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Kranti Veera (1972)

Kranti Veera poster
Directed by
R. Ramamurthy
Genre
action film
Country
India
Elsewhere
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How it feels

This is a Kannada action drama about the shift from monarchy to democracy in princely India. It stars Rajkumar and follows events that echo the political history of Mysore and other princely states.

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What happens

Kranti Veera () is a 1972 Indian Kannada-language action drama film directed and produced by R. Ramamurthy. It stars Rajkumar, Rajesh and Jayanthi. The film's story was written by R. Rangarajan and Satyam was the soundtrack and score composer. The dialogues and lyrics were written by Chi. Udaya Shankar. The song Elli harikatha prasangavo had P. B. Sreenivas and Rajkumar playback singing together for the first time. The film is a classic case of visual representation of political transition from monarchy to democracy. The film reminds of princely India which existed in colonial India. The film acquires its political tone thanks to its theme which remind us of political history of Mysore and other princely states of Karnataka. The film had a theatrical run of 100 days according to the Kannada book, Vishwamanava Dr. Rajkumar. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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