''Rowdy Aliya'' is a 2004 Indian Kannada
comedy - action film directed and written by
Om Sai Prakash
Enreddy Prakash Reddy a.k.a. Om Sai Prakash is a Kannada and Telugu film director and producer.
Career
Born in Phirangipuram in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, he left Phirangipuram to Chennai with the aim of becoming a film director. ...
and produced by Neha. The film features
Shiva Rajkumar
Dr.Shiva Rajkumar (born Nagaraju Shiva Puttaswamy; 12 July 1962) is an Indian actor, film producer and television presenter who predominantly works in Kannada cinema. In a career spanning over three decades, he has worked in over 125 films in Ka ...
and
Priyanka Trivedi in the lead roles along with
Jaimala and
Chaya Singh
Chaya Singh is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Tamil and Kannada films and television shows. She started her acting career in Kannada films and has worked in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali and Bhojpuri films. She has a reputati ...
in other pivotal roles.
The film featured original score and soundtrack composed and written by a team of 7 composers. Though the 2003 movie ''Sri Ram'' was announced as Shiva Rajkumar's 75th movie, this movie became the 75th movie in the order of release.
Plot
Cast
Production
The film was launched at Bangalore Palace grounds.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by seven music directors, including
Koti,
Sadhu Kokila
Sahaya Sheelan Shadrach, (born 24 March 1966) known by his Stage name Sadhu Kokila, is an Indian comedian, musician, actor, film director, producer, occasional screenwriter and lyricist who works in Kannada cinema. He began his career as a com ...
,
Rajesh Ramanath
Rajesh Ramanath is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer. He has scored music for Kannada films.
Career
Rajesh Ramanath debuted as a music composer in 1995 for the film ''Shubha Lagna'' and has composed for over several commercial and ...
,
K. Kalyan, Babji-Sandeep, Srishaila and
Vandemataram Srinivas. The singers were largely notable
Bollywood
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". The in ...
singers apart from Shivarajkumar himself singing a track.
Marketing
As part of film's promotions, on Kannada Rajyotsava day, producer Mohan "arranged a rally with 45 bikers" who took part with Kannada flag followed by four Matadors with huge cutouts of the film spotting the protagonist's look from the film and "visited all major areas of Bangalore to promote the film through interactive questions and quiz to people of all these locations from morning till evening and giving away Rowdy Aliya film cassettes and T-shirts to the winners".
Reception
''Chitraloka'' called it "worth your money". ''Sify'' wrote "The film is noted for the performance of Shivraj Kumar - Priyanka- Chaya - Jaimala. Lavish production values and good songs make the film worth watching".
Rowdy Aliya - Sify
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References
External links
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Unique promotion for Rowdy Aliya
2004 films
2000s Kannada-language films
Indian action comedy films
Films scored by Koti (composer)
Films scored by Rajesh Ramnath
Films scored by K. Kalyan
Films scored by Vandemataram Srinivas
Films scored by Sadhu Kokila
Films directed by Sai Prakash
2004 action comedy films
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