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Jagadeka Veeruni Katha (1961)

Jagadeka Veeruni Katha poster
Original title
జగదేక వీరుని కథ
Directed by
Kadiri Venkata Reddy
Genre
fantasy film
Country
India
Runtime
3h 07m
Rated
U
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A legendary hero goes on adventures in a fantasy kingdom. The story involves brave deeds and romance.

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What happens

Jagadekaveeruni Katha (transl. Story of the universal hero) is a 1961 Indian Telugu-language fantasy swashbuckler film produced and directed by K. V. Reddy under the Vijaya Productions banner. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, B. Saroja Devi with music composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao. The film was subsequently dubbed into Tamil as Jagathalaprathapan, Kannada as Jagadekaveerana Kathe, and also into Bengali, Oriya, and Hindi languages. Released on August 9, 1961, the film was a box office success. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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