Racha (Template:Lang-te; Alternative spelling: Racha) is a 2012 Telugu film written and directed by Sampath Nandi. The film is produced by R. B. Choudary under his Megaa Super Good Films banner. The film stars Ram Charan Teja and Tamannaah Bhatia in the lead roles.^[6] The film was released in India on 5 April 2012. The film was dubbed into Tamil as Ragalai and opened to poor reviews.^[7] While it was simultaneously made in Malayalam as Raksha and in Hindi as well.

• Ram Charan Teja as 'Betting' Raj (childhood name Charry)
• Tamannaah Bhatia as Chaitra (childhood name Ammu)
• Ajmal Ameer as James
• Ali as love guru
• Parthiepan as Suryanarayana,Raj's father
• Mukesh Rishi as Bellary
• Brahmanandam^[8] as Rangeela
• Lisa Haydon^[9] appears in an item song

'Betting' Raj (Ram Charan Tej) is a local go-lucky guy who makes his living by accepting challenges for money. He lives along with his adopted parents (M. S. Narayana and Sudha) who enjoys his life taking risks and making money out of it. Tragedy strikes the family in the form of a medical emergency and Raj needs 20 lakhs to save his father. As he is on the lookout for money, he is approached by James (Ajmal), whom he has already met an earlier competition, with a challenge. James dares Raj to make Chaitra (Tamannaah Bhatia) fall in love, the daughter of powerful mining Don Bellary (Mukesh Rishi). A desperate Raj takes up the challenge and begins wooing Chaitra. As time goes by, Chaitra too reciprocates the love and Raj wins his bet. But as it turns out, Chaitra has a secret and Raj has a flashback that he is not aware of. As the story begins to unfold, Raj realizes that he has a mission to fulfill and a promise to keep. What is that promise and what is Chaitra's secret? That forms the rest of the story. Nasser and Parthiban has managed to give a good supporting performance.

The film was launched formally on 12 June 2011 with Chiranjeevi sounding the clapboard.^[6][10] Furthermore Ajmal Ameer plays the antagonist alongside Mukesh Rishi & Kota Srinivas Rao.^[11] The unit shot a song in Sri Lanka.^[11] Mani Sharma has been roped in as the music director. The overseas rights were procured by Hari Venkateswara Pictures for ₹2.75 crore.

This film is released in 1600 UFO prints in 2,400 theaters World wide in 3 languages on 5 April 2012. ^{[citation needed]}The complete movie has been set up with photon HD+ camera used first time in India.^{[citation needed]} Racha pre release talk creating more hype in Tollywood Film Industry.^[12]

According to few sources, Rachha had collected ₹56 crore before release from distrubution and satellite rights. Presently Rachcha is in 1st position in Tollywood. as per Pre-Release business.

The movie has opened with hit talk from the first show and collected a netted collection of ₹9 crore (US$1.0 million) only in AP. The overseas collections records are not out yet.^[13] Sify says the movie is "A Paisa Vasool Movie".^[14] OneIndia says "Don't miss the movie".^[15] TeluguOne says "Racha is a potpourri and Mega Fans will be fully satisfied." ^[16] 123Telugu says "The film has all the commercial elements required for a good run at B and C centers.Racha is decent one time summer watch".^[17] Times of India says "When you beat up a hundred guys in just your second flick, it sort of becomes hard to keep bettering that film after film." and marked 3 out of 5 stars.^[18] The Hindu says "A mass entertainer targeted at fans. Go without expectations and you will be entertained.".^[19]

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Rachcha had managed to collect ₹53.6 crore (US$6.2 million)[Nett]. by its 9th Day breaking several industry records,The world wide Day 1 collections were ₹15.7 crore (US$1.8 million).[Gross], which was highest in charan's career.Rachcha was released in 1595 screens in telugu language itself.