-grossing Kannada film at the time of its release until K.G.F: Chapter 1[4] surpassed it. This film was dubbed into Hindi as Daring Raajakumara.

Raajakumara
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Santhosh Ananddram
Written by	Santhosh Ananddram
Produced by	Vijay Kiragandur
Starring	Puneeth Rajkumar Priya Anand
Cinematography	Venkatesh Anguraj
Edited by	K. M. Prakash
Music by	V. Harikrishna
Production company	Hombale Films
Distributed by	Jayanna Films
Release date	24 March 2017 (2017-03-24)
Running time	148 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada
Box office	₹ 76 crore[1][2]

The film became the first Kannada movie to complete 6000 shows in multiplex within six weeks of its release.[5] The film also completed 7577 shows in multiplex within 87 days.[6][7] The film had a theatrical run of more than one hundred days in 45–50 centres across Karnataka.[8][9] The gross collections of the movie was reported to be ₹75 crore (US$9.4 million).[1]

Plot

Siddharth is the adopted son of Ashok, who is a kind-hearted corporate businessman and Sujatha. He leads a happy life in Melbourne, Australia taking care of his father's business and fighting for his native country's pride. He is also a helpful youngster, who helps anyone in need. Siddharth falls for Nandini, a salsa instructor and also Ashok's friend Jagadeesh's daughter. Siddharth's life takes a tragic turn as he loses his whole family in a flight crash and returns to India to his orphanage headed by Krishna, which is now an old-age home. Through Jagadeesh, He discovers that Ashok was framed for the deaths of infant children due to the polio scheme introduced by Ashok for the poor people, where he decide to prove Ashok's innocence. He also looks after the old people in an old age home, like their son and solves all their problems, while also taking care of the children, purchasing medicines to the children affected by the polio scheme.

One day, Siddharth comes across Vishwa Joshi in the hospital, who also stays in the old-age home. Vishwa Joshi reveals that the Polio scheme was actually ruined due to the machinations created by his son Jagannath, who is the present-health minister of Karnataka. He wants to expose the illegal acts done by Jagannath and was hiding in the old-age home for the right time to expose him. Siddharth also supports Vishwa Joshi and makes Jagannath to hand over the case to CBI for further investigation in an interview. Jagannath tries to ruin their plans and tries to get the old age home and even gets his father attacked by his henchmen. However, Jagannath has a change of heart where he saves his father and surrenders himself to the police and all the old people reunite with their children, after learning of their mistakes from Siddharth, who gave a speech at an interview.

Cast

Production

Development

In March 2016, it was reported that Director Santhosh Ananddram and Puneeth Rajkumar would work together for the first time together. V. Harikrishna was selected to compose the music for this film. The film was highly expected due to its marketing. "Rajakumara is a different subject which portrays two different stories & the two stories are bridged between Appu's character", said Santhosh. Pre-production work, location hunt and casting finalisation required almost a year.

Casting

Priya Anand was roped to play lead actress role which marked her debut in Kannada cinema, collaboration with Puneeth Rajkumar. The film has an ensemble cast starring Ananth Nag, Prakash Raj, Sarath Kumar, Achyuth Rao, Chikkanna, Datthanna, Sadhu Kokila, Rangayana Raghu and others.

Filming

The film went on the floors on 22 April 2016. The first schedule took place in Australia in various parts like Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sydney and Melbourne after which the crew did the rest of the shoot in Bengaluru, Chennai, Mysuru, Goa, Varanasi and later in Malaysia. The makers of his upcoming film, Raajakumara released the first look of the film on 17 March — to coincide with the actor's 41st birthday.

Soundtrack

Raajakumara
Soundtrack album by V. Harikrishna
Released	6 March 2017
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	21:15
Language	Kannada
Label	D Beats
V. Harikrishna chronology
Saheba (2017) Raajakumara (2017) Bangara s/o Bangarada Manushya (2017)
External audio Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube

V. Harikrishna composed the soundtrack album and background score for the film. The full album was released on 6 March 2017.[11] The song "Bombe Helutaithe" samples the beat of the song "Aadisi Nodi Beelisi Nodu" from the film Kasturi Nivasa.

Critical reception

The film got positive reviews upon the theatrical release from both critics and the audience.[12] Sunayana Suresh from Times Of India rated it 4/5 and stated that "The entire ensemble cast, right from comedians Rangayana Raghu and Achyuth Kumar to antagonist Prakash Raj and veterans like Ananth Nag, HG Dattatreya and Bhargavi Narayan have interesting characters sketched out that entertain you."[13]

Indiaglitz rated it 4/5 writing, "This is a good family watch; the youths think on their mistakes, the oldies get relief, fans of Puneeth Rajakumar thoroughly enjoy."[14] Shashiprasad SM of Deccan Chronicle rated the film 3/5 stars and stated that "If family sentiment is your preferred mode of entertainment, then ‘Raajakumara’ will not disappoint you."[15]

The writer Archana Nathan of The Hindu described the film as generic, writing "There is very little that gives Raajakumara its identity or a clear storyline ... Achyuth Kumar and Ananth Nag perform well but their roles too are too simplistically written."[16] Shyam Prasad of Bangalore Mirror rated the film 3/5 stars and stated that "The constant reference to Puneeth’s career and films goes overboard at times. The film becomes a tribute to the actor and a personality building exercise mostly. But he manages to pull off the role with the subtlety that proves his acting prowess again."[4]

Box office

The film released in over 350[17] screens across Karnataka, collected ₹75 crore [18][8][1] and went on to become highest grossing Kannada film of all time[19] until the release of K.G.F: Chapter 1.[20]

Awards

Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2017 Karnataka State Film Awards	Best Family Entertainer	Vijay Kiragandur Santhosh Ananddram	Won	[21][22]
	Best Music Direction	V. Harikrishna	Won
65th Filmfare Awards South	Best Director	Santhosh Ananddram	Nominated	[23][24]
	Best Actor	Puneeth Rajkumar	Won
	Best Music Director	V. Harikrishna	Nominated
	Best Lyricist	Santhosh Ananddram ("Bombe Heluthaithe")	Nominated
	Best Male Playback Singer	Vijay Prakash – "Bombe Heluthaithe"	Nominated
Zee Kannada Hemmeya Kannadiga Award 2018	Hemmeya Chitra (Proud Film)	Raajakumara	Won	[25]
	Hemmeya Nata (Proud Hero)	Puneeth Rajkumar	Won
	Hemmeya Nirdeshaka (Proud director)	Santhosh Ananddram	Won
Love Lavike Readers Choice Award	Best Actor	Puneeth Rajkumar	Won
7th South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Film	Vijay Kiragandur	Won	[26][27]
	Best Director	Santhosh Ananddram	Won
	Best Actor	Puneeth Rajkumar	Won
	Best Actor in a Negative Role	Prakash Raj	Nominated
	Best Comedian	Chikkanna	Won
	Best Music Director	V Harikrishna	Won
	Best Lyricist	Santhosh Ananddram ("Bombe Heluthaithe")	Won
	Best Male Playback Singer	Vijay Prakash – "Bombe Heluthaithe	Nominated

References

External links

• Raajakumara at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] Raajakumara

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[ru] Принц (фильм, 2017)

«Принц» (канн. ರಾಜಕುಮಾರ, Raajakumara) — индийский художественный фильм на языке каннада в жанре романтической комедии и боевика, премьера которого в Индии состоялась 24 марта 2017 года. Собрав 75 крор рупий, «Принц» стал самым кассовым фильмом на языке каннада, вплоть до выхода фильма K.G.F: Chapter 1 в конце 2018 года.

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