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| director = [[Ravi Srivatsa]]
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| screenplay = R Rajashekhar<br /> M S Ramesh
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| starring = [[Vijay Raghavendra]]<br />[[Rakshitha]]<br />[[Duniya Vijay]]<br />Nagashekhar
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| cinematography = Dasari Seenu
| editing = Lakshmana Reddy
| music = [[Sadhu Kokila]]
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'''''Ee Rajeev Gandhi Alla''''' ({{Translation|This is not Rajeev Gandhi}}) is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language action drama film directed by [[Ravi Srivatsa]] and starring [[Vijay Raghavendra]] in the titular role, [[Rakshitha]], [[Duniya Vijay]] and Nagashekhar with Harish Roy as the antagonist. The film was released after a five-year delay.

== Plot ==
Encounter specialists Rajeev, Shravya, Bikku, Musa and Vivek Acharya, dubbed as the ''Panchpandas'', are after gangster Samson and his brother Bachchan, who are in Singapore and controlling the Bangalore underworld.<ref name="F">{{Cite web|url=https://kannada.filmibeat.com/reviews/170107rajiv.html|title=ಐವತ್ತು ಕೊಲೆ : ಪ್ರೇಕ್ಷಕರೂ ಬಲಿ!|language=kn|date=18 November 2002|work=[[Oneindia|Filmibeat]]|access-date=27 September 2023|archive-date=28 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928123134/https://kannada.filmibeat.com/reviews/170107rajiv.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|
*[[Vijay Raghavendra]] as Rajeev
*[[Rakshitha]] as Shravya
*[[Duniya Vijay]] as Bikku
*Harish Roy as Samson
*Nagashekhar as Musa
*Kote Prabhakar
*Ananthavelu
*[[Shobaraj]]
*[[Sathyajith (actor)|Sathyajith]]
*[[Pavitra Lokesh]]
*[[Chitra Shenoy]]
*[[Girija Lokesh]]
*Shivadhwaj
*[[Mandeep Roy]]
*[[Ravi Belagere]]
}}

== Production ==
The film began production in 2002 and is an amalgamation of ''[[Kaakha Kaakha]]'' (2003) and ''[[Ab Tak Chhappan]]'' (2004).<ref name="F"/> The film was initially titled ''Rajeev Gandhi Alla Godse''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kannada.webdunia.com/article/kannada-cinema-news/%E0%B2%89%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0-%E0%B2%B6%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%9C%E0%B3%8D-%E0%B2%93%E0%B2%82-%E0%B2%9A%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%97-%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B5%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D-%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%9F-112092800015_1.htm|title=ಉಪೇಂದ್ರ-ಶಿವರಾಜ್ 'ಓಂ' ಚಿತ್ರಕ್ಕೀಗ ಸೀಕ್ವೆಲ್ ಕಾಟ!|work=Webdunia|language=kn|first=Nagaraja|last=B.|date=28 September 2012|access-date=27 September 2023|archive-date=27 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927200532/https://kannada.webdunia.com/article/kannada-cinema-news/%E0%B2%89%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0-%E0%B2%B6%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%9C%E0%B3%8D-%E0%B2%93%E0%B2%82-%E0%B2%9A%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%97-%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B5%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D-%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%9F-112092800015_1.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Tilak Shekar|Tilak]] was initially considered to play one of the City Crime Branch officers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.viggy.com/english/current_muhuraths_on_varamahalaxmihabba.asp|title=Flooding films on Varamalaxmi Habba|work=Viggy|date=2005|access-date=2023-09-27|archive-date=2023-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927200513/http://www.viggy.com/english/current_muhuraths_on_varamahalaxmihabba.asp|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kannada.filmibeat.com/news/030407vijay-marriage.html|title=ವಿಜಯರಾಘವೇಂದ್ರ : ಪ್ರೀತಿಯಿಂದ ಮದುವೆ ತನಕ..!|language=kn|date=20 November 2002|work=[[Oneindia|Filmibeat]]|access-date=27 September 2023|archive-date=27 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927200508/https://kannada.filmibeat.com/news/030407vijay-marriage.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[Sadhu Kokila]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kannadamasti.cc/ee-rajeev-gandhi-alla-kannada-songs-download/|title=Ee Rajeev Gandhi Alla Song Download|work=Kannada Masti|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919183023/https://kannadamasti.cc/ee-rajeev-gandhi-alla-kannada-songs-download/|archive-date=19 September 2020}}</ref>
*"Maaya Jinke" - [[Shamitha Malnad]]
*"Huduga Huduga" - [[Rajesh Krishnan]], [[Malathy Lakshman|Malathi]]
*"Jana Gana Mana" - [[Hemanth (singer)|Hemanth Kumar]]
*"Shanthi Deepa" - [[Sadhu Kokila]]

== Reception ==
[[R. G. Vijayasarathy]] of ''[[Rediff.com]]'' rated the film one out of five stars and wrote that "First up, a warning: ''Rajeeva'' is the cinematic equivalent of being shut up for two hours in a torture chamber" and advised viewers to "Watch the film solely at your own risk".
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/jan/15rajeeva.htm|title=Rajeeva is mindless mayhem|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=15 January 2007|first=R. G.|last=Vijayasarathy|author-link=R. G. Vijayasarathy|access-date=27 September 2023|archive-date=12 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230812133629/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/jan/15rajeeva.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links==
*{{IMDb title|14332752}}

[[Category:Indian action drama films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Sadhu Kokila]]
[[Category:Films about organised crime in India]]

Ee Rajeev Gandhi Alla - Revision history

Itskamalraja at 12:32, 28 September 2023