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Bhakta Prahlada (1958)

Bhakta Prahlada poster
Original title
ಭಕ್ತ ಪ್ರಹ್ಲಾದ
Directed by
Subbaiah Naidu
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 59m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young boy named Prahlada worships the god Vishnu despite his father the king forbidding it. The film shows the conflict between the father and son over faith and authority.

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What happens

Bhakta Prahlada ( transl. Prahalada, the devotee) is a 1958 Indian black-and-white Kannada-language mythological drama film directed by H. S. Krishnaswamy and M. V. Subbaiah Naidu. The film stars Subbiaha Naidu, Udaykumar, K. S. Ashwath, Lokesh, Leelavathi, and Lakshmi Bhai. This film marked the debut of actor Lokesh as a child artist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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