Raghava (film)
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{{Infobox film
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| image = Raghava film poster.jpg
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| caption = Official poster
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| director = Y. Nageswara Rao
| writer = Satish Vegesna (dialogue)
| screenplay = Y. Nageswara Rao
| story =
| based_on =
| producer = L. B. Reddy
Suresh
| starring = {{plainlist|*Suresh
}}
| narrator =
| cinematography = Poorna
| editing =
| music = Shashi Preetam
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| released = {{Film date|df=y|2002|2|1}}
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| country = India
| language = Telugu
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Raghava is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Y. Nageswara Rao and starring Suresh and Rajasree. The film was a box office failure.{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/research/anal/tollywood2002firsthalf.html|title=Tollywood in the first half of 2002|last1=Sunil|first1=Sreya|last2=Jeevi}}
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Suresh as Raghava Reddy
- Rajasree as Anjali
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as Lakshma Reddy
- Ranganath as Veera Reddy
- Brahmanandam
- M. S. Narayana
- Chalapati Rao
- Ranganath
- Sudhakar
- Ali
- Mallikarjuna Rao
- G. V. Sudhakar Naidu
- Jeeva
- Gautam Raju
- Suma Kanakala
- Ramyasri
- Padmajayanthi
- Sudeepa Pinky
}}
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Shashi Preetam.
{{Infobox album
| name = Raghava
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = Shashi Preetam
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| alt =
| released = 2001
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| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Feature film soundtrack
| length = 20:53
| language = Telugu
| label = Lahari Music
| producer =
| chronology = Shashi Preetam
| prev_title = Hands Up!
| prev_year = 2000
| next_title = Aamdani Atthanni Kharcha Rupaiya
| next_year = 2001
| misc = {{external media
| audio1 = {{YouTube|Tkr25pr0KWA|Raghava – Jukebox}}}}
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Nuvve Nuvve
| length1 = 4:30
| lyrics1 = Sahithi
| extra1 = Shashi Preetam, Mano, Usha
| title2 = Prema Prema
| length2 = 4:47
| lyrics2 = Bhuvana Chandra
| extra2 = Mano, Swarnalatha
| title3 = Vamshoddara Vennela
| length3 = 3:14
| lyrics3 = Vijayaditya
| extra3 = Mano, Usha
| title4 = Maina Maina
| length4 = 3:57
| lyrics4 = Vijayaditya
| extra4 = Kousalya, Sashi Preetam, Vijayaditya
| title5 = Nuvve Nuvve (Pathos)
| length5 = 4:25
| lyrics5 = Vijayaditya
| extra5 = Swarnalatha, Sashi Preetam
| total_length = 20:53
}}
Reception
Jeevi of Idlebrain.com wrote that "Raghava is a badly made film with uninspiring story and direction".{{Cite web |last=Jeevi |date=1 February 2002 |title=Telugu Cinema - Review - Raghava |url=https://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-raghava.html |access-date= |website=Idlebrain.com}} Gudipoodi Srihari of The Hindu wrote that "The film, with a focus on the faction fights in Rayalaseema, is rather disappointing".{{Cite news |last=Srihari |first=Gudipoodi |date=1 February 2002 |title=Movie review - Raghava |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mrg-raghava.html}}
A critic from Full Hyderabad wrote that "The film is nothing but an unabashed excuse to make money using what Tollywood considers the flavor of the season".{{Cite web |date=1 February 2002 |title=Raghava Review |url=https://movies.fullhyderabad.com/raghava/telugu/raghava-movie-reviews-603-2.html |website=Full Hyderabad}} Griddaluru Gopalrao of Zamin Ryot also a gave a negative review for the film, writing the film had a poor storyline and the director failed to handle the film's conflict properly.{{Cite news |last=Gopalrao |first=Giddaluru |date=15 February 2002 |title=రాఘవ అఘోరిస్తున్నాడు |language=te |trans-title=Raghava is lamenting |pages=9, 11 |url=http://www.zaminryot.com/pdf/2002/Feb/15-Feb-2002.pdf}}