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Mana Voori Pandavulu (1978)

Mana Voori Pandavulu poster
Original title
మన ఊరి పాండవులు
Directed by
Bapu
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 32m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of villagers fight against the local feudal system that oppresses them. The story follows their efforts to bring change to their community.

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What happens

Manavoori Pandavulu (transl. Our village's Pandavas) is a 1978 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Bapu and written by Mullapudi Venkata Ramana, dealing with the struggle against the feudal system in their own unique way. The film is a remake of Kannada film Paduvaaralli Pandavaru (1978) directed by Puttanna Kanagal and stars Krishnam Raju, Chiranjeevi and Murali Mohan. In 1980, he also remade it in Hindi as Hum Paanch starring Mithun Chakraborty. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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