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Kaliyuga Pandavulu

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Kaliyuga Pandavulu
Poster
Directed byK. Raghavendra Rao
Screenplay byK. Raghavendra Rao
Story byParuchuri brothers
Produced byD. Ramanaidu
StarringVenkatesh
Khushbu
CinematographyK. S. Prakash Rao
Edited byK. A. Marthand
Music byChakravarthy
Production
company
Release date
  • 14 August 1986 (1986-08-14)
Running time
151 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Kaliyuga Pandavulu (transl.Pandavas of Kaliyuga) is a 1986 Indian Telugu-language masala film produced by D. Ramanaidu under Suresh Productions, and directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. It stars Ramanaidu's son Venkatesh and Khushbu (making their cinematic debut), with music composed by Chakravarthy.[1] The film was a box office hit, and was remade in Kannada in 1989 as Poli Huduga.[2] Venkatesh won the Nandi Special Jury Award for his Debut acting.[3]

Plot

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Vijay, son of Chakrapani, a multimillionaire, has a lot of arrogance and pride, he plays a lot of mischief in college with his three friends. Bharathi, a middle-class girl studies in the same college. Even though Vijay teases Bharathi many times, even then she protects his life once, which changes his entire lifestyle and he falls in love with her. He wants to marry Bharathi, but his father doesn't agree, he traps Bharathi and proves her as a prostitute in the court with the help of a gang: MLA Eekambaram, Dr. Vaayunandan Rao, S. I. Aagreya Murthy, Lawyer Jalandhar, Bhudevi along with Bharathi's brother-in-law Bhairava Murthy who wants to marry her, on that reason Bharathi's father Jaganatham commits suicide and Bharathi goes away. Vijay quarrels with his father, leaves the house, and searches for Bharathi, he learns that Bharathi is with her elder sister Krishnaveni and they are under the protection of Retired Army Officer Bhishmanarayan and he also discovers that Krishnaveni is also cheated by Dr. Vaayunandan Rao and sent to jail by MLA Eekambaram and gang only.

Bhishmanarayan inspires Vijay, with his inspiration Vijay and his three friends, along with Bharathi form a revolutionary team in the name of Kaliyuga Pandavulu and fight against all anti-social elements and illegal activities in the society. Finally, Vijay catches all the real criminals and presents them in an open court, Chakrapani also realizes and admits his mistake. Vijay proves that Bharathi is innocent and they all continue their mission Kaliyuga Pandavulu.

Cast

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Soundtrack

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Music composed by Chakravarthy. Lyrics written by Veturi.[4]

S.No Song Title Singers length
1 "Oka Papaku" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela 3:59
2 "Ha Ha Ha Agava" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki 4:07
3 "Nenu Puttina Roju" 4:01
4 "Endhuko Ollu" 4:04
5 "Buggaa Buggaa Cheppaali" 3:19
6 "Ee Kourava Ee Dhanava" 3:59

References

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  1. ^ "As their first film Kaliyuga Pandavulu turns 34, Venkatesh and Khushbu Sundar get nostalgic". Zoom. 14 August 2020. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  2. ^ Hooli, Shekhar H. (22 April 2020). "How Mahesh Babu's father's demand paved a way for Venkatesh's acting debut". International Business Times. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  3. ^ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF) (in Telugu). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Kaliyuga Pandavulu (1986)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
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