| Rajakumarudu | |
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| Directed by | K. Raghavendra Rao |
| Written by | Paruchuri Brothers (Dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Satyanand |
| Produced by | C. Aswani Dutt |
| Starring | Mahesh Babu Preity Zinta |
| Cinematography | Ajayan Vincent |
| Edited by | Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao |
| Music by | Mani Sharma |
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Release date |
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Running time | 162 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Rajakumarudu (translated in promotional material asThe Prince) is a 1999 IndianTelugu-languageromantic comedy film directed byK. Raghavendra Rao. It starsMahesh Babu andPreity Zinta. The film was produced byC. Aswani Dutt under theVyjayanthi Movies banner.Krishna made a guest appearance. The music was composed byMani Sharma. The film was released on 30 July 1999.[1]
Rajakumarudu was the debut film for Babu in a lead role after previous roles as a child actor. The film received positive reviews and was commercially successful.[2][3] The film won twoNandi Awards.
Raj Kumar goes on a holiday toKhandala and stays with his uncle Dhananjay. He comes across Rani and falls for her. However, he ends up teasing her and she begins to despise him. She is determined to avoid him, but he won't leave her alone. Raj Kumar saves Rani from some thugs, and she is impressed. After spending some time together, she begins to like him and eventually love him.
Unfortunately his uncle has made other plans for him. He reveals the past of the hero's parents and his family. He mentions the challenge that he made with his in-laws to get the hero married to his daughter. Complying to this, the hero informs the heroine that their relationship needs to end there.
Going with his uncle to the village for his uncle's daughter, to his joy he sees that it's none other than Rani.
The rest of the movie revolves around the plot that is woven by him and his uncle to gain the heroine's hand and re-uniting the uncle with his family. This is done in a fun, comical way.
| Rajakumarudu | ||||
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| Released | 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1999 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 30:33 | |||
| Label | Supreme Music (Telugu) Aditya Music (Telugu) Saregama (Hindi) | |||
| Producer | Mani Sharma | |||
| Mani Sharma chronology | ||||
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Music was composed byMani Sharma.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Godari Gattupaina" | Chandrabose | Udit Narayan,Kavita Krishnamurthy | 5:05 |
| 2. | "Enduke Praayamu" | Veturi | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam,Chitra | 5:07 |
| 3. | "Rama Sakkanodamma" | Suddala Ashok Teja | Sukhwinder Singh, Chitra | 5:41 |
| 4. | "Indurudo Chandurudo" | Veturi | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra | 4:34 |
| 5. | "Eppudeppudu" | Veturi | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam,Sujatha | 4:50 |
| 6. | "Bollywood Balaraju" | Veturi | Shankar Mahadevan | 5:15 |
| Total length: | 30:33 | |||
All lyrics are written by Ravinder Rawal and Dev Kohli
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ganga Ke Ek Kinare" | Udit Narayan,Kavita Krishnamurthy | 5:05 |
| 2. | "Sharmane Lagi" | Kumar Sanu,Anuradha Paudwal | 5:07 |
| 3. | "Munda Pataka" | Sukhwinder Singh,Jaspinder Narula | 5:41 |
| 4. | "Ab Tu Meri" | Vinod Rathod, Krishna Kumar,Poornima | 4:34 |
| 5. | "Pyar Kar Shuru" | Sonu Nigam,Sunidhi Chauhan | 4:50 |
| 6. | "Aashiq Hai Naam Dosto" | Sonu Nigam | 5:15 |
| Total length: | 30:33 | ||
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Karkandu Kannam" | 5:05 |
| 2. | "Nenjile Poo Poothathu" | 5:07 |
| 3. | "Rammanoda" | 5:41 |
| 4. | "Anthiriyil" | 4:34 |
| 5. | "Yeppa Ippadi" | 4:50 |
| 6. | "Pattukul" | 5:15 |
| Total length: | 30:33 | |
Rajakumarudu released with 78 prints in 116 screens.[2] Jeevi ofIdlebrain.com wrote that "There are some excellent scenes in the second half that will make us realize how good is Mahesh at comedy. He is got perfect timing. He will the force to reckon with in the future".[4] Griddaluru Gopalrao ofZamin Ryot wrote that "All old stuff. There is not a single interesting new thing thing so it turns out to be an ordinary film" and added that "the dialogues of Paruchuri brothers were hilarious".[6]
The film had a 50-day run in 80 centres and a 100-day run in 44 centres. It was dubbed in Hindi asPrince No. 1 and in Tamil asKaadhal Vennila. The film was again dubbed and released theatrically in Tamil during January 2017 asIvan Oru Thunichalkaran.[7]
Mahesh Babu's first film 'Raja Kumarudu' was a hit. His subsequent films Yuvaraju and Vamsee are flops.
