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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|2006 Indian Telugu film by Muppalaneni Siva}}<br />
{{About|the 2006 Telugu film|the 1994 Hindi film|Raja Babu (film)}}<br />
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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Rajababu<br />
| image = Rajababu film.jpg<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = [[Muppalaneni Siva]]<br />
| producer = Paruchuri Sivarama Prasad<br />
| writer = [[Satish Vegesna]] (dialogues)<br />
| screenplay = Muppalaneni Siva<br />
| starring = {{plainlist|<br />
*[[Rajasekhar (actor)|Rajasekhar]]<br />
*[[Sridevika]]<br />
}}<br />
| music = [[S. A. Rajkumar]]<br />
| cinematography = Jawahar Reddy<br />
| editing = Nandamuri Hari<br />
| studio = United Movies<br />
| released = {{Film date|2006|2|24|df=yes}}<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Telugu<br />
}}<br />
'''''Rajababu''''' is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language [[family drama film]] directed by [[Muppalaneni Siva]]. A remake of the 2003 Malayalam film ''[[Balettan]]'',<ref name="Sify">{{Cite web |date=3 March 2006 |title=Rajababu |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/rajababu-review-telugu-pclvQTbgdfijj.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213070751/https://www.sify.com/movies/rajababu-review-telugu-pclvQTbgdfijj.html |archive-date=13 February 2022 |access-date=28 February 2022 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref> the films stars [[Rajasekhar (actor)|Rajasekhar]] and [[Sridevika]] in her Telugu debut.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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The film follows Rajababu who learns, after his father's death, that he had another wife and children with her. The problems that ensue after Rajababu meets his father's second family form the rest of the story.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
{{Cast listing|<br />
*[[Rajasekhar (actor)|Rajasekhar]] as Ramaraju a.k.a. Rajababu<br />
*[[Sridevika]] as Anjali<br />
*[[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] as Dasaradharamayya <br />
*[[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]] as Vardanamma, Rajababu's mother<br />
*[[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]] as Ramasamy, Rajababu's father<br />
*[[Telangana Shakuntala]] as Shakuntala, Rajababu's grandmother<br />
*[[K. Viswanath]] as Raghavayya, Rajababu's grandfather<br />
*[[Narra Venkateswara Rao]] as Koteswara Rao<br />
*[[Siva Reddy]] as Rajababu's brother<br />
*[[Brahmanandam]] as Nandagopal, Rajababu's friend<br />
*[[Duvvasi Mohan]] as Duvvasi<br />
*[[Kovai Sarala]] as Lakshmi<br />
*[[Krishna Bhagawan]] as Girisam<br />
*[[Goutam Raju]] as Gautam<br />
*[[Dharmavarapu Subramanyam]] as Sumbramanyam<br />
*[[Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao]] as Kondavalsa<br />
*[[Sudha (actress)|Sudha]] as Pilli Nirmala Simha<br />
*[[Riyaz Khan]] as Venugopal<br />
*[[Abhinayashree]] as Vasuki<br />
*[[Gundu Sudarshan]]<br />
*Harika<br />
}}<br />
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==Production==<br />
Following his previous films, Rajasekar opted for a remake with this film.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Still remakes and dubbed ones |url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/still-remakes-and-dubbed-ones-telugu-news-20596 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331075737/https://www.indiaglitz.com/still-remakes-and-dubbed-ones-telugu-news-20596 |archive-date=2022-03-31 |access-date=2022-03-31 |website=Indiaglitz}}</ref><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
Music by [[S. A. Rajkumar]], who collaborated with Rajasekar for two other films.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 January 2006 |title=Audio release – Rajababu |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/audio-rajababu.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213012048/http://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/audio-rajababu.html |archive-date=13 February 2022 |access-date=28 February 2022 |website=Idlebrain}}</ref><br />
{{track listing<br />
| headline = Track listing<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| title1 = Vennela Vennela<br />
| length1 = 4:30<br />
| lyrics1 = E. S. Murthy<br />
| extra1 = [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], [[Sujatha Mohan]]<br />
| title2 = Rajadhi Rajandi<br />
| length2 = 4:48<br />
| lyrics2 = E. S. Murthy<br />
| extra2 = [[Shankar Mahadevan]]<br />
| title3 = Prema O Toliprema<br />
| length3 = 4:45<br />
| lyrics3 = Pothula Ravikiran<br />
| extra3 = [[Udit Narayan]], [[K. S. Chithra]]<br />
| title4 = Nerajana<br />
| length4 = 5:12<br />
| lyrics4 = [[Bhuvana Chandra]]<br />
| extra4 = Udit Narayan, Sujatha Mohan<br />
| title5 = Nuvve Maa Rajuvani<br />
| length5 = 4:43<br />
| lyrics5 = E. S. Murthy<br />
| extra5 = [[Madhu Balakrishnan]]<br />
| total_length = 23:58<br />
}}<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
A critic from ''[[The Hindu]]'' opined that "The film is a family drama though the director fails to elevate the hero's image in this film and the entire narration becomes boring.".<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 February 2006 |title=Film Review:Rajababu&nbsp;— Another slow and boring family drama |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/Another-boring-family-drama/article15730052.ece |url-status=live |access-date=28 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161222105642/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/Another-boring-family-drama/article15730052.ece |archive-date=22 December 2016}}</ref> A critic from ''[[Sify]]'' stated that "On the whole, it is a boring affair".<ref name="Sify" /> A critic from ''Full Hyderabad'' said that "Avoid this one at all costs".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Raja Babu Review |url=https://movies.fullhyderabad.com/raja-babu/telugu/raja-babu-movie-reviews-1691-2.html?sort=positive |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215024100/https://movies.fullhyderabad.com/raja-babu/telugu/raja-babu-movie-reviews-1691-2.html?sort=positive |archive-date=15 February 2022 |access-date=28 February 2022 |website=Full Hyderabad}}</ref> Jeevi of ''[[Idlebrain]]'' gave the film a more favourable review and wrote that "On a whole, ''Rajababu'' is much better than the films Raja Sekhar dished out in the recent past".<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 February 2006 |title=Movie review – Rajababu |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-rajababu.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213081103/http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-rajababu.html |archive-date=13 February 2022 |access-date=28 February 2022 |website=Idlebrain}}</ref><br />
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Writing for ''[[Zamin Ryot]]'', Griddaluru Gopalrao called the film slow-placed, adding the director dragged the screenplay by adding scenes catering to the actor's image.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gopalrao |first=Griddaluru |date=17 March 2006 |title=రాజాబాబు నీరసించిపోయారు |language=te |trans-title=Rajababu is weakened |pages=9 |work=[[Zamin Ryot]] |url=http://www.zaminryot.com/pdf/2006/Mar/17-Mar-2006.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=31 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118143410/http://www.zaminryot.com/pdf/2006/Mar/17-Mar-2006.pdf |archive-date=18 November 2021}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*{{IMDb title|1580013}}<br />
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{{Muppalaneni Shiva}}<br />
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[[Category:2006 films]]<br />
[[Category:2006 drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian drama films]]<br />
[[Category:2006 Telugu-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Muppalaneni Shiva]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by S. A. Rajkumar]]<br />
[[Category:Telugu remakes of Malayalam films]]</div>ChristenaMcGraw