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
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Cast
Dr. Rajkumar
Arjuna / Babruvahana
B. Saroja Devi
Chitrangada
Jayamala
Subhadra
Kanchana
Uluchi
Vajramuni
Vrishakethu
Ramakrishna
Krishna
Sampath
Kauravya
Thoogudeepa Srinivas
Thakshaka
Bhatti Mahadevappa
Chitrangada's Father
Shakti Prasad
Neela Dhwaja
Shani Mahadevappa
Hamsa Dhwaja
Rajanand
Minister
M.S. Sathya
Niranjan
Dharmaraya
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