''Radhan Ganda'' is a 2013

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comedy - action film written and directed by Murugan. It is produced by Confident Group along with Shanta Pictures.

Komal Kumar Komal Kumar (born 4 July 1973), known mononymously as Komal, is an Indian actor and film producer known for his work in Kannada cinema. He made his acting debut with ''Super Nan Maga'' in 1992. Since his debut, Komal has acted in over 100 films, ...

and Poorna are in the lead roles.

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has composed the soundtrack and film score. The core plot of the movie was based on the 2001 French movie ''

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''.

Cast

as Krishna * Poorna as Radha *

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as Aryan * Poorna Kumar * Sudarshan *

Kuri Prathap Prathap (also known as ''Kuri Prathap'') is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. He made his debut in the movie Sixer (2007), and went on to cast in many commercial films. Some films Prathap worked as an actor include ''Mylari'' (2010 ...

as Shivu

Production

Title row

The earlier title of this film ''Radhikan Ganda'' kicked up a row for some time because of the name ''Radhika''. The title had an uncanny reference towards former chief minister of Karnataka

H. D. Kumaraswamy Haradanahalli Deve Gowda Kumaraswamy, (born 16 December 1959) known among followers as Kumaranna (''Kumar, the elder brother''), is an Indian politician and businessman who served as the 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 23 May 2018 to 23 J ...

who had a secret relationship with former actress

Radhika Kumaraswamy Radhika Kumaraswamy (born 1 November 1986), credited as Radhika and as Kutty Radhika in Tamil films, is an Indian actress. She has primarily appeared in Kannada films. Career Radhika started her acting career with the Kannada film ''Neela Megh ...

. Radhika had objected to the title name during its production. However, the makers have denied any relation between the film and the private life of the former chief minister. But due to the continuous objections raised, the director decided to rename the title as "Radhan Ganda".

Soundtrack

has composed 6 songs and the audio is released under Ashwini Media Networks banner.

Reception

Critical response

A critic from ''

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'' scored the film at 3 out of 5 stars and says "Why he kidnaps Radhika, and how Krishna manages to free her from the baddie’s clutches form the rest of the movie. Two of Manikanth Kadri’s songs are hummable. A spoof on Amitabh Bachchan set in Mumbai does not gel well, especially when the movie was to gain pace". A critic from

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wrote "Selvam’s camerawork is adequate, K M Prakash’s editing crisp and Manikant Kadri’s tunes pleasing, with the Iruve Kachide song standing out. Komal is back in his groove and this Raadhan Ganda is not a bad guy to know after all!".

References

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