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'Rajakumarudu' (translated in promotional material as 'The Prince') is a 1999 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film produced by C. Aswini Dutt under the Vyjayanthi Movies banner, directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. It stars Mahesh Babu and Preity Zinta, Krishna made a guest appearance as the father of Mahesh Babu, with music composed by Mani Sharma. 'Raja Kumarudu' is first film of Mahesh Babu as hero, received positive reviews and was commercially successful. The film earned two Nandi Awards.

Plot



Raj Kumar (Mahesh Babu) goes on holiday in Khandala and stays with his uncle Dhananjay (Prakash Raj). He comes across Rani (Preity Zinta) and falls for her. However, he ends up teasing her and she begins to despise him. She is determined to avoid him, but he won't leave her alone. Raj Kumar saves Rani from some thugs, and she is impressed. After spending some time together, she begins to like him and eventually love him.

Unfortunately his uncle has made other plans for him. He reveals the past of the hero's parents and his family. He mentions the challenge that he made with his in-laws to get the hero married to his daughter. Complying to this, the hero informs the heroine that their relationship needs to end there.

Going with his uncle to the village for his uncle's daughter, to his joy he sees that it's none other than Rani.

The rest of the movie revolves around the plot that is woven by him and his uncle to gain the heroine's hand and re-uniting the uncle with his family. This is done in a fun, comical way.

Cast



* Mahesh Babu as Raja

* Preity Zinta as Rani

* Krishna as Krishnamurthy

* Prakash Raj as Dhanunjay

* Jaya Prakash Reddy as Sarvarayudu

* Sumalatha as Rajyalakshmi, Dhanunjay's wife

* Asrani as Mumbai Police Inspector

* Srihari as Narsimharayudu

* Brahmanandam as Hyderabad Police Sub-Inspector Wagle

* M. S. Narayana as Police Constable

* Sajja Teja as Vengalla Rayudu

Soundtrack



Music was composed by Mani Sharma. Music was released on SUPREME Music Company.

'Telugu Track-list (Original Version) Raja Kumarudu'

'Hindi Track-list (Dubbed Version) Prince No. 1'

'Tamil Track-list (Dubbed Version) Kadhal Vennila'

Release



'Raja Kumarudu' released with 78 prints in 116 screens.

Box-office



The film had a 50-day run in 80 centres and a 100-day run in 44 centres. 'Raja Kumarudu' collected a share of 10.51 Crores from Andhra Pradesh.[http://i28.tinypic.com/95y5br.jpg Rajakumarudu shares.] It was dubbed in Hindi as 'Prince No. 1' and in Tamil as 'Kaadhal Vennila'.https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/bbreviews/kvennilaa.html&date=2009-10-25+13:19:34 The film was again dubbed and released theatrically in Tamil during January 2017 as 'Ivan Oru Thunichalkaran'.

Awards



;Nandi Awards(in Telugu)

*Best Home - Viewing Feature film in 1999.

*Best Art Director - Srinivasa Raju

References



Category:1999 films

Category:1990s Telugu-language films

Category:Films directed by K. Raghavendra Rao

Category:Films scored by Mani Sharma

Category:Indian romantic comedy films

Category:1999 romantic comedy films

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