Ragini IPS

Ragini IPS
Directed by	Anand P. Raju
Produced by	K. Manju
Starring	Ragini Dwivedi Avinash Kavita Radheshyam
Narrated by	Upendra
Music by	Emil
Cinematography	Nandakumar
Production company	K. Manju Cinemaas
Release dates	March 28, 2014 (2014-03-28)
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Ragini IPS (Kannada: ರಾಗಿಣಿ ಐ.ಪಿ.ಎಸ್) is a 2014 Indian Kannada action film directed by Anand P. Raju and produced by K. Manju under banner K. Manju Cinemaas.^[1] It stars Ragini Dwivedi in the lead role and was the first Kannada film to be named after an actress.^[2]

Cast

• Ragini Dwivedi as Ragini
• Avinash
• Narayanaswamy as Jagadish
• Kavita Radheshyam as Savithri
• Veena Sundar
• Petrol Prasanna
• Ram Prasad
• Ramesh Bhat
• Bhavya
• Upendra as Narrator^[3]

Production

Filming

The filming of Ragini IPS began on May 24, 2012 on Ragini Dwivedi's 22nd birthday.^[4] The stunts for the film were directed by Mass Madha.^[5] Director Anand P. Raju approached actress Rishika Singh for an important role in the film but later opted for Bollywood actress Kavita Radheshyam.^[6] Having been trained in Taekwondo, all the stunts in the film were performed by Dwivedi herself without using a body double.^[7]

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by Emil Mohammad. The soundtrack album of the film was released on March 8, 2014. The raunchy song "Menasina Kaaee" went viral on social media and Bollywood actress Kavita Radheshyam who debuts with this film in Kannada was compared with late south Indian actress and sex symbol Silk Smitha by press and media.^[8]

Reception

Kavya Christopher of the The Times of India gave the album a rating of one out of five and said, "The number of songs for Ragini IPS has been restricted to two, and it is undoubtedly one of the wisest decisions taken by whosoever has done that." and concluded writing, "Musically, this film assures just mediocrity."^[9]

Release

The film was set for release on Ragini Dwivedi's 23rd birthday on May 24, 2013 but was postponed to August due to various reasons. It was then postponed for a December 27 release. The release again got delayed after sources said the producer of the film was requested by the producer and director of Chatrapathi to postpone its theatrical release due to both films slated to release on December 27.^[10] After delaying the release for almost a year, the film was finally released on March 28, 2014.

Critical reception

Ragini IPS received mixed response from critics upon its theatrical release. G. S. Kumar of The Times of India gave the film a rating of three out of five and wrote, "...Ragini IPS is purely a commercial flick. The formula is not novel, with action queen Malashri having portrayed similar roles earlier. Ragini's hig-octane stunts may be a draw, but the cop thriller scores low on dialogues."^[11] Indiaglitz gave the film a 7.5/10 rating and wrote, "...'Ragini IPS' a solid action film from one of the ravishing beauty on Kannada screen Ragini." and concluded writing that the commercial entertainer was worth watching.^[12] Sify.com gave the film a rating of 3/5 and wrote, "Ragini IPS finally sees a theatrical release and when watched for something out of the box, the audience find nothing but another usual woman oriented action movie. Though the script does not appeal as expected, it is quite successful in entertaining the mass audience and also tells people what is right and wrong in a realistic manner."^[13]

References

External links

Ragini IPS at the Internet Movie Database