''Agraja'' is a 2014 Indian

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-language film directed by Srinandan starring Darshan and

Jaggesh Jaggesh is an Indian politician, actor, director and producer, who mainly works in the Kannada film industry. He is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka since 2022 and the spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnata ...

. Kamna Jethmalani,

Sanjjanaa Sanjjanaa Galrani is an Indian model and actress who made her film debut in the 2005 Telugu film Soggadu. She is known for her role in the Kannada film ''Ganda Hendathi'' (2006). She played a supporting role in the 2008 Telugu film ''Bujjigadu' ...

, Arundathi and Aadya Gowda (earlier named Poornima) played the heroines, while Sadashiva Brahmavar, Rangayana Raghu,

Biradar Vaijanath Basappa Biradar is an Indian comedian and actor who works in Kannada cinema. He has acted nearly 500 movies in Kannada. He was awarded the top one best actor in the 2011 India Imagine film festival that took place in Madrid, Spain f ...

and Achyuth Kumar played supporting roles. The film was produced by editor T. Govardhan under his newly established banner named, The Great Indian Movie Creators. ''Agraja'' is based on the subject of a

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winning Telugu film, which was revealed to be

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''.

Plot

An enthralling tale on corruption and black money, the plot weaves around its two major characters, Charandas, IAS (Darshan) and Siddha (Jaggesh) and depicts their journey through the path of conflict and realization. Portray as corrupt in the beginning of the film, both Charandas, IAS and Siddha start realizing the flaw in themselves and its impact on the society at large. Thus, begins the battle of two individuals against corruption and black money with a pledge to free the society from these major evils.

Cast

as Sidda * Darshan as Charandas IAS * Kamna Jethmalani *

Sanjjanaa Galrani Sanjjanaa Galrani is an Indian model and actress who made her film debut in the 2005 Telugu film Soggadu. She is known for her role in the Kannada film ''Ganda Hendathi'' (2006). She played a supporting role in the 2008 Telugu film '' Bujjigadu ...

as herself * Arundathi as Charandas's wife * Mansi Pritam * Aadya Gowda as Sidda's wife * Sadashiva Brahmavar * Kuri Prathap *

Doddanna Doddanna (born 11 November 1949) is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry who has acted in about 800 films. He started his career as a theatre actor. During this time, he entered the Kannada film industry as a character actor. Early lif ...

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 ...

Om Prakash Rao Om Prakash Rao is an Indian film director, screenwriter, film producer and actor who primarily works in Kannada film industry. He has, till date, directed about 47 films in Kannada language. Career Om Prakash Rao's successful films such as Lo ...

* Suchindra Prasad as News Anchor * Sam Styris

Soundtrack

The music was composed Nandan Raj and released by D-Beats. All Lyrics were written by Panchajanya.

Critical reception

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gave the film 3 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Though the script is crisp, too many cooks spoil the broth. Excessive twists and turns and multiple characters take away from the script. The first half leaver the viewer confused but sequences in the latter half add value to the story".

Bangalore Mirror ''Bangalore Mirror'' is a daily English-language newspaper published in Bangalore, India. It is a deputed newspaper and is the second-largest circulating English newspaper in the city ''Vijay Times'' ''Vijay Times'' was an English newspaper st ...

gave it a score of 2.5 and wrote, "The film's plot is no doubt appealing. However, the screenplay is gripping only in the last 30 minutes or so. The rest of the film is rather slow and a dose of adrenaline could have helped".

References

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