''Shivaji Surathkal: The Case of Ranagiri Rahasya'' is an 2020 Kannada-language

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written and directed by Akash Srivatsa, who also co-wrote the film with Abhijith YR, and produced by Anup Gowda-Reka KN. It stars

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(in his 101st film) and

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in lead roles. ''Shivaji Surathkal: The Case of Ranagiri Rahasya'' was released on 21 February 2020 where it received positive reviews from critics and went on to become the highest-grossing Kannada film of 2020. After the success of the film, the makers have decided to create a franchise and a sequel of the film titled '' Shivaji Surathkal: The Mysterious Case of Maayavi'' is released on 14 April 2022.

Premise

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Shivaji Surathkal leaves to an eerie resort in Ranagiri to investigate the death of Roshan Ravi, the son of

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Rajiv Ravi. While searching for clues, Shivaji must deal his own trauma of losing his wife Janani and analyse the 11 suspects behind Roshan's death.

Cast

Shivaji Surathkal *

as Janani * Aarohi Narayan as Dr. Anjali *

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Rajiv Ravi * Raaghu Raamanakoppa as Govindu * Ramesh Pandit as SP Raheem * Vinay Gowda as Roshan Ravi, Rajiv Ravi's son * Rohith Bhanuprakash as Preetam Shetty * Amita Ranganath as Soukya Ajjampura * Namratha Surendranath as Smitha Shetty * PD Sathish Chandra as Vidhyasagar * Lakshmi Anand as Eureka Lobo * K Pradeep as Valerian Lobo alias Bhata * Kiran Kotta as Anwar * Nishant Gudihalli as SI Rudresh * Dhanush Raj as Bro * Surya Vasishta as Somjith Gupta * Mana Adhvik as SI Rakesh * Sukanya Girish as Jessica Lobo * Ram Manjjonaath as Ram, Rajeev Ravi PA * Vidya Murthy as Janani's mother

Soundtrack

Reception

Critical response

Sunayana Suresh of ''

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'' gave 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Akash Srivatsa surely seems to have redeemed himself as a storyteller after his debut outing Badmaash. A sequel to a film like this that has the potential to become a franchise would be welcome, so watch this one and stay on track." A. Sharaadha of ''

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'' gave 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Ramesh Aravind sheds his regular image, and this transformation was possible only because of the director and writer’s imagination, and the actor’s versatility."

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of ''Film Companion South'' wrote "Despite an interesting premise, the film is an underwhelming murder mystery".

Box office

The film was reported to have collected ₹2 crore in the first week of its run.

Awards and nominations

Sequel

On September 10, 2021, Akash Srivatsa announce the film's sequel titled as '' Shivaji Surathkal: The Mysterious Case of Maayavi'' and also revealed that the titular character will be seen in three different shades.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt11779616 2020s Kannada-language films 2020 films Films shot in Karnataka Indian nonlinear narrative films Indian mystery thriller films 2020s mystery thriller films Films about murder Indian detective films 2020 thriller films Films directed by Akash Srivatsa