Rajaratha is a 2018 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Anup Bhandari, who also composed the film's music. It stars Nirup Bhandari and Avantika Shetty in the lead roles in their second collaboration with the director after the success of RangiTaranga. The film was dubbed in Telugu as Rajaratham (English: Royal Chariot) with Rana Daggubati replacing Puneeth Rajkumar as the narrator. Arya, who made his debut in Kannada cinema with the film, features in a supporting role alongside P. Ravishankar. While the film score is composed by B. Ajaneesh Loknath, the soundtrack is composed by Anup Bhandari. The cinematography is by William David. The first look of the film was released in the social media by the team on 2 October 2017. The film was released on March 23, 2018. Plot The story starts in a bus named Rajaratha. Abhi (Nirup Bhandary) is the protagonist. He is a fun loving person and writing poems is his passion. Megha (Avanthika shetty), is his love interest. Her mother is a Tamilian and father is from Telangana. She was born in Kerala and brought up in Bangalore. Both are from the same college. Their past unfolds. First time he sees her is during the time of his college admission. From then he is in love with her, but he is scared to reveal it. In the fourth semester he finds that she is in love with another guy from the same college named Suraj. Back in the present she befriends him. There is a parallel story running at the same time. It is about Vishwas (Arya) a member of political party named Praja Rakshana Dal. The leaders of the party were involved in scams. To disclose this issue the party draws the attention of people by claiming that Periyapelli which originally belongs to Tamil Nadu as Karnataka's. While in the protest Apanna, a prominent leader is slapped by Tamilian. Vishwa takes the leadership of the protest. Meanwhile, the bus is blocked in the middle of a forest. Megha and Abhi decide to go out to record a song. But they lost their way. It is then revealed to the audience that Vishwa and Abhi are siblings. Vishwa loves his brother dearly but does not show it. Then Abhi finds Megha in a jeep with two men who he presumes as kidnappers. He runs after the vehicle and fights against them.