Madhagaja

Madhagaja
Madhagaja
Soundtrack album by Ravi Basrur
Released	2021
Recorded	2021
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	17.08
Language	Kannada
Label	Anand Audio
Producer	Bharath Madhusudan
Ravi Basrur chronology

Madhagaja
Madhagaja
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	S. Mahesh Kumar
Produced by	Umapathy Srinivas
Starring	Sriimurali; Ashika Ranganath; Jagapathi Babu; Devayani;
Narrated by	Vasishta Simha
Cinematography	I. Naveen Kumar
Edited by	Harish Komme
Music by	Ravi Basrur
Production; company	Umapathy Films
Distributed by	Umapathy Films
Release date	3 December 2021;
Running time	132 Minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada
Box office	₹25.7 crores

Madhagaja is a 2021 Indian Kannada-language action drama film directed by S. Mahesh Kumar and produced by Umapathy Srinivas under the banner of Umapathy Films. The film features Sriimurali, Ashika Ranganath and Jagapathi Babu, and Devayani in the lead roles.This movie became superhit.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] The film released in theatres on 3 December 2021.^[6]

Plot

Surya alias "Madhagaja" is an orphan who makes a living as a real estate agent in Varanasi. Surya also earns some quick buck on the dead people that end up in the Manikarnika Ghat and wants to rule the area, but a litigation case lands him and his friend in Shivagaada, a village in Karnataka, which is bloodshed filled-state ruled by Bhairava Dorai and Rathnamma, who are the landlords of the village. Surya visits Bhairava Dorai's house and becomes their guest.

Meanwhile, Rathnamma (who is suspicious of Surya) learns from Basavanna that Surya is her own son. Fearing that Surya would learn of his true origin and would interfere in the bloodshed, Rathnamma gives the amount money to Surya required for the land. After they leave the village, Basavanna reveals to Surya that Bhairava and Rathnamma are his real parents as Rathnamma had abandoned Surya due to rivalry and bloodshed in the village and had entrusted Basavanna to take care of Surya as he should not grow like Bhairava. Basavanna makes Surya promise to not reveal his identity to them and protect Bhairava's family from all sorts of dangers. Bhairava has a water feud-dispute between another village landlord Veerabhadra.

When Veerabhadra attacks Bhairava and his family at a village festival, Surya interfers in the dispute by thrashing and humiliating Veerabhadra earning Bhairava's trust. Meanwhile, Veerabhadra's son Tandava is released from prison and learns of his father's humiliation. Tandava attacks Surya and Bhairava at the DC's office, but Surya evades the attack and Tandava learns of Surya's identity. Veerabhadra and Tandava decide to end the enmity and send the water to the village by having Tandava and Pallavi (Bhairava's friend's daughter) married, to which they agree.

Bhairava and Rathnamma learns that Pallavi loves Surya, where they ask Surya to leave the village. It is revealed that the wedding was actually a plan by Tandava and Veerabhadra to prevent the digital clock fixing in the river by Bhairava and the villagers and also to send Surya out of the village. Tandava and Veerabhadra kidnaps Basavanna, Bhairava and his family, where Tandava reveals Surya's true origin to Bhairava. Surya arrives in time and rescues them and kills Tandava and Veerabhadra, thus rendering peace and the riverwater is flown in the village.

Cast

Sriimurali as Surya Madhagaja
Ashika Ranganath as Pallavi
Jagapathi Babu as Bhairava Dorai
Devayani as Rathnamma
Chikkanna as Surya's friend
Rangayana Raghu as Basavanna
Ramachandra Raju as Tandava
Shivaraj K R Pete as Veeresha
Dharmanna Kadur as Lawyer
Anil Kumar as Veerabhadra

Soundtrack

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Geleya Nanna Geleya"	Chetan Kumar	Vaishnavi Kannan	4.43
2.	"Dwaparake Sri Krishna"	Ravi Basrur	Santhosh Venky	4.24
3.	"Madhagaja Title Song"	Kinnal Raj	Santhosh Venky	4.03
4.	"Nagutha Thayi"	Kinnal Raj	Santhosh Venky	3.34
Total length:				17.08

Production

Principal photography wrapped on 26 August 2021.^[7]^[8]

Box office

The movie grossed ₹7.82 crores on the first day and had collected ₹20.23 crores within 3 days.^[9] It collected ₹25.7 crores on first week.^{[citation needed]} It completed 50 days in 11 centers of Karnataka.^[10]