Run Raja Run

Run Raja Run
Film poster
Directed by	Sujeeth
Produced by	Uppalapati Pramod V. Vamsi Krishna Reddy
Written by	Sujeeth
Starring	Sharwanand Seerat Kapoor Adivi Sesh Sampath Raj
Music by	M. Ghibran
Cinematography	R. Madhi
Edited by	Madhu
Production company	UV Creations
Release dates	August 1, 2014
Running time	137 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	5 crore (US$790,000)
Box office	12 crore (US$1.9 million).

Run Raja Run is a 2014 Telugu comedy film directed by Sujeeth and produced by Uppalapati Pramod and V. Vamsi Krishna Reddy on UV Creations banner.^[1] The film features Sharwanand, Seerat Kapoor, Adivi Sesh, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Jayaprakash and Sampath Raj in important roles. The film released worldwide on August 1, 2014 to positive reviews from critics.^[2][3]

Cast

• Sharwanand as Raja
• Seerat Kapoor as Priya
• Adivi Sesh as Nayeem basha
• Sampath Raj as Dileep
• Jayaprakash
• Kota Srinivasa Rao as Minister
• Vennela Kishore as Minister's son
• Ali
• Vidyullekha Raman
• Ajay Ghosh

Plot

Raja (Sharwanand) is a simple yet well off son of a vegetable vendor. He constantly keeps on having break ups with girls because he is honest. Then he meets Priya(Seerat) and they both fall in love. While this is happening with Raja, there are a group of kidnappings of ministers in the city. This is happening the same way it happened a couple of years ago. So,they put the person who solved the mystery years ago, police commissioner Dileep. He also has an officer under him, Nayeem basha( Adivi sesh), who is a very smart officer but is not appreciated for it. Coming back to Raja, he comes to know that Priya is none other than Dileep's daughter. Raja also comes to know that priya's about to marry minister's son. Raja goes and talks with dileep and somehow woos him. Dileep reveal's that he wants to marry priya to minister's son. He tricks raja into kidnapping one of the big shots in city. Raja in turn kidnaps priya. Here priya reveals that she never loved him and only acted as she wanted to go for studies in foreign.

Raja though sad takes her to her friend's house. Dileep tries to find her without the public or minister knowing but is not successful in finding her. In mean time priya starts falling in love with raja. Raja then calls dileep while he is with the minister and demands 3 crores as ransom. Here nayeem reveals dileep that the kidnapper is none other then raja and that raja tricked dileep not him. Priya comes to know about the ransom. When she is questioning him her father comes and arrests him. Dileep is happy that the kidnapper is caught. But then the minister's son is kidnapped and 15 crores of ransom is asked. When dileep goes to the station raja is not there. Here priya comes to from her mother know that raja father and her father were good friends and that raja father saw sincere policeman karim basha as his own family men. Raja father came to know that the kidnappings during that time was planned by the minister himself. Raja's father goes to arrest the minister but here dileep reveals that it was his plan and the minister kills karim. Raja's father in anger shoots the minister in throat and is framed for the kidnapping. Dileep as comes to know that nayeem and raja work together. Nayeem takes 15 crores from the minister. At that time raja's father reveals to dileep that raja is his son and that nayeem is karim's son. Raja then sends media a video in which dileep tells he himself is the kidnapper. Nayeem also takes the 500 crores from the minister's house. Dileep is arrested. The minister dies as the bullet in his throat comes out. The 500 crores are donated to orphanage. Finally Priya and Raja reunite

Production

Sharwanand was approached by short film maker Sujeeth to play the male protagonist in the film and the former accepted the offer after expressing few doubts. He was forced by the makers to change his look for the film and for giving him a new look, Bhaskar designed the costumes and hair stylist Hakim Aalim was selected for the hair styling and basic look.^[4] He did not take any remuneration for the film as the producers were his friends.^[5] Seerat Kapoor was selected after conducting a photo shoot followed by a screen test after she gave her audition at Hyderabad which marked her debut in Telugu cinema.^[6] Uppalapati Pramod and Vamsi Krishna announced this film with Adivi Sesh in an important role apart from the protagonists in mid December 2013.^[7]

Further details about the project were unveiled on February 10, 2014 and the film was titled Run Raja Run after one of the short films directed by Sujeeth and the producers confirmed that the film is a bilingual. R. Madhi was declared as the cinematographer and M. Ghibran was selected as the music director marking his Telugu debut.^[8] On February 10, 2014 the press release confirmed that Adivi Sesh, Sampath Raj, Jayaprakash, Vennela Kishore, Ali, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Vidyullekha Raman and Ajay Ghosh are part of the principal cast.^[8] By mid-February 2014, about 50% of the film's shoot was complete and the shooting was undergoing at Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad before shifting to Goa for a month-long schedule.^[9]

Reception

The film received positive reviews from critics. Deccan Chronicle wrote "Director Sujeeth's story is not unique, but his screenplay makes it interesting. A pat to the young director’s back for coming up with a breezy entertainer. There are a few minus points too as the beginning of the film is a bit boring. The film, however, slowly picks up."^[10] Sify gave a review stating "Overall Run Raja Run is a fun caper, with a impressive second half. For Sharwanand this film is a perfect comeback. The pluses in this film are the lead hero’s performance and the twists and turns. Run Raja Run promises good entertainment this monsoon."^[11] IndiaGlitz gave a review stating "The director managers to narrate a story with so many non-obvious ideas, in a simpler way. The style of screenplay has snatches of the narration we saw in 'Kick' but with a difference. Sujeeth's writing and execution is creative. With no action and only mind games and slick and snazzy presentation, the film will be lapped up by the class movie-loving audience" and rated the film 3.25/5.^[12]

On the other hand, The Hindu wrote "What seem to be attempts at humour just end up being crass and forced. However, things do pick up towards the climax and all the pointless sequences seem to fall into place. It is with this twist that the film finally becomes interesting."^[13] The Times of India wrote "Sujeeth gets a lot of things right in his debut film; however, it still is a lost opportunity. The emphasis on style takes over the sharp writing that's quite visible in the first act. For all you know, Run Raja Run could have been a truly unique and quirky film in a long time. Alas, it ends up as a light-hearted entertainer which begins to take itself too seriously after a point and loses its edginess in the process" and rated the film 3/5.^[14]

Soundtrack

Run Raja Run
Soundtrack album To Run Raja Run by M. Ghibran
Released	June 15, 2014
Recorded	2014
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	20:11
Language	Telugu
Label	Junglee Music
Producer	M. Ghibran
M. Ghibran chronology
Thirumanam Enum Nikkah (2014) Run Raja Run (2014) Amara Kaaviyam (2014)

M. Ghibran composed the music and background score for this film which marked his debut in Telugu.^[15] He was approached by Sujeeth, Uppalapati Pramod and R. Madhi to compose the film's music at Chennai when Pramod was impressed with his work in Naiyaandi and Sujeeth was impressed with his work in Vaagai Sooda Vaa.^[16] Ghibran, who wanted to do a Telugu film then, accepted their proposal. There were 5 songs in the film's soundtrack in which one was a fast beat song, one was a melody, one was a pub song and the other two were of different genres. Ramajogayya Sastry wrote three songs while Sri Mani wrote the other two songs.^[17] The film's soundtrack was released on June 15, 2014 by hosting a promotional event at GRIET in Hyderabad and the album was marketed by Junglee Music.^[18][19]

The film's soundtrack received positive reviews from critics. The Times of India wrote "All in all, the album has peculiar compositions and Ghibran delivers promising tracks with refreshing feel mainly targeted at youth" and rated the soundtrack 3/5.^[20] IndiaGlitz wrote "'Run Raja Run's music director seems to have begun with experimenting a bit. Maybe he was wanted that way by his director. The album has got a quirky side to it. A song crooned by Chinmayi, that comes in the end, is the best in two senses: the music as well as its ability to undo the offbeat feel of the whole album. Watch out the presentation on the screen as much as the songs."^[21]

References

External links

• Run Raja Run at the Internet Movie Database