''Raambo 2'' is a 2018 Indian

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written and directed by Anil Kumar and produced by Atlanta Nagendra and Sharan. Featuring Sharan in the lead role, with

Ashika Ranganath Ashika Ranganath is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Kannada language films. She is known for her lead role in the 2016 film Crazy Boy and Raambo 2 (2018). Early life and personal life Ashika was born in a Kannada family to Ran ...

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and

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in the principal roles. A song sequence in the film has five of the leading ladies whom Sharan had paired with in his previous films. The film is co-funded by its technicians such as music director

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, cinematographer Sudhakar S Raj, associate director

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and editor K. M. Prakash. The film released across Karnataka on 18 May 2018. Upon release, the film received good reviews from critics. The movie was declared semi-hit at box-office. The second half of the movie was reported to have been inspired by the 2015 Canadian movie '' Wrecker''. This film was shot in various parts of North Karnataka region such as

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district.

Plot

In GOA Krishna ( Sharan) a happy go person and a devotee of lord ganesha is in pursuit for the love of his life, and asks for his lords blessing for the same, when he comes across that girl - Mayuri ( Ashika Ranganth) a medical student and a party girl, they both meet up, have a good friendship and plan to go on an experimental long drive to decide on before falling for each other, and they meet up with DJ (

) on the trip. Enroute they are confronted by a strange car, who plays them into a FAST AND FURIOUS scenario, dragging the trio into dangerous and uncomfortable situations. Eventually the pathological stalker, kidnaps Mayuri, only to reveal that his target all along was krishna, and that mysterious man turns out to be a joker turned psycho

p. Ravishankar Pudipeddi Ravi Shankar (born 28 November 1966), also known as Sai Ravi, is an Indian actor, dubbing artist, director and writer. He predominantly appears in Kannada films, in addition to Telugu and Tamil films. He dubbed for over 3500 films ...

waiting to take revenge on krishna for causing the accident that disabled him and killed his young daughter. krishna reveals, that day he had given his sports car for rent to two rich customers and saw them holding drinks, he then tracks down the real culprits and delivers them to joker, who then takes his revenge by causing the same accidents on them. The movie concludes with a message to avoid drink and driving, or else the psychotic joker will pursue them. post credits scene shows Krishna happily married to his love Mayuri, still satirically scared on his memories to that road trip, during his wedding night.

Cast

* Sharan as Krishna/Krish *

as Mayuri *

as Devanahalli Jagga (DJ) *

as Krishna's Father *

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as Krishna's friend *

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as Blind Man *

as Joker * Jahangir as Jahangir Mirchikayi *

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as Sheela * Shivaraj (K.R.Pete) as a voice-over for Mooshika (Rat) *

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as a voice-over for Lord

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in a

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for the song ''"Dum Maro Dum"'' *

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- Cameo appearance in a song "''Elli Kan Elli Kaneno''" *

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- Cameo appearance in a song "''Elli Kan Elli Kaneno''" *

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- Cameo appearance in a song "''Elli Kan Elli Kaneno''" *

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- Cameo appearance in a song "''Elli Kan Elli Kaneno''" *

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- Cameo appearance in a song "''Elli Kan Elli Kaneno''"

Soundtrack

has composed the songs for the film.

Chuttu Chuttu

Chuttu Chuttu song is the most viewed Kannada video song in YouTube. Chuttu Chuttu becomes the first Kannada song to cross 100 Million plus views. Chuttu Chuttu makes into Radio Mirchi top 20. In January 2020, it became the most viewed Kannada song on YouTube. Chuttu Chuttu First Kannada Song to Cross 100 Million Views On YouTube. Team of Raambo 2 celebrates the success of Chuttu Chuttu.

Box office

Raambo 2 opened very well at box-office and grossed more than 9 crores within 2 weeks of its release. The film completed 50 days run in 100 theatres and 25 days run in 125 theatres. Raambo 2 got positive reviews and the film completed 100 days at the box office and it became a comeback hit for Sharan after a string of flops. The film is slated to release in

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and

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in June 2018. The movie had television premier on 16 September 2018 and had highest TRP rating as per BARC.

Awards

Raambo 2 was nominated for 8th SIIMA awards in 7 Categories. Raambo 2 was nominated for Times Kannada Film Awards 2018. Raambo 2 was selected in the popular films section at 11th Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFFes) 2019. Raambo 2 was nominated for 66th Filmfare Awards South 2019.

References

External links

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