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Babruvahana

Babruvahana

19777.82h 40m

Overview

Babhruvahana, like Arjuna at the beginning of the Kurukshetra war, faces a moral dilemma. Can he risk harming his parents? While Chitarangada alerts Arjuna to shoot an arrow at their son and take advantage of Babhruvahana’s momentary lapse due to a sense of devotion towards them (as Arjuna did with Karna), Uluci, the Naga princess and yet another abandoned wife of Arjuna’s, reminds Babhruvahana of the teaching of the Kurukshetra battle that in the battlefield there is no space for feelings even towards parents. What Babhruvahana must do is to establish his mother’s good name and thereby his own character. This film captures this conflict spectacularly. The eerie parallels with the moral dilemmas of the great Mahabharata battle aside, here all the familial relationships (in particular, strong mothers and dutiful sons) become exaggerated and demand our attention.

Directed by Hunsur Krishnamurthy
Written by Hunsur Krishnamurthy, Chi. Udayashankar
Produced by K.C.N. Chandrasekhar
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Top Cast

Dr. Rajkumar

Dr. Rajkumar

Arjuna & Babruvahana (Dual Role)

B. Saroja Devi

B. Saroja Devi

Chitrangada

Jayamala

Jayamala

Subhadra

Kanchana

Kanchana

Uluchi

Vajramuni

Vajramuni

Vrishakethu

Ramakrishna

Ramakrishna

Krishna

Sampath

Sampath

Kauravya

Thoogudeepa Srinivas

Thoogudeepa Srinivas

Thakshaka

B

Bhatti Mahadevappa

Chitrangada's Father

Shakti Prasad

Shakti Prasad

Neela Dhwaja

Themes & Keywords

motherhorseprincefatherkingfamilyangerarjuna

About Babruvahana

Babruvahana is a war, drama film released in 1977 exploring themes of mother, horse, prince, father, king, family. Directed by Hunsur Krishnamurthy, it stars Dr. Rajkumar, B. Saroja Devi, Jayamala. Babhruvahana, like Arjuna at the beginning of the Kurukshetra war, faces a moral dilemma. Can he risk harming his parents? While Chitarangada alerts Arjuna to shoot an arrow at their son and take advantage of Babhruvahana’s momentary lapse due to a sense of devotion towards them (as Arjuna did with Karna), Uluci, the Naga princess and yet another abandoned wife of Arjuna’s, reminds Babhruvahana of the teaching of the Kurukshetra battle that in the battlefield there is no space for feelings even towards parents. What Babhruvahana must do is to establish his mother’s good name and thereby his own character. This film captures this conflict spectacularly. The eerie parallels with the moral dilemmas of the great Mahabharata battle aside, here all the familial relationships (in particular, strong mothers and dutiful sons) become exaggerated and demand our attention.

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