Raju Gadu
| Raju Gadu | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Sanjana Reddy |
| Screenplay by | Sanjana Reddy |
| Story by | Habib Faisal Maruthi |
| Produced by | Sunkara Ramabrahmam |
| Starring | Raj Tarun Amyra Dastur Rajendra Prasad |
| Cinematography | B. Rajasekar |
| Edited by | M. R. Varma |
| Music by | Gopi Sundar |
Production company | AK Entertainments Pvt Ltd |
Release date |
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Running time | 130 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Raju Gadu is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language comedy film directed by Sanjana Reddy and produced by AK Entertainments.[2] The film stars Raj Tarun, Amyra Dastur, and Rajendra Prasad with music composed by Gopi Sundar.[3] The film was released on 1 June 2018. Sajid Nadiadwala is developing the Hindi remake named Pilfer Singh with Reddy as director and Kartik Aaryan and Amyra Dastur as leads.
Plot
Raju is a kleptomaniac i.e., he impulsively steal which his father Narayana discovers in childhood and takes him to Dr. Saima who has pledged to cure it by inventing a new medicine but is unsuccessful. Due to the disorder, Raju has constant breakups with girls; a college girl Vennela warns him not to love any girl, otherwise, she is going to disclose the truth. Thereafter, Raju gets acquainted with the beautiful Tanvi, when he starts covering his disorder with various funny reasons, thereby winning her love. After a few hilarious incidents, Tanvi's parents accept their alliance.
Tanvi's grandfather Suryanarayana is top-tier in the village who hates thieves and punishes them by chopping off their hands. After entering their village, a frightened Raju makes everyone believe that his father has kleptomania. Meanwhile, a terrorist group is in search of Raju as he has stolen their bomb which was to explode for a contract of 100 crores. Meanwhile, Anji the past servant of Suryanarayana has been ostracized from the village for the theft of temple ornaments. After 25 years, Anji returns as a millionaire to take revenge against Suryanarayana. So, he makes a ploy by again making the theft of ornaments and indicting Suryanarayana. Here, to protect Suryanarayana's honor, Raju takes the blame and admits the reality regarding his disease when he has been insulted badly and Tanvi starts hating him. Eventually, Anji shakes hands with the terrorists, strikes a deal coincidentally, and provides the bomb in Raju's towel. At last, Raju nabs the real culprits proving Anji as a miscreant when everyone understands his virtue and requests his pardon. On the other side, Raju at present steals the triggering device of the terrorists and accidentally activates it by which the entire gang dies in the blast. Finally, in the post-credits, Raju again steals the wedding chain, at the time of his marriage and everybody laughs at him.
Cast
- Raj Tarun as Raju
- Amyra Dastur as Tanvi
- Pujita Ponnada as Vennela
- Rajendra Prasad as Narayana, Raju's father
- Sithara as Seeta, Raju's mother
- Shijuas Tanvi's father
- Pramodini Pammi as Tanvi's mother
- Nagineedu as Suryanarayana, Tanvi's grandfather
- Rao Ramesh as Anji
- Subbaraju as Gopi
- Prudhvi Rajas Dr. Saima
- Raja Ravindra as Lingaraju
- Praveen as Raju's friend
- Krishna Bhagavanas Gopi's assistant
- Raghu Karumanchi
- Khayyum
- Fish Venkat
- Shakalaka Shankar
Soundtrack
| Raju Gadu | |
|---|---|
| Film score by | |
| Released | 2017 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Length | 16:53 |
| Label | Aditya Music |
| Producer | Gopi Sundar |
Music composed by Gopi Sundar. Music released on ADITYA Music Company.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rabbaru Buggala Ramachilaka" | Bhaskarabhatla | Sri Krishna, Ramya Behara | 4:03 |
| 4. | "Devatalara Devatalara" | Ramajogayya Sastry | Sai Charan, Harini Ivaturi | 3:57 |
| 5. | "Sarasaku Ra" | Ramajogayya Sastry | Mohana Bhogaraju, Saketh Komanduri, Arjun Chandy | 5:03 |
| Total length: | 16:53 | |||
Reception
Srivathsan Nandadur of
Vyas in his review for The Hans India rated the film 2.5 of 5 and wrote: "The film lacks strong scenes and excellent characterizations. The climax is a disappointment too. Though the intention of the film is good, it was not translated well."[6] The Times of India critic Neeshita Nyayapati rated the film 1/5 and called it "stiled and boring."[7]
References
- ^ AuthorTelanganaToday (6 May 2018). "'Raju Gadu' to release on June 1". Telanganatoday.com. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ "Raj Tarun-Sanjana Reddy film back on track!". Deccanchronicle.com. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ Yellapantula, Suhas. "RAJU GADU: Raj Tarun-starrer Raju Gadu is set for a summer release | Telugu Movie News". The Times of India. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ "Rajugadu review: Fails miserably". Sify. Archived from the original on 2 June 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ Vyas (1 June 2018). "Raj Tarun's Raju Gadu Movie Review & Rating {2.5/5}". www.thehansindia.com. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ "Raju Gadu Review {1/5}: Stilted and boring, the film hardly tries", The Times of India, retrieved 23 July 2021
External links
- Raju Gadu at IMDb
