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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = <br />
| image = Raghava film poster.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = Official poster<br />
| native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --><br />
| director = Y. Nageswara Rao<br />
| writer = [[Satish Vegesna]] (dialogue)<br />
| screenplay = Y. Nageswara Rao<br />
| story = <br />
| based_on = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} --><br />
| producer = L. B. Reddy<br />[[Suresh (actor, born 1963)|Suresh]] <br />
| starring = {{plainlist|*Suresh<br />
* [[Rajasree]] <br />
}}<br />
| narrator = <br />
| cinematography = Poorna<br />
| editing = <br />
| music = [[Shashi Preetam]]<br />
| studio = <!-- or: | production_companies = --><br />
| distributor = <!-- or: | distributors = --><br />
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2002|2|1}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Telugu<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
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'''''Raghava''''' is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Y. Nageswara Rao and starring [[Suresh (actor, born 1963)|Suresh]] and [[Rajasree]]. The film was a box office failure.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/research/anal/tollywood2002firsthalf.html|title=Tollywood in the first half of 2002|last1=Sunil|first1=Sreya|last2=Jeevi}}</ref><br />
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== Cast ==<br />
{{Cast listing|<br />
* [[Suresh (actor, born 1963)|Suresh]] as Raghava Reddy<br />
* [[Rajasree]] as Anjali <br />
* [[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] as Lakshma Reddy<br />
* [[Ranganath (actor)|Ranganath]] as Veera Reddy<br />
* [[Brahmanandam]]<br />
* [[M. S. Narayana]] <br />
* [[Chalapati Rao]]<br />
* [[Ranganath (actor)|Ranganath]]<br />
* [[Sudhakar (actor)|Sudhakar]]<br />
* [[Ali (actor)|Ali]]<br />
* [[Mallikarjuna Rao (actor)|Mallikarjuna Rao]]<br />
* [[G. V. Sudhakar Naidu]]<br />
* [[Jeeva (Telugu actor)|Jeeva]]<br />
* [[Gautam Raju]]<br />
* [[Suma Kanakala]]<br />
* [[Ramya Sri]]<br />
* Padmajayanthi<br />
* [[Sudeepa Pinky]]<br />
}}<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The soundtrack was composed by [[Shashi Preetam]].<br />
{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Raghava<br />
| type = Soundtrack<br />
| artist = [[Shashi Preetam]]<br />
| cover =<br />
| alt =<br />
| released = 2001<br />
| recorded = <br />
| venue =<br />
| studio =<br />
| genre = [[Feature film soundtrack]]<br />
| length = 20:53<br />
| language = Telugu <br />
| label = [[Lahari Music]] <br />
| producer = <br />
| chronology = [[Shashi Preetam]]<br />
| prev_title = [[Hands Up! (2000 film)|Hands Up!]]<br />
| prev_year = 2000<br />
| next_title = [[Aamdani Atthanni Kharcha Rupaiya]]<br />
| next_year = 2001<br />
| misc = {{external media<br />
| audio1 = {{YouTube|Tkr25pr0KWA|Raghava – Jukebox}}}}<br />
}}<br />
{{track listing<br />
| headline = Track listing<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| title1 = Nuvve Nuvve<br />
| length1 = 4:30<br />
| lyrics1 = Sahithi<br />
| extra1 = [[Shashi Preetam]], [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], [[Usha (Telugu singer)|Usha]]<br />
| title2 = Prema Prema<br />
| length2 = 4:47<br />
| lyrics2 = [[Bhuvana Chandra]]<br />
| extra2 = Mano, [[Swarnalatha]]<br />
| title3 = Vamshoddara Vennela<br />
| length3 = 3:14<br />
| lyrics3 = Vijayaditya<br />
| extra3 = Mano, Usha<br />
| title4 = Maina Maina<br />
| length4 = 3:57<br />
| lyrics4 = Vijayaditya<br />
| extra4 = [[Kousalya (singer)|Kousalya]], Sashi Preetam, Vijayaditya<br />
| title5 = Nuvve Nuvve (Pathos)<br />
| length5 = 4:25<br />
| lyrics5 = Vijayaditya<br />
| extra5 = Swarnalatha, Sashi Preetam<br />
| total_length = 20:53<br />
}}<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
Jeevi of ''[[Idlebrain.com]]'' wrote that "''Raghava'' is a badly made film with uninspiring story and direction".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jeevi |date=1 February 2002 |title=Telugu Cinema - Review - Raghava |url=https://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-raghava.html |access-date= |website=[[Idlebrain.com]]}}</ref> Gudipoodi Srihari of ''[[The Hindu]]'' wrote that "The film, with a focus on the faction fights in Rayalaseema, is rather disappointing".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Srihari |first=Gudipoodi |date=1 February 2002 |title=Movie review - Raghava |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mrg-raghava.html}}</ref><br />
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A critic from ''Full Hyderabad'' wrote that "The film is nothing but an unabashed excuse to make money using what Tollywood considers the flavor of the season".<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 February 2002 |title=Raghava Review |url=https://movies.fullhyderabad.com/raghava/telugu/raghava-movie-reviews-603-2.html |website=Full Hyderabad}}</ref> Griddaluru Gopalrao of ''[[Zamin Ryot]]'' also a gave a negative review for the film, writing the film had a poor storyline and the director failed to handle the film's conflict properly.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gopalrao |first=Giddaluru |date=15 February 2002 |title=రాఘవ అఘోరిస్తున్నాడు |language=te |trans-title=Raghava is lamenting |pages=9, 11 |url=http://www.zaminryot.com/pdf/2002/Feb/15-Feb-2002.pdf}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:2002 Telugu-language films]]<br />
[[Category:2002 films]]<br />
[[Category:2002 Indian films]]<br />
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