''Rhaatee'' ( kn, ರಾಟೆ) is a 2015 Indian Kannada

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thriller film written and directed by

A. P. Arjun A. P. Arjun (born 8 August 1984) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and lyricist. He works in Kannada cinema. He made his debut as a lyricist in the film ''Thangigagi'' (2006), he debuted as a director with the 2009 film '' Ambari''. His ...

, in his third directorial venture after the successful films like ''

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'' and '' Addhuri''. The film also marks the second production of music director V. Harikrishna under his home banner "Harmonium Reeds". The film stars Dhananjay and

Shruthi Hariharan Sruthi Hariharan (born 2 February 1989) is an Indian actress and producer who appears primarily in Kannada language films. She debuted in a 2012 Malayalam film, ''Cinema Company'', and her first film in the Kannada cinema industry was '' Lucia' ...

in the lead roles. The film has the musical score and soundtrack composed by V. Harikrishna. The film, launched officially on 3 March 2013 underwent several delays and took a long shoot time and finally released theatrically on 20 March 2015.

Plot

Raja and Rani are young lovers from

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village in Mandya, They land in Bengaluru for their wedding shopping, Rani, who is a big fan of Darshan, wants to see his blockbuster movie

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in Mahadeshwara theatre. In the theatre, Rani goes to the washroom but doesn’t return, Raja searches for her everywhere on the outskirts of Bangalore. When Rani is found, Raja is shocked to learn that one of Rani's kidneys has been removed by illegal organ traders. He takes them on and kills the kingpin Shankar and escapes to

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forest where there are informed by their auto driver friend 24/7 Jaganna. Shankar’s brother Seena sets out to search for them, but to no avail. They escape from the forest again after some goons attack Rani. They reach Mahadeshwara theatre where Seena is informed of their location through an auto driver where a combat ensues which results in Raja and Rani brutally killed by the Seena. Jaganna, who was doing wedding shopping reaches the theatre, only to find them dead and gets devastated.

Cast

* Dhananjay as Raja *

as Rani * Bullet Prakash as Jaganna *

Suchendra Prasad K. Suchendra Prasad (born 1973) is an Indian theatre, film and television actor. Before beginning his career in Kannada cinema, he worked as theater actor with playwrights such as B. V. Karanth and D. R. Ankur. During this time, he also directed ...

as Inspector * Mohan Juneja as Constable Shivappa * Raghav Uday as Seena, Shankar's brother

Soundtrack

Music composer V. Harikrishna was roped in to score for both score and soundtrack consisting of 6 tracks. Actor

Sudeepa Sudeep Sanjeev (born 2 September 1971), also known as Sudeepa, is an Indian actor, director, producer, screenwriter, television presenter and singer, who primarily works in Kannada films. He has also worked in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. He ...

recorded one song for the film in Chennai. Lyrics for the tracks were penned by A. P. Arjun and Yogaraj Bhat.

References

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A Good Product Consumes Time, Says A P Arjun
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