The film was earlier titled as Raju Rangitaranga owing to the combination of the lead pair who found success with their earlier films 1st Rank Raju and RangiTaranga respectively.[5] The project marks the second collaboration of director Naresh Kumar, actor Gurunandan, and music director Kiran Ravindranath after their previous successful film 1st Rank Raju. The principal photography started in July 2016 in Bangalore. The filming is also held at Ooty. The film was released on 19 January 2018
Movie has got mixed review from the movie Critics. Sunayana Suresh of The Times of India scored the film at 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote The film has some good cinematography. The songs too are catchy. One wishes the film could have utilized the same better. Sudeep's cameo is quite crucial plot, but the filmmaker has chosen to add a lot of extra twists.[7] Manoj Kumar R of The Indian Express gave the film a rating of 2.5/5 and wrote The film could have been much better if only Naresh had the will to swim against the tide.[8] S Sivaraman of The Hindu stated Raju Kannada Medium is a huge flop. The director simply doesn’t know how to take the rudderless plot forward.[9]
