Babruvahana
8.9
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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Dr. Rajkumar
Arjuna / Babruvahana
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B. Saroja Devi
Chitrangada
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Subhadra
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Arjun Reddy
Vajramuni
Vrishakethu
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Ramakrishna
Krishna
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Kauravya
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Seetha Ramu
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Chitrangada's Father
Shakti Prasad
Neela Dhwaja
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Hamsa Dhwaja
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Rajanand
Minister
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Lakshadheeshwara
Hunsur Krishnamurthy Director
First release January 21, 1977 · Produced in India · Original title ಬಭ್ರುವಾಹನ
Production
Rajkamal Arts
Production
India
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Original title
ಬಭ್ರುವಾಹನ
Original language
Kannada
Spoken on screen
Kannada
Release dates
India · January 21, 1977
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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