Ravanna (film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = Ravanna
| image = Ravanna_(film).jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = B. Gopal
| story = Posani Krishna Murali
| screenplay = B. Gopal
| producer = Maganti Gopinath
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| label1= Dialogue by
| data1 = Posani Krishna Murali
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| starring = {{ubl|Krishna|Rajasekhar|Soundarya}}
| music = S. A. Rajkumar
| cinematography = K. Prasad
| editing = Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
| studio = RK Films
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2000|03|03|df=yes}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Telugu
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Ravanna is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by B. Gopal. Krishna, Rajasekhar, and Soundarya played the lead roles. The film was released after a delay to negative reviews.
It was dubbed and released in Hindi as Jaan Ki Baazi 2 by Goldmines Telefilms on 23 January 2020.{{Citation|title=Jaan Ki Baazi 2 (Ravanna) 2020 New Released Full Hindi Dubbed Movie {{!}} Rajasekhar, Soundarya, Krishna| date=23 January 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bep-5oe9rjA|access-date=2021-10-12}}
Plot
The movie story deals with Ravanna, a wayward youth, is misguided and used by the local MLA to threaten those who oppose his corrupt activities. The arrival of a retired army major and his sister in the village turns things around.
Cast
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- Krishna as Major Chowdary
- Rajasekhar as Ravanna
- Soundarya as Panthulamma Sirisha
- Sanghavi
- Narra Venkateswara Rao
- Jaya Prakash Reddy
- Vijayakumar
- M. S. Narayana as Sarpam "Sarpanch" Samara Pulla Reddy
- Venu Madhav
- Kallu Chidambaram
}}
Production
To play the role of an army major, Prakash Raj and a real life Kargil soldier were considered.
Soundtrack
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| name = Ravanna
| type = film
| artist = S. A. Rajkumar
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| alt =
| released = 1 January 1993
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| length = 20:59
| label = Aditya Music
| producer = S. A. Rajkumar
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{{track listing
| headline = Track list{{cite web | url = https://open.spotify.com/album/5COHSTsnebBXLA7W7PtM12 | website = Spotify | title = Ravanna | accessdate = 16 December 2020}}
| all_music = S. A. Rajkumar.
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 20:59
| title1 = Nuvvante Chala Ishtam
| lyrics1 = Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry
| extra1 = Rajesh, K. S. Chithra
| length1 = 4:36
| title2 = Okey Oka Asha
| lyrics2 = Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry
| extra2 = Udit Narayan, K. S. Chithra
| length2 = 4:01
| title3 = Aadi Soma
| lyrics3 = Bhuvanachandra
| extra3 = Shankar Mahadevan
| length3 = 3:51
| title4 = Mathru Bhoomi
| lyrics4 = Veturi
| extra4 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
| length4 = 4:16
| title5 = Poolakomma
| lyrics5 = Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry
| extra5 = Udit Narayan, Sujatha
| length5 = 4:12
}}
Reception
Jeevi of Idlebrain.com rated the film {{fraction|1|1|2}} out of 5 and wrote that "A must watch for Krishna fans for their matinee idol's brilliant performance and strictly recommended for others not to watch".{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-ravanna.html|title=Ravanna|work=Idlebrain.com|date=3 March 2000|author=Jeevi|access-date=5 March 2024}} Griddaluru Gopalrao of Zamin Ryot criticised the film's cast and cinematography and some of the dialogues.{{Cite web|url=http://www.zaminryot.com/pdf/2000/Mar/17-Mar-2000.pdf|title=రవ్వంత కూడా బాగాలేని 'రవన్న' [Ravanna is not even a little good]|work=Zamin Ryot|first= Griddaluru|last=Gopalrao|date=17 March 2000|access-date=5 March 2024|page=9,11|language=te}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|20246698}}
{{B. Gopal}}
{{Posani Krishna Murali}}
Category:2000s Telugu-language films
Category:Films directed by B. Gopal
Category:Films scored by S. A. Rajkumar
Category:Films with screenplays by Posani Krishna Murali
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