Raajakumara

Raajakumara
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySanthosh Ananddram
Written bySanthosh Ananddram
Produced byVijay Kiragandur
StarringPuneeth Rajkumar
Priya Anand
CinematographyA. Venkatesh
Edited byK. M. Prakash
Music byV. Harikrishna
Production
company
Distributed byJayanna Films
Release date
  • 24 March 2017 (2017-03-24)
Running time
148 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada
Box office75 crore

Raajakumara (transl.The Prince) is a 2017 Indian Kannada-language action drama film directed by Santhosh Ananddram and produced by Vijay Kiragandur under Hombale Films. It stars Puneeth Rajkumar, alongside Priya Anand. R. Sarathkumar, Ananth Nag, Prakash Raj, Chikkanna, Sadhu Kokila, Achyuth Kumar and Avinash. The music was composed by V. Harikrishna, while cinematography and editing were handled by A. Venkatesh and K. M. Prakash.

Raajakumara was released on 24 March 2017 and received positive reviews from critics, where the film grossed 75 crore (US$8.9 million) worldwide and went on to become the highest-grossing Kannada film at the time of its release until K.G.F: Chapter 1 surpassed it. The film became the first Kannada movie to complete 6000 shows in multiplex within six weeks of its release and also completed 7577 shows in multiplex within 87 days. The film had a theatrical run of more than 100 days in 45–50 centres across Karnataka and also ran for 150 days in few centers.