''Rathaavara'' is a 2015 Indian

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

action thriller Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include lif ...

film written and directed by Chandrashekar Bandiyappa and produced by Dharmashree Manjunath. It stars

Sri Murali Sriimurali (born 17 December 1981), also known simply as Murali, is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Kannada cinema. After making his debut in 2003 in ''Chandra Chakori'', he appeared in '' Kanti'' as the eponymous lead, a performance ...

and

Rachita Ram Bindhya Ram , known by her stage name Rachita Ram, is an Indian actress who is primarily known for her work in Kannada films. Rachita made her film debut with the 2013 film ''Bulbul (2013 film), Bulbul'' as the lead opposite Darshan (actor), D ...

in the lead roles. The supporting cast features

P. Ravi Shankar 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 language, Telugu and Tamil language, Tamil films. ...

Chikkanna Chikkanna (born 22 June 1984), is an Indian actor who works in Kannada cinema and appears primarily in comic roles. He made his debut in films with ''Kirataka'' (2011), following which he was recognized for his performances in ''Raja Huli'' (20 ...

Sadhu Kokila Sahaya Sheelan Shadrach (born 24 March 1966) known by his screen name Sadhu Kokila, is an Indian musician, actor, comedian, film director and producer, and an occasional screenwriter and lyricist who works in Kannada cinema. He began his care ...

and

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among others. The film's music is composed by

Dharma Vish Dharma Vish is an Indian music composer, music producer, and songwriter. He has produced music for Indian films in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu, and has also composed the score for the film Raagdesh ''Raag Desh'' () is a 2017 Indian his ...

, background score by

Ravi Basrur Ravi Basrur is an Indian music composer, sound designer, lyricist and director who made his debut in the Kannada film industry in 2014. Career He debuted by scoring music for the film ''Ugramm''. Following his debut, Basrur composed music ...

and cinematography is by

Bhuvan Gowda Bhuvan Gowda is an Indian cinematographer who works in Kannada films. He is known for his work in ''Ugramm'' (2014), '' Pushpaka Vimana'' (2017) and '' K.G.F film series''. Career Gowda began his career as a cinematographer for Prashanth Nee ...

. The principal photography of the film began in December 2014 at locations such as Bangalore, Mysore, Mangalore and Gadag. The film release on 4 December 2015 and gained mixed to positive reviews from the critics as well as the audience, but the movie did well at the box office.

Plot

Ratha, a local mob, works as a right hand to a gangster cum politician Manikanta. Things will be going on good with both of them until Manikanta assigns Ratha an easy yet hesitant task to do. Ratha gets trapped in a quest of unluck and curses when he fails at the work which he had been told.

Cast

* Sriimurali as Rathavara *

as Navami *

as Manikantha *

Saurav Lokesh Saurav Lokesh (born 28 May 1984), also known as Bhajarangi Loki, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Kannada cinema. He rose to the fame with the 2013 blockbuster ''Bhajarangi''. Early life Saurav was born as youngest son to V. Ramak ...

as Maadevi *

* Narendra Babu *

Chitra Shenoy Chitra Shenoy is an Indian actress and producer in South Indian movies and television series. She has acted in more than 600 films in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Tulu, and Hindi. She is known as the 'young mother' in the Kannada film ind ...

* Sharath * Chandru * Hitesh B.C * RoopaShree * Kopplu Puttamma * Prashanth M * Dhakshayini * Triveni * Chidambaram * Divya

Production

Development

The first news about the film was announced by actor

in his Twitter account in August 2014. Fresh from the success of his previous venture ''

Ugramm ''Ugramm'' is a 2014 Indian Kannada-language action thriller film directed by Prashanth Neel and produced under the banner Inkfinite Pictures with his brother Pradeep Neel as the executive producer. It stars Srimurali and Haripriya as the lea ...

'' (2014), Murali announced that his next venture would be titled as "Rathaavara" and more details of the film would be revealed in the 150th day celebrations of ''Ugramm''. He also released the first look for the film on the social networking site on his birthday. The film was labelled as an action thriller and would be directed by Chandrashekar Bandiyappa.

Casting

After signing Murali for the lead protagonist role, the makers roped in actress

who was busy shooting for ''

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''.

was roped in to play the main antagonist role.

Filming

Although the initial reports said the filming to start by October 2014, the actual rolling of the film commenced from December 2014. With the first look of the film out on 17 December 2014, the launch was made a low-key affair with the film's cast and crew members only. The team shot for the film at a brisk pace in and around Mysore. An action sequence was shot at the tourist destination Srirangapatna. Later, it was reported that actor Sri Murali would sing for a track in the film. The climax portions of the film commenced in April 2015 with the actor claiming it to be one of his toughest climaxes shot ever. It was reported that he had to be underwater for close to 12 hours for shooting the climax portions. Box office The film ran for 100 days on a few screens in karnataka.

Soundtrack

has composed the soundtrack and score for the film. The soundtrack album consists of five tracks, out of which one has been sung by actor Sri Murali and penned by

Yogaraj Bhat Yogaraj Bhat (born 8 October 1972) is an Indian Kannada film-maker, director, screenwriter, lyricist and producer. He is most known for the 2006 film ''Mungaru Male''. The film recorded the highest box-office collections in the history of Kannad ...

. Other lyricist names featured are

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and

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. It was released on 11 November 2015, prior to which the makers sought the blessings of

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, in

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Track listing

References

External links

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#rathaavara hashtag on Twitter

Rathavara is on Track
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