Babruvahana (1977 film)

Babruvahana
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHunsur Krishnamurthy
Screenplay byHunsur Krishnamurthy
Produced byK. C. N. Chandrashekhar
Starring
CinematographySrikanth
Edited byP. Bhaktavatsalam
Music byT. G. Lingappa
Production
company
Rajkamal Arts
Distributed byRajkamal Arts
Release date
  • 16 February 1977 (1977-02-16)
Running time
160 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Babruvahana is a 1977 Indian Kannada-language Hindu mythological film directed by Hunsur Krishnamurthy . The film stars Rajkumar in a dual role as Arjuna and his son Babruvahana, the titular character alongside an ensemble supporting cast that includes B. Saroja Devi, Kanchana, Jayamala, Vajramuni, Thoogudeepa Srinivas and Ramakrishna.

The film narrates the story of Babruvahana, the son of Arjuna and Chitrangada, and the events that lead to him waging a war against his own father so as to restore his mother's honour. This was the first Kannada movie and seventh Indian movie to be based on Babruvahana.[1]

The film won two awards at the 1976–77 Karnataka State Film Awards — Best Actor (Rajkumar) and Best Sound Recording (S. P. Ramanathan). The movie saw a theatrical run of 25 weeks.[2][3] The movie was dubbed in Telugu in 1979 as Arjuna Garvabhangam.[4] It was also dubbed in Hindi as Veer Arjun in 1977.[5] This was the second instance of him portraying the role of Arjuna's son - the first when he portrayed the role of Iravan in the 1961 movie Nagarjuna. With this, he became the only actor to portray the role of Arjuna and his two sons.

  1. ^ Ashish Rajadhyaksha; Paul Willemen (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-135-94325-7. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Must-watch mythological movies in Kannada".
  3. ^ "Dr. Rajkumar films box office performance". chitratara.com. 7 April 2007. Archived from the original on 17 July 2007. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Arjuna Garvabhangam 1979 Telugu Movie Scene || Dr.Rajkumar Telugu movies || B.Sarojadevi Kanchana". YouTube. 30 November 2021.
  5. ^ Cinestaan. "Veer Arjun". cinestaan.com. Archived from the original on 14 November 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2019.