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Maharaja
Maharaja
Soundtrack album by S. A. Rajkumar
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Language	Kannada
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Maharaja
Maharaja
	Title card
Directed by	Om Sai Prakash
Screenplay by	B.A. Madhu; M.S. Abhishesh
Story by	B.A. Madhu
Produced by	R.S. Gowda
Starring	Sudeep; Nikita Thukral;
Cinematography	H.C. Venu
Edited by	P.R. Soundarraj
Music by	S. A. Rajkumar
Release date	14 January 2005;
Running time	154 min
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Maharaja is a 2005 Kannada-language family drama film directed by Om Sai Prakash featuring Sudeep and Nikita Thukral in the lead roles.^[1] The film features background score and soundtrack composed by S. A. Rajkumar and lyrics by K. Kalyan and V. Nagendra Prasad. The film released on 14 January 2005.

Plot

A married couple have a child and they adopt a child (Sudeep). However, their own son starts to feel vengeful about his adopted brother.

Cast

Sudeep as Surya
Nikita Thukral as Sitara
Bharathi Vishnuvardhan as Annapoorna (Surya's mother)
Ashok as Rajashekar (Surya's father)
Avinash as Vishakantayya
Doddanna as Kithapathi Naaga
Tennis Krishna as Gunjappa
Sundar Raj as Surya's uncle
Dharma as Surya's brother-in-law
Adarsh as Kiran (Surya's brother)
Bharath Bhagavathar as Surya's brother
Aravind as Surya's brother
Baby Priyanka
Baby Prathiksha
Master Kishan
Amulya

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by S. A. Rajkumar.^[2] "Kandamma Kandamma" song reused From "Chaamanthi Poobanthi" from Telugu film Puttintiki Ra Chelli.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Chukku Bukku"	K. Kalyan	Malathi	04:05
2.	"Gopala Gopala"	V. Nagendra Prasad	Rajesh, Kalpana	04:41
3.	"Hettavaru Beku"	V. Nagendra Prasad	S. A. Rajkumar	04:12
4.	"Kandamma Kandamma"	K. Kalyan	K. S. Chithra	01:21
5.	"Kandamma Kandamma"	K. Kalyan	K. S. Chithra	05:45
6.	"Kuni Kunu"	K. Kalyan	Rajesh	05:16
7.	"Santheya Beediyalli"	V. Nagendra Prasad	Rajesh, Manjula Gururaj	04:51

Reception

Film critic R. G. Vijayasarathy of IANS wrote that "Director Sai Prakash's latest offering "Maharaja" is made in the mould of a 1960s south Indian melodrama - like many of his earlier films".^[3] A critic from Viggy wrote that "If you like to see Sudeep only as an action hero, Maharaja is not for you!"^[4]

Awards

Awards and nominations
Award	Wins	Nominations
Karnataka State Film Awards	1	0

Totals

Awards won

1

Nominations

0

Karnataka State Film Awards :-

Best Female Playback Singer - K.S. Chitra^[5]

References

^ "'Maharaja' - new film of Sudeep directed by Saiprakash".
^ http://www.raaga.com/channels/kannada/album/K0000075.html ^{[bare URL]}
^ "Maharaja Review". IANS. 14 January 2005 – via Nowrunning.
^ "'Maharaja' film review - a film starring Sudeep and Nikhita directed by Saiprakash".
^ "Karnataka State Film Awards 2004-05". viggy.com.

External links

Maharaja at IMDb

[1] "'Maharaja' - new film of Sudeep directed by Saiprakash".

[2] ttp://www.raaga.com/channels/kannada/album/K0000075.html ^{[bare URL]}

[3] "Maharaja Review". IANS. 14 January 2005 – via Nowrunning.

[4] "'Maharaja' film review - a film starring Sudeep and Nikhita directed by Saiprakash".

[KSFAW-5] "Karnataka State Film Awards 2004-05". viggy.com.

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