Gunasundari Katha (1949)

Original title

గుణసుందరి కథ

Directed by

Kadiri Venkata Reddy

Genre

fantasy film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 52m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An Indian fantasy film loosely based on King Lear but with a happier tone. It tells the story of a king and his daughters, focusing on family conflict and magical events.

folkloriclightheartedmelodramaticwhimsicalcolorfulsentimentalclassicatmospheric

What happens

Gunasundari Katha (transl. Gunasundari's story) is a 1949 Indian Telugu language fantasy film produced and directed by K. V. Reddy, starring Sriranjani, Kasturi Siva Rao, Santha Kumari. The script was written by Pingali Nagendra Rao, K. V. Reddy, and Kamalakara Kameswara Rao. Kameswara Rao was also the associate director. William Shakespeare's play King Lear was the inspiration for the core plot. However the writers changed the tone from the tragedy of King Lear to a more entertaining one for the film. The film was commercially successful. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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