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K.V. Raju(1954-2021)

  • Writer
  • Director
  • Music Department
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K.V. Raju was born in 1954 in India. He was a writer and director, known for Police Lock Up (1992), Rashtra Geet (2001) and Indrajeet (1991). He died on 24 December 2021 in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Born1954
DiedDecember 24, 2021
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DiedDecember 24, 2021
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Known for

Police Lock Up
  • Writer
  • 1992
Rashtra Geet
  • Writer
  • 2001
Amitabh Bachchan, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Kumar Gaurav, Jaya Prada, Kader Khan, and Neelam Kothari in Indrajeet (1991)
Indrajeet
4.4
  • Writer
  • 1991
Rashtrageethe
  • Writer
  • 2001

Credits

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Writer

  • Avinash, K.V. Raju, Sayaji Shinde, Suman, Ashok Kadaba, Vinaya Prasad, Mukhyamantri Chandru, Meenakshi Kalita, K. Mahantesh, Pavitra Lokesh, Ravi Basrur, Santhosh Balaraj, and Ranjani Raghavan in Sathyam (2024)
    Sathyam
    7.1
    • dialogue
    • 2024
  • Kempe Gowda (2011)
    Kempe Gowda 2
    8.1
    • Writer
    • 2019
  • Sathish Neenasam in Tiger Galli (2017)
    Tiger Galli
    4.1
    • story
    • screenplay
    • dialogue
    • 2017
  • Ragini IPS (2014)
    Ragini IPS
    4.8
    • dialogue
    • 2014
  • Dashamukha (2012)
    Dashamukha
    7.0
    • screenplay
    • 2012
  • Raajadhaani (2011)
    Raajadhaani
    6.3
    • Writer
    • dialogue
    • 2011
  • P. Ravi Shankar and Chiranjeevi Sarja in Dandam Dashagunam (2011)
    Dandam Dashagunam
    6.1
    • story
    • 2011
  • Sharmiela Mandre and Duniya Vijay in Kari Chirathe (2010)
    Kari Chirathe
    4.9
    • screenplay
    • 2010
  • Darshan Thoogudeep in Shourya (2010)
    Shourya
    6.5
    • dialogue
    • 2010
  • Aditya in Deadly-2 (2010)
    Deadly-2
    6.1
    • screenplay
    • 2010
  • Preethse Preethse
    5.5
    • dialogue
    • 2009
  • Navya Nair and Darshan Thoogudeep in Gaja (2008)
    Gaja
    7.2
    • dialogue
    • 2008
  • Pandavaru
    • story, screenplay, dialogue
    • 2006
  • Inspector Jhansi
    • story, dialogue
    • 2005
  • Nija
    • Writer
    • 2004

Director

  • Pandavaru
    • Director
    • 2006
  • Nija
    • Director
    • 2004
  • Rashtrageethe
    • Director
    • 2001
  • Rashtra Geet
    • Director
    • 2001
  • Yuddha
    • Director
    • 1997
  • Huliyaa
    • Director
    • 1996
  • Kajol and Jeetendra in Udhaar Ki Zindagi (1994)
    Udhaar Ki Zindagi
    5.4
    • Director
    • 1994
  • Police Lock Up
    • Director
    • 1992
  • Belli Kalungura
    • directed by
    • 1992
  • Sundara Kanda (1991)
    Sundara Kanda
    5.9
    • Director
    • 1991
  • Amitabh Bachchan, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Kumar Gaurav, Jaya Prada, Kader Khan, and Neelam Kothari in Indrajeet (1991)
    Indrajeet
    4.4
    • Director
    • 1991
  • Yuddhakanda (1989)
    Yuddhakanda
    8.0
    • Director
    • 1989
  • Indrajith
    • Director
    • 1989
  • Ambarish and Mahalakshmi in Navabharata (1988)
    Navabharata
    • Director
    • 1988
  • Sangrama
    • Director
    • 1987

Music Department

  • Olave Mandara (2011)
    Olave Mandara
    8.6
    • lyricist: Kannadan
    • 2011
  • Thimmaraya
    5.6
    • lyricist: Kannadan
    • 2000
  • Yuddha
    • lyricist: Kannadan
    • 1997
  • Huliyaa
    • lyricist: Kannadan
    • 1996

Personal details

  • Born
    • 1954
    • India
  • Died
    • December 24, 2021
    • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  • Children
    • Amogh

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  • Trivia
    Brother of director KV Jayaram.

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