''Maharaja'' is a 2005

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

-language

family drama In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms t ...

film directed by

Om Sai Prakash Enreddy Prakash Reddy a.k.a. Om Sai Prakash is a Telugu and Kannada film director and producer. Born in Phirangipuram in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, he started as an assistant to Kodi Ramakrishna and then charted his own course in direct ...

featuring

Sudeep Sudeep Sanjeev (born 2 September 1971), also known as Sudeepa, is an Indian actor, director, producer, screenwriter, television presenter and singer, who primarily works in Kannada films. He has also worked in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. He i ...

and

Nikita Thukral Nikita Thukral is an Indian actress and model, who has acted in Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil films. Early life Thukral was born into a Punjabi Hindu family and was raised in Mumbai. She completed her M.A in Economics from Kishinchand ...

in the lead roles. The film features background score and soundtrack composed by

S. A. Rajkumar S. A. Rajkumar is an Indian composer and lyricist. He has made music for all South Indian language films in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, and Kannada. Early life Rajkumar's father was a vocalist performing in stage shows conducted by popular mu ...

and lyrics by

K. Kalyan K Kalyan (born 1 January 1975) is an Indian songwriter and music composer known for his works in Kannada film industry. He is also called as "Premakavi. Career K.Kalyan entered the film industry at the age of 17 as a Music director cum lyrici ...

and

V. Nagendra Prasad V. Nagendra Prasad is a lyricist, composer and director who predominantly works for Kannada Cinema. He has penned more than 3000 songs, particularly for Kannada cinema. Early life He was born on 3 December 1975. He is the elder son to Cou ...

. The film released on 14 January 2005.

Plot

A married couple have a child and they adopt a child (

). However, their own son starts to feel vengeful about his adopted brother.

Cast

as Surya *

as Sitara *

Bharathi Vishnuvardhan Bharathi Vishnuvardhan (born 15 August 1950), also known mononymously as Bharathi, is an Indian actress known primarily for her work in Kannada cinema and television serials. She began her career in 1966, as a lead actress, with the Kannada mov ...

as Annapoorna (Surya's mother) * Ashok as Rajashekar (Surya's father) *

Avinash Avinash Yelandur (born 22 December 1959) is an Indian actor who stars predominantly in South Indian language films, notably in the Kannada and Tamil film industries. He has been in the industry for two decades and has acted in over 200 films. Kn ...

as Vishakantayya *

Doddanna Doddanna (born 11 November 1949) is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry who has acted in about 800 films. He started his career as a theatre actor. During this time, he entered the Kannada film industry as a character actor. Early lif ...

as Kithapathi Naaga *

Tennis Krishna Tennis Krishna is a popular Kannada actor and comedian. Tennis Krishna has acted in over 600 movies and has a record of acting in 100 movies with comedy actress Rekha Das. Life His background is from Kannada theatre. He acted with Kannada act ...

as Gunjappa * Sundar Raj as Surya's uncle * Dharma as Surya's brother-in-law * Adarsh as Kiran (Surya's brother) * Bharath Bhagavathar as Surya's brother * Aravind as Surya's brother * Baby Priyanka * Baby Prathiksha * Master Kishan *

Amulya Amulya (born as Moulya) is a former Indian actress who appears in Kannada films. She made her debut as a child artist in the early 2000s and appeared in a lead role in 2007 with ''Cheluvina Chittara''. She is best known for her roles in the com ...

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by S. A. Rajkumar.http://www.raaga.com/channels/kannada/album/K0000075.html "Kandamma Kandamma" Song Reused From "Chaamanthi Poobanthi" From Telugu Film ''

Puttintiki Ra Chelli ''Puttintiki Raa Chelli'' is a 2004 Indian Telugu language, Telugu-language film directed by Kodi Ramakrishna and produced by R. S. Goud and Basavraj. It stars Arjun Sarja, Arjun, Meena (actress), Meena and Madhumitha (credited as Swati). It was ...

'' Telugu Version Also Sung Legendary Singer

K. S. Chithra Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra (born 27 July 1963), always credited as K. S. Chithra or Chithra, is an Indian playback singer and Carnatic musician. In a career spanning over four decades, she has recorded over 25,000 songs in various In ...

Awards

Karnataka State Film Awards Karnataka State Film Awards are the most notable and prestigious film awards given for Kannada film industry in Karnataka, India. These are considered the highest awards for Kannada language films. They are given annually by the Government ...

:- * Best Female Playback Singer -

K.S. Chitra Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra (born 27 July 1963), always credited as K. S. Chithra or Chithra, is an Indian playback singer and Carnatic musician. In a career spanning over four decades, she has recorded over 25,000 songs in various In ...

References

External links

* {{Sai Prakash 2005 films Indian drama films 2000s Kannada-language films Indian family films Films directed by Sai Prakash