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Paduvaaralli Pandavaru (1978)

Paduvaaralli Pandavaru poster
Original title
ಪಡುವಾರಳ್ಳಿ ಪಾಂಡವರು
Directed by
Puttanna Kanagal
Genre
family, drama
Country
India
Runtime
2h 26m
Rated
U
Rating
8.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a Kannada film from 1978 set in a village. It adapts the Mahabharata story into a rural drama, focusing on clashes between two groups of brothers.

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What happens

Paduvaaralli Pandavaru () is a 1978 Indian Kannada language film directed by Puttanna Kanagal. It stars Ambareesh, Ramakrishna and Jai Jagadish as the protagonists and Aarathi makes an extended special appearance in the role of a journalist. The movie was an adaptation of the epic Mahabharata. Fit into a rural scenario, the film references some of the clashes between the Pandavas and the Kauravas. The film was remade in Telugu as Manavoori Pandavulu (1978) by Bapu, who later directed the Hindi remake Hum Paanch (1981) and in Tamil as Pannai Purathu Pandavargal (1982). Critics have called the 2018 Telugu movie Rangasthalam as an updated version of Mana Voori Pandavulu which was the Telugu remake of this movie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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