Rakshasa (film)

External audio
External audio
	Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube

Rakshasa
Rakshasa
Soundtrack album by Sadhu Kokila
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	26:35
Label	Jhankar Music
External audio
	Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube

Rakshasa
Rakshasa
Kannada	ರಾಕ್ಷಸ
Directed by	Sadhu Kokila
Written by	Tushar Ranganath
Screenplay by	Sadhu Kokila
Produced by	Ramu
Starring	Shiva Rajkumar; Gajala ; Kishore ; Rangayana Raghu
Cinematography	Krishnakumar
Edited by	T. Shashikumar
Music by	Sadhu Kokila
Production; company	Ramu Films
Release date	25 March 2005;
Running time	158 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Rakshasa (transl. Demon) is a 2005 Indian Kannada language crime thriller film directed by Sadhu Kokila, written by Ranganath and produced by Ramu. The film features Shiva Rajkumar and Gajala in the lead roles along with Ruthika, Amrutha and Kishore in other pivotal roles.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The film featured original score and soundtrack composed by Sadhu Kokila. Upon release, the film was appreciated for its making style and won numerous awards at the Karnataka State Film Awards for the year 2004–05.^[4] The movie went on very well in the box office declared as superhit. The movie was dubbed in Hindi as Kaliya No. 1.^[5]

Cast

Shiva Rajkumar as ACP Harish Chandra/Rakshasa
Gajala
Ruthika as Shabbir's wife
Amrutha
Kishore as Shabbir
Rangayana Raghu as SI Cheluvaraju
Avinash
H. G. Dattatreya as Doreswamy, Indian Freedom Fighter
Ramesh Bhat
Kote Prabhakar as Selva
Mohan Juneja
Master Aniruddh
Pavitra Lokesh
Vijay
Kaddipudi Chandru
Sai Sunil
Kuri Sagar
Mimicry Dayanand
Killer Venkatesh
Sridhar Raj
Bank Suresh
Jolly Bastin
Muni
Kourava Venkatesh
Mass Madha
Kung-fu Chandru
Shankar Narayan
Vijayasarathi
Myna Chandru
H. M. T. Nandha
Kari Subbu
Suryodaya Parampalli
NGEF Rama murthy
Shailaja Joshi
Badri Narayan
K. V. Manjayya
Guru Murthy
Guru Das
Ramesh Pandith
G. K. Govinda Rao
Dinesh Mangalore
Ganesh Rao Kesarkar
Prithviraj
Tushar Ranganath
Shankar Rao

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Sadhu Kokila and the audio was sold on Jhankar Music label. The soundtrack album consists of seven tracks.^[6]

Track listing
No.	Title	Lyrics	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Reelu Illi Helodella"	Kaviraj	Shankar Mahadevan	4:51
2.	"Kumbara Madike Maadida"	K. Kalyan	Hariharan, Nanditha	4:22
3.	"Jollu Jollu Jollayya"	V. Nagendra Prasad	Chaitra H. G.	4:40
4.	"Ninagagi Ninagagi"	K. Kalyan	Hemanth, Nagachandrika	4:41
5.	"Gooli Gooli Gurayisu"	Ranganath	Udit Narayan, Malathi	3:55
6.	"Odu Odu Odu"	Ranganath	Sadhu Kokila	2:21
7.	"Raakshasa (Victory Theme)"		Sadhu Kokila	1:45
Total length:				26:35

Awards

2004–05 Karnataka State Film Awards :

References

^ "Raakshasa is exceptional!". Rediff.com. 25 March 2005.
^ "Rakshasa". Sify. Archived from the original on 8 May 2022.
^ https://www.webindia123.com/movie/regional/raksh/index.htm^{[bare URL]}
^ Karnataka State Film Awards 2003-04 Archived 31 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine
^ "- YouTube". YouTube.
^ "Raakshasa (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". iTunes. 17 February 2006. Retrieved 16 April 2015.

External links

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[1] "Raakshasa is exceptional!". Rediff.com. 25 March 2005.

[2] "Rakshasa". Sify. Archived from the original on 8 May 2022.

[3] ttps://www.webindia123.com/movie/regional/raksh/index.htm^{[bare URL]}

[4] Karnataka State Film Awards 2003-04 Archived 31 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine

[5] "- YouTube". YouTube.

[6] "Raakshasa (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". iTunes. 17 February 2006. Retrieved 16 April 2015.

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