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Sudigundalu (1968)

Sudigundalu poster
Directed by
Adurthi Subba Rao, Kasinathuni Viswanath
Genre
drama film, trial film, crime thriller film
Country
India
Runtime
3h
Rating
9.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man faces difficult moral choices that set off a chain of events resembling whirlpools. The story explores personal responsibility and justice through a courtroom setting.

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What happens

Sudigundalu (transl. Whirlpools) is a 1968 Indian Telugu-language philosophical film, produced by Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Adurthi Subba Rao under the Chakravarthy Chitra banner and directed by Adurthi Subba Rao. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, and has music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. It was released on 28 June 1968. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu, The Nandi Award for Best Feature Film, and the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu. It marked the debut of Nageswara Rao's son Nagarjuna as child artist in a cameo. The cult classic film was screened at the Tashkent Film Festival, and the International Film Festival of India. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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