Raju Bhai
Raju Bhai is a 2007 Indian Telugu drama film directed by Suriya Kiran, starring Manoj Manchu and Sheela Kaur in lead and Dhandapani, Tanikella Bharani and Brahmanandam in supporting roles. The film, a remake of the successful 2006 Tamil film Chithiram Pesuthadi, directed by Myshkin was produced by Manoj's father, Mohan Babu, and was released on 18 May 2007 to poor responses, becoming a box office bomb. The film was remade in Odia film Abhimanyu in 2009.
| Raju Bhai | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Suriya Kiran |
| Produced by | Mohan Babu |
| Written by | Mysskin |
| Starring | Manoj Manchu Sheela Kaur Dhandapani |
| Music by | Yuvan Shankar Raja |
| Cinematography | Prasad Murella |
| Edited by | Gautham Raju |
Production company | |
Release date | 18 May 2007 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Cast and crew
Cast
- Manoj Manchu as Raju
- Sheela Kaur as Anjali
- Dhandapani as Babaji
- Tanikella Bharani as Anjali's father
- Brahmanandam
- Sunil
- Ali
- Mallikarjuna Rao
- Rajiv Kanakala
- Giri Babu
- Raghu Babu
- MS Narayana
- Suman Setty
- Santosh Pavan
Crew
- Screenplay, Direction: Surya Kiran
- Story: Mysskin
- Production: Mohan Babu
- Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
- Cinematography: Prasad Murella
- Editing: Gautham Raju
- Dialogue: M. Ratnam
- Art direction: Ashokkumar
- Stunts: Ram-Lakshman, Action Prakash
- Choreography: Raju Sundaram, Ganesh Acharya
- Lyrics: Suddala Ashok Teja, Ramajogaiah Sastry
- Banner: Sri Lakshmi Prasanna Pictures
Soundtrack
| Raju Bhai | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 28 April 2007 (India) | |||
| Recorded | 2007 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Producer | Yuvan Shankar Raja | |||
| Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology | ||||
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The music was scored by noted Tamil musician Yuvan Shankar Raja. The soundtrack, which released on 28 April 2007, features 9 tracks with lyrics provided by Suddala Ashok Teja and Ramajogaiah Sastry. One of the songs, "Korameenu", was retained from the original Tamil film Chithiram Pesuthadi, composed by Sundar C. Babu, whilst two other songs were earlier used in a Tamil film.
The album became a "big hit" as the songs gained immense popularity upon release.[1][2] Also reviews were very favorable, praising composer Yuvan Shankar Raja and describing his compositions as "superb", "a major strength to the movie" and "excellent".[3][4]
| Track | Song | Singer(s) | Duration | Lyricist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Chalthaa Chalthaa" | Ranjith | 4:47 | Ramajogaiah Sastry | |
| 2 | "Evvare Nuvvu" | Harish Raghavendra | 4:09 | Ramajogaiah Sastry | Reused song "Devathaiyai Kanden" from Kaadhal Kondein |
| 3 | "Kantipapakasirinda" | Ranjith | 1:35 | Ramajogaiah Sastry | |
| 4 | "Korameenu" | Jassie Gift | 4:42 | Suddala Ashok Teja | Reused song "Vazhameenukkum" from Chithiram Pesuthadi, composed by Sundar C. Babu |
| 5 | "Neekosam Pilla" | Premji Amaran, Suchitra | 4:14 | Ramajogaiah Sastry | Fusion of old Tamil song Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga with new composition |
| 6 | "Gucchi Gucchi" | Harish Raghavendra | 5:16 | Ramajogaiah Sastry | Reused song "Thottu Thottu" from Kaadhal Kondein |
| 7 | "Sommunu" | Ranjith | 0:28 | Ramajogaiah Sastry | |
| 8 | "Lothe Teliyanide" | Ranjith | 0:28 | Ramajogaiah Sastry | |
| 9 | "Evvare Nuvvu (Remix)" | Yuvan Shankar Raja, Rajesh, Premji Amaren | 4:47 | Ramajogaiah Sastry |
References
- "'Rajubhai' audio a big hit". indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
- "'Raju Bhai' to hit screen on May 18 with 200 prints". indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
- "Movie Review: Raju Bhai". Sify. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
- "Rajubhai - Review". Oneindia. Retrieved 13 August 2009.