Raju Bhai


Raju Bhai is a 2007 Indian Telugu drama film directed by Suriya Kiran, starring Manoj Manchu and Sheela Kaur in lead and Dhandapani, Tanikella Bharani and Brahmanandam in supporting roles. The film, a remake of the successful 2006 Tamil film Chithiram Pesuthadi, directed by Myshkin was produced by Manoj's father, Mohan Babu, and was released on 18 May 2007 to poor responses, becoming a box office bomb. The film was remade in Odia film Abhimanyu in 2009.

Cast and crew

Cast

The music was scored by noted Tamil musician Yuvan Shankar Raja. The soundtrack, which released on 28 April 2007, features 9 tracks with lyrics provided by Suddala Ashok Teja and Ramajogaiah Sastry. One of the songs, "Korameenu", was retained from the original Tamil film Chithiram Pesuthadi, composed by Sundar C. Babu, whilst two other songs were earlier used in a Tamil film.
The album became a "big hit" as the songs gained immense popularity upon release. Also reviews were very favorable, praising composer Yuvan Shankar Raja and describing his compositions as "superb", "a major strength to the movie" and "excellent".
TrackSongSingerDurationLyricistNotes
1"Chalthaa Chalthaa"Ranjith4:47Ramajogaiah Sastry
2"Evvare Nuvvu"Harish Raghavendra4:09Ramajogaiah SastryReused song "Devathaiyai Kanden" from Kaadhal Kondein
3"Kantipapakasirinda"Ranjith1:35Ramajogaiah Sastry
4"Korameenu"Jassie Gift4:42Suddala Ashok TejaReused song "Vazhameenukkum" from Chithiram Pesuthadi, composed by Sundar C. Babu
5"Neekosam Pilla"Premji Amaran, Suchitra4:14Ramajogaiah SastryFusion of old Tamil song Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga with new composition
6"Gucchi Gucchi"Harish Raghavendra5:16Ramajogaiah SastryReused song "Thottu Thottu" from Kaadhal Kondein
7"Sommunu"Ranjith0:28Ramajogaiah Sastry
8"Lothe Teliyanide"Ranjith0:28Ramajogaiah Sastry
9"Evvare Nuvvu "Yuvan Shankar Raja, Rajesh, Premji Amaren4:47Ramajogaiah Sastry