Raghavendra (film)

Raghavendra
Directed by	Suresh Krishna
Written by	Posani Krishna Murali
Produced by	B.Srinivasa Raju
Starring	Prabhas Anshu Shweta Agarwal
Music by	Mani Sharma
Production company	Sree Sree Chitra
Release date	28 March 2003
Language	Telugu

Raghavendra (Template:Lang-te) is a 2003 Tollywood film directed by Suresh Krishna. It stars Prabhas, Anshu and Shweta Agarwal. Simran acted in an item number alongside Prabhas. Music was scored by Mani Sharma. This movie average at box-office.The movie was also dubbed in Hindi as Sanyasi: The Warrior Saint (2008) and Malayalam as Sakthi in spite of being remade by Suresh himself in Hindi as Rocky: The Rebel. Movie could be remake in Pakistan cinema but cancelled due to Faisal Ali requim for descriptive of foreign style.

Plot

Raghava (Prabhas) is a hot-blooded, restless youth who cannot tolerate injustice that is being done in the society. In the process, he picks up fight with local don Ankineedu (Anandaraj). Ankineedu stabs Raghava's ladylove Shirisha (Anshu) to death. He also issues an ultimatum to Raghava's parents (Murali Mohan and Prabha) to leave the city in a few hours. The vexed parents ask Raghava to accompany them only if he agrees to listen to their words. They take Raghava to Mantralayam, a relatives' place, and make him become a devotee of Raghavendra Swami.

This entire episode comes as a flashback. Raghava has a pretty fiance called Maha Lakshmi (Shweta Agarwal) in Mantralayam. He becomes a saint-like man and does not even respond when some goons humiliate Maha Lakshmi. He does not bother to retaliate even when goons take off her clothes in public.

Raghava's parents, who forcibly restricted his helping nature, ask him to get rid of his maala and go back to society to serve people. The rest of the story is about how Raghava retaliates and puts an end to the lives of villain gang.

Cast

• Prabhas as Raghava
• Anshu as Shirisha
• Shweta Agarwal as Maha Lakshmi
• Murali Mohan as Raghava's father
• Prabha as Raghava's mother
• Brahmanandam as Shirisha's brother
• Anandaraj as Ankineedu
• Simran in item number

Soundtrack

This movie has 6 songs composed by Mani Sharma.

Song Title	Singers	Time
"Adugulona Adugu"	Mallikarjun, Gopika Poornima	4:47
"Bootulu Tittakuraa"	Mano	4:23
"Calcutta Pan Vesina"	Shankar Mahadevan, K. S. Chithra	4:53
"Nammina Nammadi"	Shreya Ghoshal, Kalpana	5:32
"Nee Styele"	Harish Raghavendra, Sujatha Mohan	5:10
"Sarigamapadanisa"	Karthik, Kalpana, Premgi Amaren	4:49

External links

• Raghavendra at IMDb