Dance Raja Dance
Dance Raja Dance (Kannada: ಡಾನ್ಸ್ ರಾಜ ಡಾನ್ಸ್) is a 1987 Kannada dance film, directed and produced by Dwarakish for his Dwarakish Chitra banner. The film starred newcomers Vinod Raj, Divya and Sangeetha in the lead roles.
| Dance Raja Dance | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Dwarakish |
| Produced by | Dwarakish |
| Written by | Dwarakish |
| Starring | Vinod Raj Divya Srinath Devaraj |
| Music by | Vijaya Anand |
| Cinematography | R. Deviprasad |
| Edited by | Gowtham Raju |
Production company | Dwarakish Chitra |
Release date | 1987 |
Running time | 134 min |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
The film released to positive response by critics and audience and the lead star Vinod Raj was lauded for his dancing skills. For this movie, the climax was shot by Helicopter, apart from that they used 5 cameras to shoot this climax scene. Actually it was Dwarakish's Dream to shoot Mysore from an aerial angle. He dropped that idea due to a financial crisis. But Then Chief minister Mr. Ramakrishna Hegde came to know of this dream and he helped Dwarakish to do so. He called his minister Siddaramayya (Ex chief minister) to go to Mysore with a helicopter. He went with the helicopter and told Dwarakish to utilize the helicopter.
The song "Dance Dance Raja Dance" from this film was included in the widely popular video game Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories[1] along with few other Indian songs in a radio channel Radio Del Mundo.
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Soundtrack
The music was composed by Vijaya Anand, with lyrics by Chi. Udaya Shankar and R. N. Jayagopal. Music director A. R. Rahman, who was Dilip then, had assisted Vijaya Anand on the keyboards.[2]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dance Dance Raja Dance" | Chi. Udaya Shankar | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | |
| 2. | "Elli Neenu Alli Naanu" | R. N. Jayagopal | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki | |
| 3. | "Ee Namma Baale" | Chi. Udaya Shankar | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra | |
| 4. | "Om Namah Shivaya" | Chi. Udaya Shankarerai | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | |
| 5. | "Amma Amma" | Chi. Udaya Shankar | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | |
| 6. | "Naa Adalu" | R. N. Jayagopal | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam |