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Rathaavara is a 2015 Indian Kannada-language action thriller film written and directed by Chandrashekar Bandiyappa and produced by Dharmashree Manjunath. It stars Sri Murali and Rachita Ram in the lead roles. The supporting cast features P. Ravi Shankar, Chikkanna, Sadhu Kokila and Charan Raj among others.[1] The film's music is composed by Dharma Vish, background score by Ravi Basrur and cinematography is by Bhuvan Gowda.

Rathaavara
Directed by	Chandrashekhar Bandiyappa
Written by	Chandrashekar Bandiyappa
Screenplay by	Chandrashekar Bandiyappa
Produced by	Dharmashree Manjunath. N
Starring	Sriimurali Rachita Ram
Cinematography	Bhuvan Gowda
Edited by	Srikanth Gowda
Music by	Songs: Dharma Vish Score: Ravi Basrur
Production company	Dharmashree Enterprises
Release date	4 December 2015 (2015-12-04)
Running time	131 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

The principal photography of the film began in December 2014 at locations such as Bangalore, Mysore, Mangalore and Gadag. The film release on 4 December 2015 and gained mixed to positive reviews from the critics as well as the audience, but the movie did well at the box office.[2]

Plot

Ratha, a local mob, works as a right hand to a gangster cum politician Manikanta. Things will be going on good with both of them until Manikanta assigns Ratha an easy yet hesitant task to do. Ratha gets trapped in a quest of unluck and curses when he fails at the work which he had been told.

Cast

• Sriimurali as Rathavara
• Rachita Ram as Navami
• P. Ravi Shankar as Manikantha
• Saurav Lokesh as Maadevi
• Charan Raj
• Chikkanna
• Sadhu Kokila
• Narendra Babu
• Chitra Shenoy
• Sharath
• Chandru
• Hitesh B.C
• RoopaShree
• Kopplu Puttamma
• Prashanth M
• Dhakshayini
• Triveni
• Chidambaram
• Divya

Production

Development

The first news about the film was announced by actor Sri Murali in his Twitter account in August 2014. Fresh from the success of his previous venture Ugramm (2014), Murali announced that his next venture would be titled as "Rathaavara" and more details of the film would be revealed in the 150th day celebrations of Ugramm.[3] He also released the first look for the film on the social networking site on his birthday.[4] The film was labelled as an action thriller and would be directed by Chandrashekar Bandiyappa.

Casting

After signing Murali for the lead protagonist role, the makers roped in actress Rachita Ram who was busy shooting for Ranna.[5] P. Ravi Shankar was roped in to play the main antagonist role.[6]

Filming

Although the initial reports said the filming to start by October 2014, the actual rolling of the film commenced from December 2014. With the first look of the film out on 17 December 2014, the launch was made a low-key affair with the film's cast and crew members only. The team shot for the film at a brisk pace in and around Mysore. An action sequence was shot at the tourist destination Srirangapatna.[7] Later, it was reported that actor Sri Murali would sing for a track in the film.[8] The climax portions of the film commenced in April 2015 with the actor claiming it to be one of his toughest climaxes shot ever. It was reported that he had to be underwater for close to 12 hours for shooting the climax portions.[9]

Box office

The film ran for 100 days on a few screens in karnataka.

Soundtrack

Rathavara
Soundtrack album by Dharma Vish
Released	11 November 2015 (2015-11-11)
Recorded	2015
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	19:36
Label	Alpha Digitech

Dharma Vish has composed the soundtrack and score for the film. The soundtrack album consists of five tracks, out of which one has been sung by actor Sri Murali and penned by Yogaraj Bhat.[10] Other lyricist names featured are Kaviraj, Jayanth Kaikini, V. Nagendra Prasad and K. Kalyan. It was released on 11 November 2015, prior to which the makers sought the blessings of Shivakumara Swami, in Tumkur.[11]

Track listing

References

External links

• Rathaavara at IMDb
• #rathaavara hashtag on Twitter
• Rathavara is on Track

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