Ragini IPS
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| Ragini IPS | |
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| Directed by | Anand P. Raju |
| Screenplay by | Anand P. Raju |
| Story by | Danny Chadaga |
| Produced by | K. Manju |
| Starring | Ragini Dwivedi Avinash Vivek Pandit Kavita Radheshyam |
| Narrated by | Upendra[1] |
| Cinematography | M. U. Nandakumar |
| Edited by | K. M. Prakash |
| Music by | Songs: Emil Mohammed Score: Rajesh Ramanath |
Production company | K. Manju Cinemaas |
Release date |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Ragini IPS is a 2014 Indian Kannada-language action film directed by Anand P. Raju and produced by K. Manju.[2] It stars Ragini Dwivedi in the lead role and was the first Kannada film to be named after an actress.[3] Avinash, Kavita Radheshyam and Narayanaswamy appear in supporting roles. It was dubbed in Hindi as Hindustani Jaanbaaz 2. It is loosely based on the 1988 Hindi movie Zakhmi Aurat.
Upon theatrical release on 28 March 2014, the film received positive to mixed reviews from critics, with Dwivedi's performance receiving praise. The film was screened at the International Film and Entertainment Festival in Sydney, Australia, in November 2014.[4]
The film tells the story about a strict IPS officer, Ragini (Ragini Dwivedi), who aims to rid the society of goons and corrupt politicians, and also ensure that women lead a safe and decent life. In the process, she is tied to bed and gang raped by 8 to 10 goons as revenge against her; they brutally assault her by using their call girl women as bait. The crux of the story is based around how her name is ruined in the police department and how she takes revenge.
Cast
- Ragini Dwivedi as ASP Ragini IPS
- Avinash as Hiremath
- Kavita Radheshyam as Savithri
- Narayanaswamy as Jagadish
- Achyuth Kumar
- Ninasam Ashwath as Maadegowda
- Ramesh Bhat
- Junglee Prasanna
- Veena Sundar
- Jayasimha Musuri
- Jasper
- Sudhakar
- Raam
- Vivek Pandith
- Ravindra
- Girish
- Soujanya as Soujanya
- Chikkanna
- Bhavya bhuvanahalli chandre Gowda
- Petrol Prasanna
- Ram Prasad
- Manjaiah
- Mohan Juneja
Production
The filming of Ragini IPS began on 24 May 2012, on Ragini Dwivedi's 22nd birthday.[5] The stunts for the film were directed by Mass Madha.[6] Director Anand P. Raju approached actress Rishika Singh for an important role in the film but later opted for Bollywood actress Kavita Radheshyam.[7] Having been trained in Taekwondo, all the stunts in the film were performed by Dwivedi herself without using a body double.[8]
Soundtrack
| Ragini IPS | ||||
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| Released | 8 March 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 2012 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Language | Kannada | |||
| Label | Anand Audio | |||
| Emil Mohammed chronology | ||||
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The music of the film was composed by Emil Mohammed. The soundtrack album of the film was released on 8 March 2014. The raunchy song "Menasina Kaaee" went viral on social media and Bollywood actress Kavita Radheshyam who debuts with this film in Kannada was compared with late south Indian actress and sex symbol Silk Smitha by press and media.[9]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Artist(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Sakhathu Sakhathu" | V. Nagendra Prasad | Sowmya Raoh | |
| 2. | "Menasina Kaaee" | V. Nagendra Prasad | Ramya | |
| 3. | "Hennondu Devarendu" | Anand | Hemanth Kumar |
Reception
Kavya Christopher of The Times of India gave the album a rating of one out of five and said, "The number of songs for Ragini IPS has been restricted to two, and it is undoubtedly one of the wisest decisions taken by whosoever has done that." and concluded writing, "Musically, this film assures just mediocrity."[10]