Raaj the Showman | |
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Directed by | Prem |
Produced by | D. Suresh Gowda P. Srinivas Murthy |
Written by | Prem, Pavan Ranadheera |
Screenplay by | Prem, Pavan Ranadheera |
Starring |
Puneeth Rajkumar Nisha Kothari |
Music by | V. Harikrishna |
Cinematography | Krishna |
Edited by | Srinivas P. Babu |
Production
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Sri Seethabhairaveshwara Productions
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Release date
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Running time
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146 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Kannada |
Raj - The Showman | |
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Soundtrack album by V. Harikrishna | |
Released | June 2009 |
Recorded | 31:38 |
Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
Label | Ashwini Audio |
Raaj-The Showman is a 2009 Kannada language film starring Puneeth Rajkumar and Priyanka Kothari, making her debut in the Kannada cinema. It was directed by Prem, director of the popular film, Jogi. Punith Rajkumar's one of the best Performance was noticed by people. Pavan Ranadheera was the Associate Director and joined his hands and penned the script, screenplay and dialogues.
The first Kannada film to have the 4 K technology, the first Kannada film to release in 12 countries at a time when it is released on 14 August in Karnataka, Chennai, Hyderabad and Mumbai, the first Kannada film to come out with 150 prints is Rs.8 crore venture. Raj The Showman had made good collection. And the film was considered as super hit it completed 75 days in 5 theaters.
The film is said to be high budget in the Kannada film industry. It had a wide release in the Karnataka and overseas. Fans began purchasing tickets of Raaj the Showman five days before the day of release at the respective theatre counters.
It was the first Kannada movie to be released all over the world at the same time. It received mixed reviews upon release. Indiaglitz gave it Scoring - 8/10.
After Puneeth Rajakumar punching and pleasing performance it is music director V Harikrishna who wins the heart - the songs Hai Paru Hele Paaru... Kuch Kuch Andhidhe..... And Soorya Ninna Thayi Anegu.....long standing ones. S Krishna of 'Mungaru Male' has done pretty good job in his camera. The smoke fight, the South Africa and Ladak locations, Melkote, Rajasthan portions the small lanes he has captured very convincingly in his camera. Within the span of two days, nearly 1,00,000 audio cassettes and CDs of Raaj the Showman had been sold in the market.