Babruvahana

1977

2h 40m

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Babhruvahana, like Arjuna at the beginning of the Kurukshetra war, faces a moral dilemma. Can he risk harming his parents? While Chitarangada alerts Arjuna to shoot an arrow at their son and take advantage of Babhruvahana’s momentary lapse due to a sense of devotion towards them (as Arjuna did with Karna), Uluci, the Naga princess and yet another abandoned wife of Arjuna’s, reminds Babhruvahana of the teaching of the Kurukshetra battle that in the battlefield there is no space for feelings even towards parents. What Babhruvahana must do is to establish his mother’s good name and thereby his own character. This film captures this conflict spectacularly. The eerie parallels with the moral dilemmas of the great Mahabharata battle aside, here all the familial relationships (in particular, strong mothers and dutiful sons) become exaggerated and demand our attention.

Writers

Hunsur Krishnamurthy(screenplay by)
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Dr. Rajkumar
Arjuna
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B. Saroja Devi
Chitrangada
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Jayamala
Subhadra
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Kanchana
Uluchi
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Vajramuni
Vrishakethu
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Sampath
Kauravya
Bhatti Mahadevappa
Chitrangada's Father
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Shakti Prasad
Neela Dhwaja
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Shani Mahadevappa
Hamsa Dhwaja
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Rajanand
Minister
Niranjan
Dharmaraya

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Hunsur Krishnamurthy(screenplay by)

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Release date

January 21, 1977 (United States)

Country of origin

India

Language

Kannada

Production company

Rajkamal Arts

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