''Ranadheera'' is a 1988 Indian

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directed by V. Ravichandran and produced by N. Veeraswamy under Eshwari Productions. The film, an adaptation of 1983

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film ''

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'', stars Ravichandran and

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, alongside Anant Nag, Lokesh,

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and

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. The music was composed by Hamsalekha, while cinematography and editing were handled by R. Madhusudan and K. Balu respectively. ''Ranadheera'' was the highest-grossing Kannada film of 1988 and Khushbu also gained popularity in

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through this film.

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was the chief guest at the event held to mark the film's 25 week run at the box office.

Plot

Ranadheera, one of the henchmen of a crime boss, Basha, kidnaps Radha, the daughter of retired IG Jagannath, as Jagannath is the witness to the crimes committed by Basha. Radha earlier assumed that Ranadheera is a police officer, but later learns the truth. Radha and Ranadheera soon fall for each other, where Ranadheera, transformed by true love, surrenders to the police and gets imprisoned for two years. Radha returns home, where she tells her brother

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Anand about Ranadheera. To prevent Radha from marrying someone else, Anand calls his friend Jimmy to pretend that Radha and Jimmy love each other. Jimmy misunderstands the situation and falls in love with Radha. Ranadheera gets released from prison and starts working in a garage in order to reform himself. Despite this, Jagannath kicks Ranadheera out of his life and decides to get Radha married to Jimmy. However, Anand finds out that Jimmy is a drug smuggler and informs Jagannath, who cancels the marriage. Basha escapes from prison, he and Jimmy sets out to exact revenge against Jagannath and Ranadheera. They kidnap Radha, Jagannath and Ranadheera's friends and bring them to their ship. Ranadheera and a disguised Anand arrive to rescue them; Ranadheera kills Jimmy and Pasha. In the aftermath, Jagannath lets Radha reunite with Ranadheera.

Cast

* V. Ravichandran as Ranadheera/Murali *

Khushbu Sundar Khushbu Sundar (born Nakhat Khan; 29 September 1970) is an Indian politician, actress, film producer and television personality. She is known for her work predominantly in Tamil language films and in a few Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hin ...

as Radha * Anant Nag as

Anand, Radha's brother * Lokesh as IG Jagannath, Radha's father *

as Jimmy *

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as Shanti, Anand's wife *

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as Yamuna Bai * K. Vijaya as Kausalya, Radha's mother *

as Basha *

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as Maadhu *

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as Rajaram * Doddanna as a lawyer * Aravind as Sanju * Killer Venkatesh as Rizzu * C. P. Yogeeshwara as Gangu * H. M. T. Nanda as Paddu *

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* Shani Mahadevappa

Production

The film was set and shot around

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. The filming was also held at Ambuthirtha.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Hamsalekha, who also wrote their lyrics. The album consists of ten soundtracks and was popular among the youths.

References

External links

* {{V. Ravichandran 1980s Indian films 1980s Kannada-language films 1988 films Films directed by Ravichandran (Kannada actor) Films scored by Hamsalekha Kannada remakes of Hindi films