A. T. Raghu

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{{Infobox person
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| birth_name = Appadanda T. Raghu
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| birth_place = [[Kodagu]]
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| nationality = [[India]]n
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| years_active= 1980–2004
| occupation = Film director
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'''Appadanda T. Raghu''' is an Indian director, actor, producer and screenplay writer, who has worked in the [[Kannada]], [[Hindi]], [[Malayalam]] and [[Kodava language|Kodava Takk]] film industries.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dwyer |first1=Rachel |title=Global Bollywood |chapter=The Indian Film Magazine, Stardust |journal=Global Bollywood |date=2008 |pages=240–267 |jstor=j.ctt155jk77.16 |publisher=NYU Press|isbn=9780814747988 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bose |first1=Nandana |title=The Central Board of Film Certification Correspondence Files (1992-2002): A Discursive Rhetoric of Moral Panic, 'Public' Protest, and Political Pressure. |journal=Cinema Journal |date=2010 |volume=49 |issue=3 |pages=67–87 |doi=10.1353/cj.0.0217 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Dechamma C. C. |first1=Sowmya |title=The model minority: problematizing the representation of Kodavas in Kannada cinema |journal=Inter-Asia Cultural Studies |date=2012 |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=5–21 |doi=10.1080/14649373.2012.636872 }}</ref>

==Personal life==
He was born in [[Kodagu]] to the [[Kodava people|Kodava]] community.<ref name="TV Guide">{{cite web |title=Nanga Kodava (We are Kodava) |url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/nanga-kodava/cast/974537/ |website=TV Guide |publisher=TV Guide |accessdate=2 September 2018}}</ref><ref name="Mangalorean">{{cite web |title=5th Kodava Telefilm by A T Raghu |url=http://www.mangalorean.com/bengaluru-5th-kodava-telefilm-nanga-kodava-by-a-t-raghu-coming-soon/ |website=Mangalorean |publisher=Mangalorean |accessdate=2 September 2018|date=3 February 2015 }}</ref> In 2017 he suffered from kidney failure and was undergoing dialysis. He was in need of financial assistance and the Kannada cinema industry were helping him.<ref name="Indiaglitz">{{cite news |title=AT Raghu critical, director of yesteryears |url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/at-raghu-critical-director-of-yesteryears-kannada-news-180864 |accessdate=2 September 2018 |agency=Indiaglitz |publisher=Indiaglitz |date=8 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="Deccan Herald">{{cite news |title=Umashree urges CM to help director Raghu |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/600395/umashree-urges-cm-help-director.html |accessdate=2 September 2018 |agency=Mysore Printers |newspaper=Deccan Herald |date=10 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kumar R |first1=Manoj |title=Pay to watch Shivarajkumar-Sudeep's The Villain teaser |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/the-villain-teaser-shivarajkumar-sudeep-5231192/ |accessdate=2 September 2018 |newspaper=The Indian Express|date=24 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=CM |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUdyQ_ufrtY |website=Youtube |accessdate=2 September 2018}}</ref>

==Career==
Raghu entered the cinema industry under the guidance of director and producer [[B. Vittalacharya]]. Then later he became an assistant for director [[Y. R. Swamy]]. In 1980 he independently directed [[Nyaya Neethi Dharma]], a Kannada movie starring [[Ambareesh]], [[Aarathi]], [[Dwarakish]], [[Sundar Krishna Urs]], [[Jai Jagadish]] and [[K S Ashwath]], produced by V K Ramesh. Ever since Raghu has directed at least 55 movies.<ref name="Indiaglitz"/><ref name="Deccan Herald"/>

He made an Hindi film [[Meri Adalat (1984 film)|Meri Adalat]] in 1984 starring [[Rajnikanth]]. The following year he made a Malayalam movie '''[[Kaattu Rani (1985 film)|Kattu Rani]]''' (see [[Malayalam films of 1985]]). In 1990 he made a Kannada movie '''Ajay-Vijay''' (see [[Kannada films of 1990]]) starring [[Jaggesh]], [[Murali (Tamil actor)|Murali]] and [[Raghuveer (actor)|Raghuveer]] in his debut role as actor. In 1994, Raghu made the Kannada movie [[Mandyada Gandu]] starring [[Ambareesh]], [[Vajramuni]] and [[Bank Janardhan]]. This movie had the popular song 'Mandyada Gandhu' composed by [[Upendra Kumar]].

He has directed at least 24 movies starring Ambareesh (see [[Ambareesh filmography]]). Some of them are [[Aasha (1983 film)|Aasha]] (1983), [[Avala Neralu]] (1983), [[Goonda Guru]] (1985), [[Antima Teerpu (1988 film)|Antima Teerpu]] (1988), [[Mysore Jaana]] (1992) and [[Midida Hrudayagalu]] (1993). In more recent years Raghu has made serials like '''Ainemane''', '''Gejje-thandu''' and '''Nanga Kodava''' in the Kodava language.<ref name="TV Guide"/><ref name="Mangalorean"/><ref>{{cite web |title=A. T. Raghu Director |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0706491/ |website=Internet Movie Database (IMDB) |publisher=IMDb |accessdate=2 September 2018}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{{colbegin}}
*''Jenifer I Love You'' (2004)
*''Rambo Raja Revolver Rani''
*''Betegaara''
*''Shravana Sanje''
*''[[Mandyada Gandu]]'' (1994)
*''Jailer Jagannath''
*''[[Midida Hrudayagalu]]'' (1993)
*''Suryodaya''
*''[[Mysore Jaana]]''
*''[[Putta Hendthi]]'' (1992)
*''Kempu Surya''
*''Ajay Vijay''
*''Nyayakkagi Naanu''
*''Padma Vyuha''
*''Krishna Mecchida Radhe''
*''Aapadbandava''
*''Inspector Kranti Kumar''
*''[[Anthima Theerpu (1988 film)|Antima Teerpu]]'' (1988)
*''Preethi'' (1986)
*''[[Kaattu Rani (1985 film)|Kattu Rani]]'' (1985) (Malayalam)
*''Devara Mane'' (1985)
*''Kadina Raja''
*''Guru Jagadguru''
*''Gundaguru''
*''[[Meri Adalat (1984 film)|Meri Adalat]]'' (1984) (Hindi)
*''Darmayudda''
*''[[Avala Neralu]]'' (1983)
*''[[Aasha (1983 film)|Aasha]]'' (1983)
*''Shankar-Sundar''
*''Nyaya Neeti Dharma'' (1980)
{{colend}}

==See also==
*''[[Meri Adalat (1984 film)|Meri Adalat]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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Bidugade

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{{Infobox film
| name = Bidugade
| image =
| caption =
| director = [[Y. R. Swamy]]
| producer = T. P. Venugopal
| writer = Ramesh Movies
| screenplay = Ramesh Movies
| story =
| based_on = 
| narrator =
| starring = [[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar]] <br> [[Bharathi (actress)|Bharathi]] <br> [[Rajesh (Kannada actor)|Rajesh]]<br> [[K. S. Ashwath]]
| music = [[M. Ranga Rao]]
| cinematography = Annayya
| editing = Babu <br> N. C. Rajan
| studio = Ramesh Movies
| distributor =
| released = 1973
| runtime = 175 minutes
| country = India
| language = Kannada
| budget =
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'''''Bidugade''''' ({{lang-kn|ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ}}) is a 1973 Indian [[Kannada language]] drama directed by Y. R. Swamy and produced by T. P. Venugopal. It starred [[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar]], [[Rajesh (Kannada actor)|Rajesh]] and [[Bharathi (actress)|Bharathi]] in the lead roles along with a host of supporting actors. Minugutare [[Kalpana (Kannada actress)|Kalpana]] made a special appearance in the film.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1365440/fullcredits/ Cast & crew]</ref> [[M. Ranga Rao]] scored the music and the story was written and produced by Ramesh Movies. [[Chi. Udaya Shankar]] wrote the lyrics and dialogues. The cinematography by Annayya won him the [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Cinematographer]] award.

The core plot of the movie is based on a short story which had earlier been an inspiration for two English movies - the 1946 movie ''[[The Man Who Dared (1946 film)|The Man Who Dared]]'' and the 1956 movie ''[[Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956 film)|Beyond a Reasonable Doubt]]''. The 1983 Telugu movie ''[[Abhilasha (1983 film)|Abhilasha]]'' , in spite of being based on the Telugu novel of same name, was reported to be similar to these movies.<ref>https://mobile.indiaherald.com/Politics/Read/3167/Yandamoori-Veerendranath-A-Plagiarist-%E2%80%98Beyond-A-Reasonable-Doubt%E2%80%99-/</ref><ref>https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/photo/happy-birthday-chiranjeevi-5-best-performances-989648-2017-08-22/3</ref>

==Plot==

The movie is about a reporter who concocts a false case so as to get himself convicted for first degree murder so that he can prove that the death sentence can be given based on circumstantial evidence and that it be done away with. However, by the time he is out of the prison proving his innocence, his father is falsely arrested in another murder case and is awarded a death penalty!

== Cast ==
* [[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar]] as M. B. Shekhar
* [[Bharathi (actress)|Bharathi]] as Shobha
* [[Sampath (actor)|Sampath]] as Sadashiva Rao
* [[Rajesh (Kannada actor)|Rajesh]] as Somnath
* [[Balakrishna (Kannada actor)|Balakrishna]] as Subba Rao
* [[Narasimharaju (Kannada actor)|Narasimharaju]] as Kapinipathi Rao
* [[K. S. Ashwath]] as Bhyrappa
* [[Vajramuni]] as Gopal, CID Inspector
* [[Thoogudeepa Srinivas]] as Muniya, labourer
* [[Shakti Prasad]] as jail superintendent
* [[Dinesh (Kannada actor)|Dinesh]] as Devappa, owner of the coffee plantations
* Chi Sadashivaiah
* [[Shani Mahadevappa]] as Thammayya, labourer
* B. Hanumanthachar
* Y. Shivayya
* Judo Rathnam
* [[M. Jayashree]] as Mala's mother
* [[Vijaya Lalitha]] as Rekha, Mala's sister (cameo)
* [[Kalpana (Kannada actress)|Kalpana]] as Mala (cameo)

== Soundtrack ==
The music of the film was composed by [[M. Ranga Rao]] and the lyrics were written by [[Chi. Udaya Shankar]].<ref>[http://play.raaga.com/kannada/album/bidugade-k0000931 Songs at Raaga]</ref>

===Track list===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer(s) !! Length
|-
| 1
| "Bedagina Henna"
| [[P. Susheela]], [[P. B. Sreenivas]]
| 06:06
|-
| 2
| "Baanige Neeliya"
| P. Susheela, P. B. Sreenivas
| 05:38
|-
| 3
| "Ninneyo Mugida Kathe"
| [[S. Janaki]]
| 03:27
|-
| 4
| "Nanna Putta Samsara"
| P. Susheela
| 03:26
|-
| 5
| "Bedagina henna"
| P. Susheela & chorus
| 03:26
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Kannada films of 1973]]
* ''[[Abhilasha (1983 film)|Abhilasha]]''
* ''[[The Man Who Dared (1946 film)|The Man Who Dared]]''
* ''[[Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956 film)|Beyond a Reasonable Doubt]]''

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|1365440}}

{{Y. R. Swamy}}

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[[Category:1973 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1970s Kannada-language films]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:1973 drama films]]
[[Category:Films about capital punishment]]
[[Category:Films scored by M. Ranga Rao]]
[[Category:Films directed by Y. R. Swamy]]

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A. T. Raghu

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