Rakshasa (film)
Rakshasa (English: Demon) is a 2005 Indian Kannada language crime thriller film directed by Sadhu Kokila, written by Ranganath and produced by Ramu. The film[1] features Shivarajkumar and Gajala in the lead roles along with Ruthika, Amrutha and Kishore in other pivotal roles.[2]
| Rakshasa | |
|---|---|
| Kannada | ರಾಕ್ಷಸ |
| Directed by | Sadhu Kokila |
| Produced by | Ramu |
| Written by | Tushar Ranganath |
| Screenplay by | Sadhu Kokila |
| Starring | Shivrajkumar Gajala Kishore Rangayana Raghu |
| Music by | Sadhu Kokila |
| Cinematography | Krishnakumar |
| Edited by | T. Shashikumar |
Production company | Ramu Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 158 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
The film featured original score and soundtrack composed by Sadhu Kokila. Upon release, the film was appreciated for its making style and won numerous awards at the Karnataka State Film Awards for the year 2004–05.[3] The movie went on very well in the box office declared as superhit. ↵The movie was dubbed in Hindi as Kaliya No. 1.[4]
Cast
- Shivarajkumar as ACP Harish Chandra
- Gajala
- Ruthika
- Amrutha
- Kishore as Shabbir
- Rangayana Raghu as SI Cheluvaraju
- Avinash
- H. G. Dattatreya as Doreswamy, Indian Freedom Fighter
- Ramesh Bhat
- Kote Prabhakar as Selva
- Mohan Juneja
- Master Aniruddh
- Pavitra Lokesh
- Duniya Vijay
- Kaddipudi Chandru
- Sai Sunil
- Kuri Sagar
- Mimicry Dayanand
- Killer Venkatesh
- Sridhar Raj
- Bank Suresh
- Jolly Bastin
- Muni
- Kourava Venkatesh
- Mass Madha
- Kung-fu Chandru
- Shankar Narayan
- Vijayasarathi
- Myna Chandru
- H. M. T. Nandha
- Kari Subbu
- Suryodaya Parampalli
- NGEF Rama murthy
- Shailaja Joshi
- Badri Narayan
- K. V. Manjayya
- Guru Murthy
- Guru das
- Ramesh Pandith
- G. K. Govinda Rao
- Dinesh Mangalore
- Ganesh Rao Kesarkar
- Prithviraj
- Tushar Ranganath
- Shankar Rao
Soundtrack
| Rakshasa | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | |||||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | ||||
| Length | 26:35 | ||||
| Label | Jhankar Music | ||||
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The music was composed by Sadhu Kokila and the audio was sold on Jhankar Music label. The soundtrack album consists of seven tracks.[5]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Reelu Illi Helodella" | Kaviraj | Shankar Mahadevan | 4:51 |
| 2. | "Kumbara Madike Maadida" | K. Kalyan | Hariharan, Nanditha | 4:22 |
| 3. | "Jollu Jollu Jollayya" | V. Nagendra Prasad | Chaitra H. G. | 4:40 |
| 4. | "Ninagagi Ninagagi" | K. Kalyan | Hemanth, Nagachandrika | 4:41 |
| 5. | "Gooli Gooli Gurayisu" | Ranganath | Udit Narayan, Malathi | 3:55 |
| 6. | "Odu Odu Odu" | Ranganath | Sadhu Kokila | 2:21 |
| 7. | "Raakshasa (Victory Theme)" | Sadhu Kokila | 1:45 | |
| Total length: | 26:35 | |||
Awards
- Karnataka State Film Awards - 2004-05 :
- Best Supporting Actor - Kishore
- Best Music director - Sadhu Kokila
- Best Art Director - Dinesh Mangalore
- Best Child actor - Aniruddh
References
- Rakshasa details
- Film cast & crew
- Karnataka State Film Awards 2003-04 Archived 31 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLbTpJLN7M4
- "Raakshasa (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". iTunes. Retrieved 16 April 2015.