Madhura Raja

Madhura Raja is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language action film directed by Vysakh, written by Udaykrishna and starring Mammootty, Jai, Anusree and Jagapathi Babu in the lead roles alongside Siddique, Vijayaraghavan, and Nedumudi Venu in supporting roles. The music is composed by Gopi Sundar. This film marks the debut of Jai in Malayalam cinema. The film is a spin-off to 2010 film Pokkiri Raja and Mammootty reprises his role as Raja.[3][4][5] Madhura Raja was released worldwide on 12 April 2019.[6][7]

Madhura Raja
Promotional Poster
Directed byVysakh
Produced byNelson Ipe
Screenplay byUdaykrishna
Starring
Music byGopi Sunder
CinematographyShaji Kumar
Edited byMahesh Narayanan
Sunil S Pillai
Production
company
Nelson Ipe Cinemas
Distributed byUK Studios Release
Release date
  • 12 April 2019 (2019-04-12)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Budget27 Crore ₹[1][2]

Plot

The films starts with SI Balachandran aka Balu, an honest police officer who heads to Pambinthurthu to confront and arrest V. R. Nadesan, an illegal liquor brewer. He fails to do so after a fellow policeman betrays him, and there, he is mauled to death by Nadeshan's hounds.

The story progresses to 25 years later, where Madhavan Nair and his brother in law visit Pambinthurthu on the basis of the complaints put forward by the school staff on the island. Nadesan tries to oppose them. Chinnan is sent to help Madhavan, but the situation goes out of hand when Chinnan gets arrested. Hearing this, Raja arrives and frees Chinnan. He sets to eliminate Nadesan. Later, he enters as the opposite candidate to Nadesan in an upcoming election. Raging over Raja's influence on the localities, Nadesan lures and kills Chinnan. In revenge, Raja later kills Nadeshan. Raja wins the election and becomes a minister.

Cast

Production

Madhura Raja was produced by Nelson Ipe under the banner Nelson Ipe Cinemas, made on a budget of ₹27 crore.[1][2] The principal production commenced in Cochin in August 2018.[11] Mammootty reprises the role Raja he played in the 2010 film Pokkiri Raja. Tamil actor Jai also plays an important character, and Madhura Raja marks his debut in Malayalam cinema.[12] Vysakh retained Shaji Kumar and John Kutty, who did cinematography and editing for Odiyan. The action choreographer of the film was Peter Hein, who had worked previously with Vysakh in Pulimurugan (2016).[13][14] Filming was completed in three schedules with the second schedule being wrapped up in December 2018.[15]

Soundtrack
Madhura Raja
Soundtrack album by
Gopi Sundar
Released14 February 2019 (2019-02-14)
Recorded2018-19
Length9:46
LabelZee Music
External audio
Audio Jukebox on YouTube

The film's music is composed by Gopi Sundar.[16] The soundtrack was launched on 14 February 2019.[17]

Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Kandille Kandille"Murukan KattakadaAnwar Sadath4:03
2."Raaja Raaja Raaja"Dev HabibullahGopi Sundar2:08
3."Moha Mundiri"B. K. HarinarayananSithara Krishnakumar3:35
Total length:9:46

Box office

The film grossed a worldwide total of ₹44 crore (by 1 May 2019), thus surpassing Mammootty's Abrahaminte Santhathikal to become the best-grossing film in Mammootty's career. In 17 days, it grossed $1.822 million (₹12.72 crore) from overseas territories (of which $1.655 million (₹11.5 crore) was from UAE-GCC region alone).[18] As of 21 June, Madhura Raja is the fifth best Malayalam grosser of 2019 in the rest-of-India (outside Kerala), behind Lucifer, Kumbalangi Nights, Uyare and Virus.[19]

In the opening weekend, it grossed $772,092 in the UAE (best grosser of that weekend),[20] $32,989 (₹22.88 lakh) in the US, $9,900 (₹6.87 lakh) in Canada, £8,007 (₹7.27 lakh) in the UK, A$10,869 (₹5.41 lakh) in Australia,[21] and NZ$3,708 (₹1.73 lakh) in New Zealand.[22] And grossed $1,024,670 in the UAE[20] and A$19,855 (₹9.79 lakh) in Australia in three weeks,[23] $13,392 (₹9.3 lakh) in Canada in four weeks,[24] and £34,334 (₹31.32 lakh) in the UK in five weeks.[25]

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