Muniratna Kurukshetra (2018)

Original title

ಕುರುಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ

Directed by

Naganna

Genre

epic film

Country

India

Runtime

3h 02m

Rated

UA

Rating

4.7 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film retells the story of the Mahabharata war through the perspective of King Duryodhana. It features a large ensemble cast many characters from the epic.

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What happens

Kurukshetra (transl. Kuru's place) is a 2019 Kannada-language epic war film written by J. K. Bharavi and directed by Naganna. The story, centred on Duryodhana, Kaurava king, is based on the Indian epic Mahabharata, inspired by the epic poem Gadhayuddha by Ranna. The film was produced by Munirathna. The film features an ensemble cast of Darshan, Ambareesh, V. Ravichandran, Arjun Sarja, Nikhil Kumar, Aditi Arya, Meghana Raj, Haripriya, Sneha, Sonu Sood, Danish Akhtar Saifi, P. Ravishankar and Shashikumar portraying characters from Mahabharata. The score and soundtrack were composed by V. Harikrishna, while the cinematography and editing were handled by Jayanan Vincent and Jo Ni Harsha. The film was released on 9 August 2019 across more than 1000 screens, making it the widest release for any Kannada film alongside the dubbed Telugu version. On 15 August, the Tamil version was released. The Malayalam-language version was released on 18 October in Kerala. It was the highest-grossing Kannada film of 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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