Raju Bhai
Raju Bhai is a 2007 Indian Telugu drama film directed by Suriya Kiran, starring Manoj Manchu and Sheela Kaur in lead and Dhandapani, Tanikella Bharani and Brahmanandam in supporting roles. The film, a remake of the successful 2006 Tamil film Chithiram Pesuthadi, directed by Myshkin was produced by Manoj's father, Mohan Babu, and was released on 18 May 2007 to poor responses, becoming a box office bomb. The film was remade in Odia film Abhimanyu in 2009.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Manoj Manchu as Raju
- Sheela Kaur as Anjali
- Dhandapani as Babaji
- Tanikella Bharani as Anjali's father
- Brahmanandam
- Sunil
- Ali
- Mallikarjuna Rao
- Rajiv Kanakala
- Giri Babu
- Raghu Babu
- MS Narayana
- Suman Setty
- Santosh Pavan
Crew
- Screenplay, Direction: Surya Kiran
- Story: Mysskin
- Production: Mohan Babu
- Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
- Cinematography: Prasad Murella
- Editing: Gautham Raju
- Dialogue: M. Ratnam
- Art direction: Ashokkumar
- Stunts: Ram-Lakshman, Action Prakash
- Choreography: Raju Sundaram, Ganesh Acharya
- Lyrics: Suddala Ashok Teja, Ramajogaiah Sastry
- Banner: Sri Lakshmi Prasanna Pictures
Soundtrack
The album became a "big hit" as the songs gained immense popularity upon release. Also reviews were very favorable, praising composer Yuvan Shankar Raja and describing his compositions as "superb", "a major strength to the movie" and "excellent".
Track | Song | Singer | Duration | Lyricist | Notes |
1 | "Chalthaa Chalthaa" | Ranjith | 4:47 | Ramajogaiah Sastry | |
2 | "Evvare Nuvvu" | Harish Raghavendra | 4:09 | Ramajogaiah Sastry | Reused song "Devathaiyai Kanden" from Kaadhal Kondein |
3 | "Kantipapakasirinda" | Ranjith | 1:35 | Ramajogaiah Sastry | |
4 | "Korameenu" | Jassie Gift | 4:42 | Suddala Ashok Teja | Reused song "Vazhameenukkum" from Chithiram Pesuthadi, composed by Sundar C. Babu |
5 | "Neekosam Pilla" | Premji Amaran, Suchitra | 4:14 | Ramajogaiah Sastry | Fusion of old Tamil song Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga with new composition |
6 | "Gucchi Gucchi" | Harish Raghavendra | 5:16 | Ramajogaiah Sastry | Reused song "Thottu Thottu" from Kaadhal Kondein |
7 | "Sommunu" | Ranjith | 0:28 | Ramajogaiah Sastry | |
8 | "Lothe Teliyanide" | Ranjith | 0:28 | Ramajogaiah Sastry | |
9 | "Evvare Nuvvu " | Yuvan Shankar Raja, Rajesh, Premji Amaren | 4:47 | Ramajogaiah Sastry |