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Kathanayakudu (2008)

Kathanayakudu poster
Original title
కథానాయకుడు
Directed by
P. Vasu
Country
India
Runtime
2h 26m
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How it feels

A village barber who once was close friends with a famous actor worries that the star has forgotten him when the actor returns to their village for a film shoot. The story looks at how their different lives have affected their old friendship.

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What happens

Kathanayakudu (transl. The protagonist) is a 2008 Indian Telugu-language drama film produced by Aswani Dutt and G. P. Vijayakumar. It is directed by P. Vasu. The film is a remake of the Malayalam film Kadha Parayumbol (2007) and stars Rajinikanth in an extended guest appearance along with Jagapati Babu and Meena. Sunil and Dharmavarapu play pivotal roles. It was simultaneously made in Tamil as Kuselan. The film explores the pressures of friendship, and revolves around a villager who had shared a strong friendship with a popular cinema actor while they were in their youth. However, due to their different career routes, they are eventually forced to part ways; one becoming a national figure, the other becoming a village barber. Decades later, the actor returns to the village to participate in his film's shooting. Whilst the entire village becomes excited about the prospect of seeing the actor, the barber fears that his old friend would have forgotten him and eventually neglected him. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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