''Raaj-The Showman'' is a 2009

Kannada language 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 sp ...

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starring

Puneeth Rajkumar Puneeth Rajkumar (17 March 1975 – 29 October 2021), colloquially known as Appu, was an Indian actor, playback singer, television presenter, and producer, who worked in Kannada cinema. He was the youngest son of actor and matinee idol Dr. Rajk ...

and

Priyanka Kothari Priyanka Kothari, often credited as Nisha Kothari or Amoha, is an actress and model. She has appeared in Bollywood, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada films. She has frequently appeared in Ram Gopal Varma films. Early life Priyanka Kothari was born in ...

, who made her debut in Kannada films. And Ramnitu chaudhary in the guest appearance The film was directed by Prem. Pavan Ranadheera, who was the co-director of this movie and also wrote the script and screenplay for the movie.

Plot

Muththuraj aka Raj, who stays happily with his parents in a village aspires to be an actor like

Dr. Rajkumar Singanalluru Puttaswamaiah Muthuraj (24 April 1929 – 12 April 2006), better known by his stage name Dr. Rajkumar, was an Indian actor and singer who worked in Kannada cinema. Regarded as one of the greatest actors in the history of Indian ci ...

. He promises his mother that he will be a great actor like Rajkumar. He arrives at the city and become a junior artist in films. A wannabe director, who has full confidence in his talents starts his new film with Raj in the lead role. But the film's actress Parvathy walks out. Sensing that his chance to become an actor will be under a threat, Raj starts pestering Paaru to work with him where she develops feelings for him. Paaru learns that her two relatives, who are actually

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gangsters are fighting against each other to marry her. She is forced to escape with Raj. The director decide to shelve the film after Paaru's relatives threaten them. Upset, Raj reveals his past and his promise to his mother to the director. The director realizes and supports Raj's decision and begins the shooting of the film, along with Paaru. They complete the film's shooting with only the climax remaining, Paaru's relatives arrive to take away Paaru, but Raj stops them and Paaru profess her love to Raj, who agrees and a combat ensues where Raj makes Paaru's relatives realize their mistake, who leave. The film is released and becomes a ''Blockbuster'' at the box office. Having realized his dream, Raj and Paaru leave for Raj's village and Raj reunites with his father and mother and introduces Paaru.

Cast

as Raaj (Muthuraja) *

Nisha Kothari Priyanka Kothari, often credited as Nisha Kothari or Amoha, is an actress and model. She has appeared in Bollywood, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada films. She has frequently appeared in Ram Gopal Varma films. Early life Priyanka Kothari was born in ...

as Parvathy aka Paaru *

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in Special Role * Ramaneetu Chaudhari in Special role * Mamatha Rao *Aadi Lokesh *Muni *Shankar Ashwath *Kempegowda *Arasu Maharaj *Murali Mohan *Sharan Kabbur *Mallesh Gowda * Sathyajith *Shivaram *

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*Mahesh Raj *A. R. Babu *Umesh Punga *Shiva Manju *John *Mico Nagaraj *Malavalli Saikrishna *Dashavara Chandru *Narasimha Joshi *Dileep Kumar *Anand Priya *Madhugiri Prakash *Ganesh Rao Kesarkar * Jaya Prada as herself *

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as herself *

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as herself *

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Shivamani as Parvathi's Mother *

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in song

Soundtrack

Production

''Raaj The Showman'' is considered to be a high-budget film in the Kannada film industry.

Reception

Release

''Raaj the Showman'' was the first Kannada-language film to be simultaneously released worldwide and in India.

Critical response

A critic from ''

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'' wrote "Puneet Raj Kumar's brilliant portrayal as Muththuraj is the saving grace. He shows tremendous improvement as an actor and his performance, especially in fight sequences, is certainly a treat to watch. In a way the film belongs to Puneet. The second half deals with how Muththuraj saves Parvathy and realises his dream. In the end, he returns to his village and re-unites with his parents". B S Srivani from

Deccan Herald ''Deccan Herald'' is an Indian English language daily newspaper published from the Indian state of Karnataka. It was founded by K. N. Guruswamy, a liquor businessman from Ballari and was launched on 17 June 1948. It is published by The Print ...

wrote "S Krishna and the DI team provide the right amount of pleasure with their visual efforts. Harikrishna’s music is first class. The supporting cast too is strong. As for the story, well, the treatment is sufficient to make it appear just a few hours old. This showman delivers the goods". A critic from Bangalore Mirror wrote "Watch the movie for the excellent cinematography and the music. Prem’s direction is not worth commenting, nor are his efforts at the story and dialogues". Manju Shettar from

Mid-Day ''Mid-Day'' (stylised as mid-day) is a morning daily Indian compact newspaper owned by Jagran Prakashan Limited. Editions in various languages were published in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Pune. In 2011, the Delhi and Bangalore editions wer ...

wrote "Puneeth's acting is not bad and Krishna's cinematography is good. But only two songs are catchy. Nisha Kotari has not done justice to her role. The dialogues and stunts lack freshness".

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Raaj The Showman 2009 films 2000s Kannada-language films Films about actors Films shot in Rajasthan Films scored by V. Harikrishna Films shot in Bangalore Films set in Bangalore 2000s masala films 2009 action drama films Films about filmmaking Indian nonlinear narrative films Indian action drama films Films directed by Prem