Raja Huli

Raja Huli is a 2013 Indian Kannada-language comedy-drama film directed by Guru Deshpande and written by S. R. Prabhakaran. Produced by K. Manju's home production, the film stars Yash in title role, along with Meghana Raj, Vasishta N. Simha, Charan Raj, Mithra, and Chikkanna in supporting roles. The soundtrack and score are composed by Hamsalekha. The film, which made its theatrical release on 1 November 2013, coinciding with the Kannada Rajyotsava festival became a commercial hit at the box office, becoming Yash's 3rd consecutive hit after Drama and Googly. The movie is a remake of 2012 Tamil movie Sundarapandian. The trivia is that the character named Rajahuli is played by Rangayana Raghu in Darshans film Suntaragaali (2006). The success of this movie paved the way for Yash to emerge as the top star of Sandalwood.

Plot
Raja Huli (Yash) is the son of a rich landlord in Mandya. He leads a happy life and spends all his time with his friends. Raja Huli ensures that he is always of some help to his friends. One day, he goes to ensure that his friend's love is conveyed to a girl, Kaveri (Meghana Raj), who happens to be his ex-flame. As it happens, she falls in love with Raja Huli again. But Raja Huli realises that one of his best friends, Jagga (Vasishta N. Simha), loves Kaveri. A murder happens, the blame falls on Raja Huli, and the remaining incidents form the climax.

Soundtrack
Hamsalekha created the music and lyrics for the film. The lyrics for the soundtrack "Falling In Love" were penned by Yogaraj Bhat. The album has six soundtracks.

Critical reception
A critic from The Times of India wrote that "It is a romantic story very well handled by Deshapande with some great sequences". Shyam Prasad S. of Bangalore Mirror wrote that "The film is a perfect blend of entertainment and drama".

Box office
Raja Huli was released on 1 November 2013, the day of Kannada Rajyotsava and got a fantastic opening at the box office upon release. The film took the box office by storm despite facing competition from a major Bollywood release Krrish 3. According to trade reports, collections of Raja Huli was better than Krrish 3 at Bangalore Box Office. It also did good business on weekdays and collected approximately ₹5 crore Nett and ₹8 crore Gross in the first week. The movie, which was made with a budget of ₹6 crore, recovered its production cost in just seven days. Raja Huli went on to complete 119 days of successful run, collected a total of ₹18 crore, and performed fairly well at the box-office. Raja Huli also became Yash's third consecutive success after Drama and Googly.