Yuvaraja (film)

Yuvaraja
Yuvaraja
Soundtrack album by Ramana Gogula
Released	2001
Recorded	2001
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Akash Audio

Yuvaraja
Yuvaraja
	Promotional poster
Directed by	Puri Jagannadh
Written by	M. S. Ramesh R. Rajashekhar (Dialogues)
Screenplay by	Puri Jagannath
Story by	Arun Prasad P. A.
Based on	Thammudu (Telugu)
Produced by	R. Srinivas
Starring	Shiva Rajkumar; Lisa Ray; Bhavna Pani
Narrated by	Puri Jagannadh
Cinematography	K. Datthu
Edited by	S. Manohar
Music by	Ramana Gogula
Production; company	R S Productions
Distributed by	Bahar Films
Release date	2 November 2001;
Running time	147 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Yuvaraja is a 2001 Indian Kannada-language sports drama film directed by Puri Jagannadh and produced by R. Srinivas. The film stars Shiva Rajkumar, Bhavna Pani and Lisa Ray. The movie is a remake of 1999 Telugu movie Thammudu. The film was released on 2 November 2001 across cinema halls in Karnataka. The film finished a 50 day theatrical run.^[1]

Plot

Raju alias Yuvaraja is the youngest son of a family and a careless guy, always going around girls and enjoying with them. His womanizing habits are a source of heartburn for his father. However, his elder brother Chakri is a kickboxer and his father's favourite son, who is very fond of him. Janu, Yuvaraja's neighbour, is in love with him, but it is just one sided as Raju considers her a good friend and a source of money and cars to impress girls (Janu's father is a garage owner).

Raju starts going out with Lovely, a rich college girl, and poses as a wealthy millionaire's son to impress her and love her. Lovely falls for his lies and starts loving him. However, she soon finds out that Raju has lied to her and dumps him and insults him in front of his father. Raju's father, tired of his son's antics, kicks him out of the house and shuns him. Raju is now homeless and Jaanu tells him to be more responsible of himself. Later, Chakri is attacked by Rohith, who happens to be Lovely's new boyfriend and his enemy, and his friends and is bedridden, unable to take part in the kickboxing championship. Raju decides to fight for his brother and to redeem himself in his father's eyes by fighting in the championship match against Rohith. Deciding to seek revenge for his brother's accident and to prove himself to his father, Yuvaraja defeats Rohith after a long and bloody boxing match, redeems himself in front of his father's eyes and finally accepts Janu's love. Hence the film ends with a happy ending, and everyone greets Raju as Yuvaraja.

Cast

Shiva Rajkumar as Raju alias Yuvaraja Rathnam
Lisa Ray as Lovely
Bhavna Pani as Janaki alias Jaanu
Kumar Govind as Chakri, Raju's brother
Srinath as Vishwanath, Raju's father
Avinash as Chakri and Raju's coach
Sharan as Kitti, Raju's friend
Ramesh Bhat as Jaanu's Father
Balaraj as Sakshi Shivanand, Raju's Friend
Bullet Prakash as Raju's Friend
Dharma as Rohith
Sanketh Kashi
M.S.Umesh
Mandeep Roy
Badri Narayan
Sridhar Raj
Niranjan Shetty
Appu Venkatesh
Rajeev Rathod
Rocket Vikram

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by Ramana Gogula and lyrics were written by K. Kalyan. The song "Missamma Kissamma" is based on "Bangala Kathamulo" from Telugu film Badri (2000). The song "Chandana Siri" is based on "Kala Kalakuthu" from Tamil film Badri (2001) (Tamil remake of Thammudu). The song "Monalisa" is based on song "Ramachilaka" from Telugu film Yuvaraju (2000). The other three songs were reused from Thammudu.

All lyrics are written by K. Kalyan

No.	Title	Singer(s)
1.	"Missamma Kissamma"	Ramana Gogula, Nanditha
2.	"Bangalooru Students"	Ramana Gogula
3.	"Monalisa Monalisa"	Ramana Gogula, Nanditha
4.	"Naajooku Naari"	Ramana Gogula
5.	"Chandana Siri"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
6.	"Look At My Face"	Ramana Gogula