Raja Rajendra
2015 film by Pon Kumaran
Raja Rajendra is a 2015 Kannada-language comedy film written and directed by Pon Kumaran. It stars Sharan, Ishita Dutta, Vimala Raman and P. Ravi Shankar in the stellar roles. The film marks the reunion of director Kumaran and actor Sharan after their previous venture, Jai Lalitha. Produced by Uday K. Mehta, the film released on 6 February 2015. The core plot of the movie is based on the 1990 Malayalam movie His Highness Abdullah.
Plot
This story is about a guy named Mani (Sharan), who is an imposter of a dreaded goon named Bottle Mani (P. Ravi Shankar). Due to this he earns the wrath of Bottle Mani. The story also focuses on Neelakanta Raju (Ramakrishna), a member of a royal family, an old man with three daughters and a long lost son. He hopes that his son and his grandson come to him one day, while his sons-in-law want him to die as soon as possible. To get the old man killed, the three sons-in-law along with Shastri (Suchendra Prasad) go to the city and contact a guy who promises to send Mani to act like the grandson of Neelakanta Raju.
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