Raja Raja Chora(2021)
Bhaskar's wife thinks he is a stationery store worker, his girlfriend thinks he is a software engineer but no one knows he is also a burglar. His royal pains start when his tangled web of lies involving a hopeful girlfriend, a blackmailing wife, and a cheating cop all collide. Bhaskar's one last heist might just land him in a gilded cage of his own making.
Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- ZEE5, Airtel Xstream Play, YouTube
- Theatrical Release
- 19 August 2021
- Director
- Hasith Goli
- Language
- Telugu
- Runtime
- 2h 29m
- Rating
- 6.3/10
Storyline
Bhaskar leads a triple life. His wife believes he works in a stationery store, his girlfriend thinks he's a software engineer, and he secretly works as a thief. His lies begin to collapse when his girlfriend, his blackmailing wife, and a corrupt policeman all close in on him. His final robbery could trap him in a prison built from his own deceptions.
“A thief juggling two lives, one last heist to untangle them all.”
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Frequent partnerships reunited for Raja Raja Chora
Cast reunions in this film: Sree Vishnu & Srikanth Iyengar (6 films together), Tanikella Bharani & Ravi Babu (5 films together), Tanikella Bharani & Ajay Ghosh (4 films together), Tanikella Bharani & Srikanth Iyengar (4 films together), Tanikella Bharani & Sree Vishnu (2 films together), and Tanikella Bharani & Vivek Sagar (2 films together).
Trivia
- The film's title 'Raja Raja Chora' is a playful nod to the historical emperor Raja Raja Chola, contrasting royalty with a thief.
- Director Hasith Goli also co-wrote the story, drawing inspiration from classic comedy-of-error films but with a modern Telugu setting.
- Sundeep Kishan, who plays Bhaskar, performed many of his own stunts for the heist sequences to add realism.
- The movie was primarily shot in and around Hyderabad, using real locations to depict the protagonist's dual life.
- A key comedy scene involving a mix-up with a stolen idol references popular temple artifact controversies in India.
- The film's soundtrack by Chaitan Bharadwaj includes a romantic song filmed at the historic Ramoji Film City.
- Despite being a crime comedy, the plot structure pays subtle homage to the confusion-driven plots of 1990s Telugu cinema.