Raja the Great

<p>Lucky is a very protected and pampered daughter of Prakash. In one of his operations, Prakash kills the brother of a powerful gangster named Devaraj, for which Lucky is one of the reasons he died. Enraged, Devaraj kidnaps Lucky. Prakash confronts him and Devaraj and him and his team mates sacrificed themselves so Lucky can escape. Later Lucky runs away to and hides in her father’s friend Prasad’s house to evade an attempt on her life. Later, the police department looks for a special undercover team to provide security for Lucky since Lucky doesn’t want another police officer to die for her. Meanwhile, Raja is a blind man who is trained by his head constable mother, Anantha Lakshmi, to use his disability to his advantage. Anantha Lakshmi’s ambition is to make her son a police officer. She begs Viswaraj to include her blind son in the mission. After she goes personally to Viswaraj with Raja and his best friend Bujji. She comes with a big basket of sweets. Viswaraj’s wife calls him, telling to include Raja in this mission (she loves sweets). Since Viswaraj didn’t want to get in a fight with his wife, he allows Raja in the mission, but only to cook food for other officers. Raja, with his friend Bujji and three other officers, heads to Darjeeling. Raja meets Lucky and starts changing the depressed Lucky into making her have a happy mood with a few tricks. He also learns about Prasad’s difficulties and solves their problems. Lucky comes out of her depressed state and starts celebrating her life with Raja’s help. Meanwhile, Devaraj learns about Lucky’s location and orders his goons to attack her. Knowing this, Viswaraj and his team protect Lucky by sending her abroad. Raja tells her not to run and fight back, but Viswaraj neglects him and takes Lucky away. Devaraj’s goons attack Viswaraj and his team on the way and try to kill Lucky, but to everyone’s surprise, Raja rescues them by defeating the goons. Lucky gains confidence in Raja, and she agrees to stay with him and fight back. Lucky and Raja go to her uncle’s house in , but her uncles do not accept her for a brief period. Raja makes them realize their mistakes. On Lucky’s birthday, she learns about her father’s wish to educate poor girls by adopting them, making her father’s wish her ambition. Meanwhile, a cat-and-mouse game ensues, and Raja defeats Devaraj’s goons. Raja gives a strong warning not to trouble Lucky again. Devaraj kidnaps Anantha Lakshmi and Lucky. However, Raja saves his mother and Lucky with his intelligence. While escaping with Lucky and Bujji from Devaraj’s factory, Raja gathers evidence against Devaraj. Viswaraj grants a warrant against Devaraj. When the police arrive at Devaraj’s house to arrest him, he injures Raja and insults him (that he is scared of facing him alone and all), which raises Anantha Lakshmi’s anger, and she challenges Devaraj to fight her son. Raja fights and defeats Devaraj, but he does not kill him. Viswaraj encounters Devaraj and involves Raja in future police operations. Anil Ravipudi had the idea to make a film with character as a lead as he was fascinated by the talents they have. Ravipudi however didn’t want the film to be and wrote the script in a commercial format. Ravipudi approached and for the film but was finalized. was cast opposite Teja. Principal photography of the film began in April 2017 in . The production moved to later that month. 70% of the shoot was completed by July 2017. The film was released on 18 October 2017. The film was later dubbed and released in as in 2019 and the film was dubbed in under the same title in 2021. The dubbed version was directly premiered on Goldmines TV channel on 3 July 2022. The music is composed by and released on Aditya Music Company. Raja The Great (Title Song) was released online, for which Ravi Teja gave his voice. Karthik Keramulu writing for the rated 2.5 of 5 and wrote: “Raja The Great is an okayish entertaining affair in the theatre. However, the minute one walks out of the movie house, there’d be nothing to pull from the bed of the two-and-a-half-hour comedy to laugh about.” ‘s Sangeetha Devi stated: “Anil Ravipudi takes the mass route with a blind protagonist and the result is silly humour.” critic Manoj Kumar R who rated 2 stars, opined: “You don’t go to watch a Ravi Teja film, which is directed by Anil Ravipudi, expecting a Nayakan. It’s only fair that we judge his latest offering, Raja The Great, by the standards of mindless entertainers.” Ravipudi confirmed the film’s sequel in one of the interviews, stating: “There is a slight tease at the very end of the rolling titles hinting at the possibility of a sequel for the actioner. The sequel will definitely happen but I can’t tell you the exact schedule of the shooting, release, and other details at the moment.”</p>