Rajanna

Rajanna
Theatrical release poster
Directed byV. Vijayendra Prasad
Written byV. Vijayendra Prasad
Produced byNagarjuna
StarringNagarjuna
Sneha
Shwetha Menon
Baby Annie
Narrated byAkkineni Nageswara Rao
CinematographyShyam K. Naidu
Anil Bandhari
Kandru Poorna
Edited byKotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music byM.M. Keeravani
Production
company
Release date
  • 22 December 2011 (2011-12-22)[1]
Running time
129 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Rajanna is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language period action film written and directed by V. Vijayendra Prasad. The film is produced by Nagarjuna, and starred him, Sneha, Shwetha Menon and child artist Baby Annie. The film is partially inspired by Razakar movement, and freedom fighter Suddala Hanmanthu.[2] Rajanna was released to positive reviews and critical acclaim, with soundtrack composed by M. M. Keeravani.[3] The film recorded as Above Average at the box office.[4] The film has won six state Nandi Awards, including the Nandi Award for Second Best Feature Film - Silver.[5] The film was set to be released on 23 December 2011, but the date was moved ahead to 21 December due to a good response to the film's music.

It was dubbed in Hindi as Hindustani Yodha in 2012.

  1. ^ "Rajanna's release advanced by a day". Sify. 15 December 2011. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  2. ^ Neeraja, Murthy (21 December 2011). "Rajanna: Songs of revolution". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Rajanna based on Razakaras movement". Rediff.com. 24 August 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
  4. ^ Prakash (26 December 2011). "Nagarjuna's Rajanna gets good opening at Box Office". Oneindia.in. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  5. ^ Suresh, Kavirayani (13 October 2012). "2011 Nandi Awards winners list". Times of India. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2017.