Racha (film)

Racha
Racha
	Film poster
Directed by	Sampath Nandi
Written by	Sampath Nandi; Paruchuri brothers;
Produced by	R. B. Choudary; N. V. Prasad; Paras Jain;
Starring	Ram Charan; Tamannaah Bhatia; Ajmal Ameer; Mukesh Rishi;
Cinematography	Sameer Reddy
Edited by	Gautam Raju
Music by	Mani Sharma
Production; company	Megaa Super Good Films
Release date	5 April 2012;
Running time	144 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Box office	₹50−52 crore

Racha (transl. Chaos) is a 2012 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by Sampath Nandi and co-written by the Paruchuri brothers. Produced by R. B. Choudary in association with N. V. Prasad and Paras Jain under their banner Megaa Super Good Films, it stars Ram Charan and Tamannaah Bhatia in lead roles, with Ajmal Ameer, Mukesh Rishi, Dev Gill, and Kota Srinivasa Rao in supporting roles. The film marks the Telugu debuts of Ajmal Ameer and R. Parthiban, who makes a cameo appearance.

The film was edited by Gautham Raju; Sameer Reddy provided the cinematography; Mani Sharma composed the film's score and soundtrack. Principal photography commenced in June 2011 and was shot in various locations throughout Asia, mainly in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu of India apart from Sri Lanka and Bangkok. It was also shot in Anji County of China making it the first Telugu film to do so.

Racha was released worldwide on 5 April 2012. The film received four nominations at the 60th Filmfare Awards South, where it won the award for best choreography. It also received five nominations at 2nd South Indian International Movie Awards. The climax action sequences was inspired from Thai film Tom-Yum-Goong.