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Raja Raja Chora

Name: Raja Raja Chora
Director: Hasith Goli
Released: 2021
Duration: 149 min

Representation Score

3.0/10

Limited

2021

Director

Hasith Goli

Runtime

149 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Raja Raja Chora is a crime comedy that centers around the protagonist's personal deceptions. It focuses on individual conflicts rather than addressing social issues affecting underrepresented groups. The film relies on traditional romantic and professional clichés, where female characters are central but their roles are tied to their relationships with the male lead. Overall, the film adheres to commercial structures without intentionally disrupting social hierarchies or providing progressive representation.

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Category Breakdown

Does Raja Raja Chora have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film operates within a traditional framework that assumes everyone is straight. It focuses on the protagonist's relationships with a wife and a girlfriend, and does not engage with LGBTQ themes.

How does Raja Raja Chora portray gender?

Fair

Female characters play key roles through blackmail and romance, but they are mainly defined by their connections to the male lead. The film does not challenge traditional gender hierarchies.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Raja Raja Chora?

Fair

As an Indian production, the film reflects regional ethnic identities. However, it does not show specific efforts to include diverse ethnic backgrounds.

How does Raja Raja Chora represent religion and culture?

Limited

The narrative focuses on personal deception and individual survival, relying on crime and heist clichés without providing a broader cultural or systemic critique.

Does Raja Raja Chora include disability representation?

Minimal

The story does not include any characters with visible or invisible disabilities.

Present on Screen

The film captures regional cultural specificity inherent to Indian cinema.
Female characters actively drive the central plot.

Limited or Absent

The narrative lacks engagement with LGBTQ+ identities.
Female roles are primarily defined by their relationship to the male protagonist.
The story does not include characters with disabilities.
The plot focuses on individual survival without addressing broader cultural or systemic issues.

Official Synopsis

Bhaskar's wife thinks he is a stationery store worker, his girlfriend thinks he is a software engineer but no one knows he is also a burglar. His royal pains start when his tangled web of lies involving a hopeful girlfriend, a blackmailing wife, and a cheating cop all collide. Bhaskar's one last heist might just land him in a gilded cage of his own making.

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