Raja Huli
| Raja Huli | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Guru Deshpande |
| Written by | Manju Mandavya (Dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Guru Deshpande |
| Story by | S. R. Prabhakaran |
| Based on | Sundarapandian by S. R. Prabhakaran |
| Produced by | K. Manju |
| Starring | Yash Meghana Raj Vasishta N. Simha |
| Cinematography | K. M. Vishnuvardhan |
| Edited by | K. M. Prakash |
| Music by | Hamsalekha |
Production company | Lakshmisri Combines |
Release date |
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Running time | 158 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
| Box office | ₹ 10crore in 28days [1] |
Raja Huli is a 2013 Indian Kannada-language comedy-drama film directed by Guru Deshpande and written by S. R. Prabhakaran. Produced by K. Manju's home production,[2] The film stars Yash and Meghana Raj in the lead roles. The soundtrack and score for the film is composed by Hamsalekha[3] The film, which made its theatrical release on 1 November 2013, co-inciding with the Kannada Rajyotsava festival[4] became a commercial hit at the box office, becoming Yash's 3rd consecutive hit after Drama and Googly.[5] The movie is a remake of 2012 Tamil movie Sundarapandian. Success of this movie paved a way to Yash becoming emerging star to Top star of Sandalwood
Plot[]
Raja Huli (Yash) is the son of a rich landlord in Mandya, leads a happy life and spends all time with his friends. Raja Huli ensures that he is always of some help to his friends. One day, he goes to ensure that his friend's love is conveyed to a girl Kaveri (Meghana Raj), who happens to be his ex-flame. As it happens, she falls in love with Raja Huli again. But trouble begins here. A murder happens and the blame falls on Raja Huli and then some twist and turns that forms the climax.
Cast[]
- Yash as Raja Huli [6]
- Meghana Raj as Kaveri
- Moni
- Chikkanna as Chikka
- Charan Raj
- Vasishta N. Simha as Jagga
- Mithra as Andravi
- Ashwini as Mayuri
- Manu
- Shashikala
- M. N. Lakshmi Devi as a grandmother of Rajahuli
- Sudha Belawadi as Kaveri's mother
- Nishchitha Gowda
- Hamsa
- Soujanya
- Girish Shivanna as Cheluvaraj
- Aruna Balraj as mother of Rajahuli
- Jadesh kumar
- Prakash Heggodu
- Vijay Koundinya
- Manju Mandavya as Bharatha
- Raj kumar
- Jayaram
- Gajendra Rao
- Gandasi Nagaraj
Soundtrack[]
| Raja Huli | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 20 October 2013 |
| Recorded | 2013 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length | Error in Module:Duration: Seconds value must be less than 60 |
| Label | D Beats |
Hamsalekha composed the music for the film and the soundtracks, also writing the lyrics for four soundtracks. Lyrics for the soundtrack "Falling In Love" was penned by Yogaraj Bhat. The album has six soundtracks.[7]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Chaltha Chaltha" | Hamsalekha | Sonu Nigam | 4:03 |
| 2. | "Falling In Love" | Yogaraj Bhat | V. Harikrishna | 3:38 |
| 3. | "Kaveri Kaveri" | Hamsalekha | Kavita Krishnamurthy | 4:40 |
| 4. | "Loveenalli Bidre" | Hamsalekha | Hemanth Kumar, Shamitha Malnad | 5:03 |
| 5. | "Om Hindu Guruthu" | Hamsalekha | Shankar Mahadevan | 4:00 |
| 6. | "Yavvanada Gundigeya" | Hamsalekha | Desi Mohan | 2:15 |
| Total length: | 22:99 | |||
Box office[]
Raja Huli was released on 1 November 2013, the day of Kannada Rajyotsava and got a fantastic opening at the box office upon release.[8] The film took the box office by storm despite facing competition from a major Bollywood release Krrish 3. According to trade reports, collections of Raja Huli was better than Krrish 3 and Tamil flick Arrambam at Bangalore Box Office.[9] The film also did very good business on weekdays and collected approximately ₹5 crore Nett and ₹8 crore Gross at the box office in the first week. The movie, which was made with a budget of ₹6 crore, recovered its production cost in just seven days.[10] Raja Huli went on to complete 119 days of successful run and collected a total of ₹30 crore and was performed fairly well at the box-office.[11] Raja Huli also became Yash's third consecutive success after Drama and Googly,[5]
References[]
- ^ "Yash's 'Raja Huli' Takes Box Office by Storm". 30 November 2013.
- ^ "Yash's look in Raja Huli". The Times of India. 12 January 2013. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
- ^ "Raja Huli Launched". Chitraloka. 5 January 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
- ^ Raja Huli Censored
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Raja Huli Super Hit 100 days".
- ^ "Raja Huli". The Times of India. 31 October 2013. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Raja Huli (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP". iTunes.com. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ^ "Raja Huli box office records in first week".
- ^ "Raja Huli Beats Arrambam-Krrish 3 At Bangalore Box Office". 9 November 2013.
- ^ "Raja Huli first week box office". 30 November 2013.
- ^ "2013 Sandalwood Box Office Report".
External links[]
- 2013 films
- Kannada-language films
- Indian films
- 2010s Kannada-language films
- Indian action comedy-drama films
- Kannada remakes of Tamil films
- Films scored by Hamsalekha