Paduvaaralli Pandavaru | |
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Directed by | Puttanna Kanagal |
Produced by | Puttanna Kanagal |
Written by | Rao Bahaddur |
Screenplay by | Puttanna Kanagal |
Starring |
Ambarish Ramakrishna Jai Jagadish Dheerendra Gopal Musuri Krishnamurthy |
Music by | Vijaya Bhaskar |
Cinematography | S. Maruthi Rao |
Edited by | V. P. Krishna |
Distributed by | Kanagal Creations |
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Running time
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146 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Kannada |
Paduvaaralli Pandavaru is a 1978 Indian Kannada language film directed by Puttanna Kanagal. It stars Ambarish, Ramakrishna, Jai Jagadish in lead roles. The film features Dheerendra Gopal and Musuri Krishnamurthy in antagonist roles while Aarathi among others are in the supporting cast.
The film was remade in Hindi as Hum Paanch (Us Five) in 1981 which was directed by contemporary film director and cartoonist, Bapu and stars Mithun Chakraborty. It was also remade in Telugu as Manavoori Pandavulu (1978).
The story of the movie is known as a modern version of the epic Mahabharata. The movie highlights the clash between village zamindar and five men. Pandavaru word refers to Pandavas of Mahabharata.