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Mrugaraju(Telugu: మృగరాజు; English: King of Animals) is a 2001 Tollywood action adventure film which was directed by Gunasekhar and based on the Hollywood film The Ghost and the Darkness. Coincidentally the hollywood film was dubbed and released in January by laxmi ganapathi films. The movie was bombed at the box office. It stars Chiranjeevi, Simran, Sanghavi and Nagendra Babu. Mani Sharma composed the music for this film. The film has been dubbed into Tamil with the title Vettaikkaaran. The Hindi version of this is named Rakshak, The Protector. The film was released along with Devi Putrudu and Narasimha Naidu on the same day.
Original Release
01/11/2001
US Release
02/04/2001
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Chiranjeevi | Raju |
| Simran | Aishwarya |
| Sanghavi | Sivangi |
| Nagendra Babu | Appanna Dora |
| Brahmanandam | |
| Baby Akila | Akila |
| Tanikella Bharani | |
| Chalapathi Rao | |
| Kallu Chidambaram | (as Kala Chittabaram) |
| Dharamavaranam |
Directors
Writers
Gunasekhar, Satyanand, Veerendranath Yandamoori
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Chiranjeevi | Raju |
| Simran | Aishwarya |
| Sanghavi | Sivangi |
| Nagendra Babu | Appanna Dora |
| Brahmanandam | |
| Baby Akila | Akila |
| Tanikella Bharani | |
| Chalapathi Rao | |
| Kallu Chidambaram | (as Kala Chittabaram) |
| Dharamavaranam | |
| Gundu Hanumantha Rao | |
| Koval Havale | |
| Vijay Kumar | |
| Mallika | |
| Prakash Raj | (as Prakashraj) |
| Mukku Raja | |
| Allu Ramalingaiah | |
| Rambha | Guest Role / Guest role in the song Ramaiah Padaletti |
| Arjun Rao | |
| Majula Rao |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Raju Bahrooj | Producer |
| Devi Vara Prasad | Producer |
