Rathavara

Rathaavara (Rathaavara)
Directed by	Chandrashekhar Bandiyappa
Produced by	Dharmashree Manjunath. N
Written by	Chandrashekar Bandiyappa
Screenplay by	Chandrashekar Bandiyappa
Starring	Sriimurali Rachita Ram
Music by	Dharma Vish
Cinematography	Bhuvan Gowda
Edited by	Srikanth
Production company	Dharmashree Enterprises
Release dates	4 December 2015 (2015-12-04)
Running time	131 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada
Box office	25 Crores (3 weeks)

Rathaavara (Kannada: ರಥಾವರ) is an 2015 Indian Kannada action thriller film written and directed by Chandrashekar Bandiyappa and produced by Dharmashree Manjunath. It stars Sri Murali and Rachita Ram in the lead roles. The supporting cast features P. Ravi Shankar, Chikkanna, Sadhu Kokila and Charan Raj among others. The film's music is composed by Dharma Vish and cinematography is by Bhuvan Gowda of Ugramm fame.

The principal photography of the film bega n in December 2014 at locations such as Bangalore, Mysore, Mangalore and Gadag. The film is expected to release before December 2015.

Cast

• Sri Murali
• Rachita Ram
• Chikkanna
• P. Ravi Shankar
• Charan Raj
• Sadhu Kokila
• Narendra Babu
• Chitra Shenoy
• Sharath
• Bhajarangi Lokesh (Sourav Lokesh)
• Chandru

Production

Development

The first news about the film was announced by actor Sri Murali in his twitter account in August 2014. Fresh from the success of his previous venture Ugramm (2014), Murali announced that his next venture would be titled as "Rathaavara" and more details of the film would be revealed in the 150th day celebrations of Ugramm. He also released the first look for the film on the social networking site on his birthday. The film was labelled as an action thriller and would be directed by Chandrashekar Bandiyappa.

Casting

After signing Murali for the lead protagonist role, the makers roped in actress Rachita Ram who was busy shooting for Ranna. P. Ravi Shankar was roped in to play the main antagonist role.

Filming

Although the initial reports said the filming to start by October 2014, the actual rolling of the film commenced from December 2014. With the first look of the film out on 17 December 2014, the launch was made a low-key affair with the film's cast and crew members only. The team shot for the film at a brisk pace in and around Mysore. An action sequence was shot at the tourist destination Srirangapatna. Later, it was reported that actor Sri Murali would sing for a track in the film. The climax portions of the film commenced in April 2015 with the actor claiming it to be one of his toughest climaxes shot ever. It was reported that he had to be underwater for close to 12 hours for shooting the climax portions.

Soundtrack

Rathavara
Soundtrack album by Dharma Vish
Released	11 November 2015 (2015-11-11)
Recorded	2015
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	19:36
Label	Alpha Digitech

Dharma Vish has composed the soundtrack and score for the film. The soundtrack album consists of five tracks, out of which one has been sung by actor Sri Murali and penned by Yogaraj Bhat. Other lyricist names featured are Kaviraj, Jayanth Kaikini, V. Nagendra Prasad and K. Kalyan. It was released on 11 November 2015, prior to which the makers sought the blessings of Shivakumara Swami, in Tumkur.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Rathaavara Theme"		Ravindra Soragavi, Dharma Vish	2:08
2.	"Nee Muddada"	Kaviraj	Rajesh Krishnan, Supriya Lohith	4:18
3.	"Hudugi Kannu"	Yogaraj Bhat	Sriimurali	4:04
4.	"Mareyada Pustaka"	Jayanth Kaykini	Anuradha Bhat	4:40
5.	"Preethi Ondu"	K. Kalyan	Ravindra Soragavi	4:26

External links

• Rathavara at IMDb
• #rathaavara hashtag on Twitter
• Rathavara is on Trackkn:ರಥಾವರ