Ten Things You Must Know About 'R Rajkumar'

Ten Things You Must Know About 'R Rajkumar'
Friday, December 06, 2013 12:20 IST
By Subhash K Jha, Santa Banta News Network
1. This is director Prabhudheva's first original Hindi film. Wanted, Rowdy Rathore and Ramaiyya Vastvaiya were all remakes.

2. The film is about the a drug runner in Gujarat. Sonu Sood who plays the villain has almost as much footage as Shahid Kapoor.

3. Neither Shahid nor Sonakshi Sinha have had very successful films lately. Shahid's last hit was Badmaash Company in 2008, and Sonakshi's 4 films this year have all under-performed at the boxoffice. The real star of the film is Prabhudheva whose uninterrupted success innings is expected to take the film across to the finish line.

4. The film's original title Rambo Rajkumar was a tribute to the South Indian stunt director of the same name who died young on duty.However the makers of the Rambo franchise claimed copyright prerogative, leaving Prabhudheva with no choice but to use asterisks in place of the hero's first name.

5. In the film Shahid coins a new term of endearment.Thappi. A combination of a thappad(slap) and a pappi(kiss). Of course Sonakshi happily showers the former on Shahid. Pappi is a no-no.Daddy disapproves.

6. The item song Kaddu katega features the top Kannada actress Ragini Dwidei along with firangi femme fatale Scarlett Wilson. Prabhudheva prefers multiple item girls in one item song.Remember Aa re pritam pyare?

7. Srihari, the seasoned Telugu actor who plays a powerful role, passed away before R... Rajkumar could be completed. His role has been left intact.

8. As per the norm Prabhudheva appears in one song alongside Shahid. For once the choreographer-director has a real dancer to dance with.

9. Aa re Pritam Pyare....Prabhudheva has never worked with music composer Pritam Chakraborty before. The filmmaker was kicked about the opportunity that he has now decided to work again with Pritam asap

10. This is Sonakshi's 4th film with Prabhudheva. They plan to work together again in the film that Prabhudheva will direct with Salman Khan in the lead.
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