Rajakumarudu

Rajakumarudu
Poster
Directed byK. Raghavendra Rao
Written byParuchuri Brothers (Dialogues)
Screenplay bySatyanand
Produced byC. Aswani Dutt
StarringMahesh Babu
Preity Zinta
CinematographyAjayan Vincent
Edited byKotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music byMani Sharma
Production
company
Release date
  • 30 July 1999 (1999-07-30)
Running time
162 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Rajakumarudu (translated in promotional material as The Prince) is a 1999 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. It stars Mahesh Babu in his debut and Preity Zinta. The film was produced by C. Aswani Dutt under the Vyjayanthi Movies banner. Krishna made a guest appearance. The music was composed by Mani Sharma. The film was released on 30 July 1999.

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. It won two Nandi Awards.

Plot

Raj Kumar goes on a holiday to Khandala 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. Spotting him in a cowboy costume and taking his pics, she starts to like his imaginary counterpart, not knowing who he is. But Raj Kumar destroys her camera negatives after learning she took his photos, disappointing her. The next time, when Rani takes his photo and gets a scarf from him, but fails to find him at last, she gets sad, albeit falling into the hands of some thugs. Raj Kumar saves Rani from those thugs, although she is disappointed again because her camera is broken. Raj Kumar, who later dons cowboy apparel, saves Rani from a rapist, and she learns about his reality after she looks at his face. They spend some time together; she begins to like him and eventually loves 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 with this, Raj Kumar informs Rani that their relationship needs to end.

When he reaches his uncle's village, he is overjoyed to see that his daughter is 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 reunite the uncle with his family.

Cast

Soundtrack

Rajakumarudu
Soundtrack album by
Mani Sharma
Released1999
Recorded1999
GenreSoundtrack
Length30:33
LabelsSupreme Music (Telugu)
Aditya Music (Telugu)
Saregama (Hindi)
ProducerMani Sharma
Mani Sharma chronology
Iddaru Mitrulu
(1999)		 Rajakumarudu
(1999)		 Seenu
(1999)

Music was composed by Mani Sharma.

Original Tracklist (Telugu)
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Godari Gattupaina"ChandraboseUdit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy5:05
2."Enduke Praayamu"VeturiS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra5:07
3."Rama Sakkanodamma"Suddala Ashok TejaSukhwinder Singh, Chitra5:41
4."Indurudo Chandurudo"VeturiS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra4:34
5."Eppudeppudu"VeturiS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sujatha4:50
6."Bollywood Balaraju"VeturiShankar Mahadevan5:15
Total length:30:33

All lyrics are written by Ravinder Rawal and Dev Kohli.

Hindi Tracklist (Prince No. 1)
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Ganga Ke Ek Kinare"Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy5:05
2."Sharmane Lagi"Kumar Sanu, Anuradha Paudwal5:07
3."Munda Pataka"Sukhwinder Singh, Jaspinder Narula5:41
4."Ab Tu Meri"Vinod Rathod, Krishna Kumar, Poornima4:34
5."Pyar Kar Shuru"Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan4:50
6."Aashiq Hai Naam Dosto"Sonu Nigam5:15
Total length:30:33
Tamil Tracklist
No.TitleLength
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

Release and reception

Rajakumarudu released with 78 prints in 116 screens. Jeevi of Idlebrain.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". Griddaluru Gopalrao of Zamin 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".

Box-office

The film had a 50-day run in 80 centres and a 100-day run in 44 centres. It was dubbed in Hindi as Prince No. 1 and in Tamil as Kaadhal Vennila. The film was again dubbed and released theatrically in Tamil during January 2017 as Ivan Oru Thunichalkaran.

Awards

Nandi Awards

References

  1. ↑ "19 years of 'Rajakumarudu': Here's a look at some interesting facts about the film". The Times of India.
  2. 1 2 "Box-Office Records And Collections – Maheshbabu's Debut Film Rajakumarudu". CineGoer.com. 4 September 2007. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Interview with Krishna Vamsi Part – II by Jeevi". Idlebrain.com. 13 February 2003. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2022. Mahesh Babu's first film 'Raja Kumarudu' was a hit. His subsequent films Yuvaraju and Vamsee are flops.
  4. 1 2 Jeevi (30 July 1999). "Rajakumarudu - A review". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  5. ↑ Raaga.com. "Kadhal Vennila Songs Download, Kadhal Vennila Tamil MP3 Songs, Raaga.com Tamil Songs". www.raaga.com. Archived from the original on 4 July 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  6. ↑ Gopalrao, Griddaluru. "రాజకుమారుడుగా "మహేష్ బాబు" హవా" [Mahesh Babu as The Prince] (PDF). Zamin Ryot (in Telugu). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "Ivan Oru ThunichalKaran || இவண் ஒரு துணிச்சல்காரன்" (in Tamil). 28 January 2017. Archived from the original on 28 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)