Babruvahana (1977)

Original title

ಬಭ್ರುವಾಹನ

Directed by

Hunsur Krishnamurthy

Genre

war, drama

Country

India

Runtime

2h 40m

Rated

U

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The son of Arjuna goes to war against his own father to restore his mother's honor. It is a Hindu mythological story with Rajkumar playing both father and son.

mythologicalepicdramaticemotionalheroicaction-packedhonor-drivenfamily conflict

What happens

Babruvahana () is a 1977 Indian Kannada-language Hindu mythological film directed by Hunsur Krishnamurthy . The film stars Rajkumar in a dual role as Arjuna and his son Babruvahana, the titular character alongside an ensemble supporting cast that includes B. Saroja Devi, Kanchana, Jayamala, Vajramuni, Thoogudeepa Srinivas and Ramakrishna. The film narrates the story of Babruvahana, the son of Arjuna and Chitrangada, and the events that lead to him waging a war against his own father so as to restore his mother's honour. This was the first Kannada movie and seventh Indian movie to be based on Babruvahana. The film won two awards at the 1976–77 Karnataka State Film Awards — Best Actor (Rajkumar) and Best Sound Recording (S. P. Ramanathan). The movie saw a theatrical run of 25 weeks. The movie was dubbed in Telugu in 1979 as Arjuna Garvabhangam. It was also dubbed in Hindi as Veer Arjun in 1977. This was the second instance of him portraying the role of Arjuna's son - the first when he portrayed the role of Iravan in the 1961 movie Nagarjuna. With this, he became the only Indian actor to portray the role of Arjuna and his two sons. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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