Ravanna (film)

Ravanna is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by B. Gopal. Krishna, Rajasekhar, and Soundarya played the lead roles. The film was released after a delay to negative reviews.

Ravanna
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	B. Gopal
Screenplay by	B. Gopal
Story by	Posani Krishna Murali
Produced by	Maganti Gopinath
Dialogue by	Posani Krishna Murali
Starring	Krishna Rajasekhar Soundarya
Cinematography	K. Prasad
Edited by	Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music by	S. A. Rajkumar
Production company	RK Films
Release date	3 March 2000 (2000-03-03)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

It was dubbed and released in Hindi as Jaan Ki Baazi 2 by Goldmines Telefilms on 23 January 2020.^[1]

Plot

The movie story deals with Ravanna, a wayward youth, is misguided and used by the local MLA to threaten those who oppose his corrupt activities. The arrival of a retired army major and his sister in the village turns things around.

Cast

• Krishna as Major Chowdary
• Rajasekhar as Ravanna
• Soundarya as Panthulamma Sirisha
• Sanghavi
• Narra Venkateswara Rao
• Jaya Prakash Reddy
• Vijayakumar as Chief minister
• M. S. Narayana as Sarpam "Sarpanch" Samara Pulla Reddy
• Venu Madhav
• Kallu Chidambaram

Production

To play the role of an army major, Prakash Raj and a real life Kargil soldier were considered.^[2]

Soundtrack

Ravanna
Film score by S. A. Rajkumar
Released	1 January 1993
Length	20:59
Label	Aditya Music
Producer	S. A. Rajkumar

All music is composed by S. A. Rajkumar.^[3]

Track list^[3]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Nuvvante Chala Ishtam"	Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry	Rajesh, K. S. Chithra	4:36
2.	"Okey Oka Asha"	Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry	Udit Narayan, K. S. Chithra	4:01
3.	"Aadi Soma"	Bhuvanachandra	Shankar Mahadevan	3:51
4.	"Mathru Bhoomi"	Veturi	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:16
5.	"Poolakomma"	Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry	Udit Narayan, Sujatha	4:12
Total length:				20:59

Reception

Jeevi of Idlebrain.com rated the film 1+1⁄2 out of 5 and wrote that "A must watch for Krishna fans for their matinee idol's brilliant performance and strictly recommended for others not to watch".^[2] Griddaluru Gopalrao of Zamin Ryot criticised the film's cast and cinematography and some of the dialogues.^[4]