Released · Telugu film · 2017
Raja the Great
రాజా ది గ్రేట్
Raja the Great release date: 18 October 2017 (theatres). Directed by Anil Ravipudi; starring Ravi Teja, Mehreen Pirzada and Raadhika Sarathkumar.
- Film release
- 18 October 2017 · All 2017 films
- Director
- Anil Ravipudi
- Production
- Sri Venkateswara Creations
- Writing credits
- Anil Ravipudi
- Language
- Telugu
OTT release
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Film release: 18 October 2017 · all 2017 Telugu films.
Source: the film’s Wikipedia article, checked 7 October 2026. It does not name a streaming platform or date; this page says so rather than guessing.
Raja the Great is a 2017 Telugu action comedy written and directed by Anil Ravipudi and produced by Dil Raju under Sri Venkateswara Creations. Ravi Teja plays a man who was born blind, alongside Mehreen Pirzada and Raadhika Sarathkumar. It was released worldwide on 18 October 2017, on the eve of Deepavali.
What the story is about
Lucky, the pampered daughter of a police officer, is in hiding in Darjeeling after a gangster, Devaraj, swears revenge for his brother’s death in a police operation. Meanwhile Anantha Lakshmi, a head constable, has trained her blind son Raja to turn his heightened senses to his advantage and dreams of seeing him in the police. She persuades the officers to include him in the team assigned to protect Lucky, and Raja, fighting by sound and instinct, takes on Devaraj’s men.
Cast and crew
- Ravi Teja as Raja
- Mehreen Pirzada as Lucky
- Raadhika Sarathkumar as Anantha Lakshmi, Raja’s mother
- Vivan Bhatena as Devaraj, in his Telugu debut
- Prakash Raj as Lucky’s father, with Rajendra Prasad and Sampath Raj
Sai Karthik composed the music. Filming began in April 2017 in Hyderabad and Darjeeling. Ravi Teja’s son Mahadhan appears as a child actor.
What critics said
Reviews were mixed. Firstpost rated it 2.5/5 as an “okayish entertaining affair”, The Hindu found “silly humour” in a mass film with a blind hero, and The Indian Express gave 2 stars, judging it by the standards of mindless entertainers, according to Wikipedia. Telugu360 rated it 2.75/5, calling it a farcical comedy carried by Ravi Teja’s image, with a strong 20 minutes after the interval. Wikipedia records it as a commercial success. Anil Ravipudi has said the end titles tease a possible sequel.
Raja the Great OTT
Prime Video and Apple TV have listing pages for the film; availability can vary by country and plan. Our own OTT record for this film is not yet confirmed; the OTT box on this page shows its current status.
Sources: the Wikipedia article; the review in Telugu360; TeluguCinema.com on the release date; listings on Prime Video and Apple TV; our own records.
Trailer from the official YouTube channel of Dil Raju, published 6 Oct 2017.
Cast of Raja the Great (2017)
- Ravi Teja as Raja
- Mehreen Pirzada as Lucky
- Raadhika Sarathkumar as Anantha Lakshmi
Additional cast
Further acting credits recorded for this film; voice-only and dubbing credits are excluded.
- Anil Ravipudi
- Ravi Prakash as Police Officer
- Tanikella Bharani as Mailaramgadda
- Raghu Babu as Babu Rao
- Viva Harsha
- Prudhvi Raj
- Srinivasa Reddy as Bujji
- Rajiv Kanakala
- Benarjee
- Sai Kumar as Surya Murthy
- Raashi Khanna
- Ali
- Saptagiri
- Annapoorna as Prasad's Mother
- Posani Krishna Murali as Lucky's uncle
- Sampath Raj as I.G. Viswaraj
- Satyam Rajesh as Lucky's uncle
- Thagubothu Ramesh
- Surya
- Rajendra Prasad as Prasad
- Prakash Raj as SP Prakash
- Pavitra Lokesh as Gayatri
- Sampoornesh Babu
- Jaya Prakash Reddy
- Vidyullekha Raman as Pandu
- Hari Teja as Lucky's aunt
- Karate Kalyani
- Shanoor Sana
- Gautam Raju
- Chitram Srinu
Also in the cast (TMDB): Vivan Bhatena as Devaraj, Bharath Reddy as Police Officer, Rajeev Kanakala as Police Officer, Prudhviraj as Babji, Prabhas Sreenu as Lucky's uncle, Chitram Seenu as Lucky's uncle, Sana as Lucky's aunt, Surekha Vani as Lucky's aunt.
Character names as listed on TMDB, checked 10 Oct 2026.
Source record: Q28532748 on Wikidata. Dates are those on record and can change; this is not a studio announcement. Spotted an error? Send a correction.