Raajakumara

For other uses, see Rajkumar (disambiguation).
Raajakumara
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySanthosh Ananddram
Written bySanthosh Ananddram
Produced byVijay Kiragandur
StarringPuneeth Rajkumar
Priya Anand
CinematographyVenkatesh Anguraj
Edited byK. M. Prakash
Music byV. Harikrishna
Production
company
Distributed byJayanna Films
Release date
  • 24 March 2017 (2017-03-24)
Running time
148 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada
Box office₹75 crore[1][2]

Raajakumara (transl. The Prince) is a 2017 Indian Kannada-language action drama film written and directed by Santhosh Ananddram and produced by Vijay Kiragandur under Hombale Films. It stars Puneeth Rajkumar and Priya Anand. R. Sarathkumar, Ananth Nag, Prakash Raj, Chikkanna, Sadhu Kokila, Achyuth Kumar and Avinash play supporting roles.[3] The film's music album was composed by V. Harikrishna.

Raajakumara was released on 24 March 2017 and received positive reviews from critics where the film went to become sixth highest-grossing Kannada film at the time of its release until K.G.F: Chapter 1[4] surpassed it. The film became the first Kannada movie to complete 6000 shows in multiplex within six weeks of its release [5] and also completed 7577 shows in multiplex within 87 days.[6][7] The film had a theatrical run of more than 100 days in 45–50 centres across Karnataka and ran 150 days in few theatres also grossed ₹75 crore (US$9.0 million) worldwide.[8][9][1]

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  3. ^ "Exclusive: Puneeth's look in Raajakumara — Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  4. ^ Raajakumara movie review: Inheritance of loss – Bangalore Mirror. Bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com (24 March 2017). Retrieved on 2017-06-27.
  5. ^ Kumar, Santhosh. (5 May 2017) Raajakumara Continues The Golden Run At Box Office. Filmibeat. Retrieved on 2017-06-27.
  6. ^ Details. Vijaykarnatakaepaper.com. Retrieved on 27 June 2017.
  7. ^ New benchmark for Kannada films – Bangalore Mirror. Bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com (9 May 2017). Retrieved on 2017-06-27.
  8. ^ Upadhyaya, Prakash. "Sudeep, Yash, Upendra, Jaggesh to join Puneeth's Raajakumara 100-day celebration".
  9. ^ "Rajakumara 100, all time industry hit-Kannada Movie News". IndiaGlitz.