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Directed by | V. Umakant |
Written by | Sri Krishna (dialogues) |
Screenplay by | V. Umakant |
Based on | Habba (1999) by J. K. Bharavi |
Produced by | J. K. Bharavi |
Starring | Krishna Suman Naresh Sivaji Rohit Jayaprada Radhika Varma Rupa Sridevi Eepshitha Saipriya |
Cinematography | Adusumalli Vijay Kumar |
Edited by | K. Ramesh |
Music by | J. K. Bharavi |
Production company | Raghuramayya Creations |
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Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Chandravamsam (transl. Lunar dynasty ) is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language family drama film directed by V. Umakant. The film features an ensemble cast starring Krishna, Suman, Naresh, Sivaji, Rohit, Jayaprada, Radhika Varma, Rupa, Sridevi, Eepshitha and Saipriya.
Chandravamsam is a remake of the Kannada film Habba (1999), which itself is based on the Pandavas and the Virata Parvam from the Mahabharata. [2] The film was released to negative reviews with Krishna's performance considered as the film's saving grace. The film was a box office failure. [3]
Four of the five brothers are married. When Krishna, the youngest brother falls in love with Priya, the brothers make sure she doesn't get married since she is their sister and their dead father was to give his property to her kids.
Kannada director V. Umakant made his Telugu debut with this film. [1] The five brother characters are a modern take on the Pandavas with Krishna, Suman and Rohit's characters based on Dharma Raju, Bhima and Arjuna, respectively. [1] The film was titled Chandravamsam due to the relation between the lunar dynasty and the Pandavas. [1] Rohit accepted the film to learn from senior actors like Krishna. [4]
The soundtrack was composed by J. K. Bharavi. The tune of songs "Dhim Thakita" and "Mama Masti" from Kannada film Habba were retained here.
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Poillo Pinnisula" | J. K. Bharavi | Gangadhara Sastry, Chalapathi Raju | 5:21 |
2. | "Entha Mudhu Gunnade" | J. K. Bharavi | Gangadhara Sastry, Mani Nagaraj | 4:07 |
3. | "Dhim Thakita" | Guru Charan | Gangadhara Sastry, Mani Nagaraj | 5:00 |
4. | "Masth Masth Pelli" | S. D. Balu | Gangadhara Sastry, Srikanth, Chalapathi Raju | 5:07 |
5. | "Sensational Family" | Sri Vedavyas | Gangadhara Sastry, Srikanth, Mani Nagaraj | 4:10 |
6. | "Mama Mama Masti" | Kaluva Krishna Sai | Gangadhara Sastry, Mani Nagaraj | 4:56 |
Total length: | 28:41 |
Jeevi of Idlebrain.com rated the film three out of five and wrote that "It's an average film and Krishna is the strength". [1] On the contrary, a critic from Sify wrote that the film "is very slow moving. The only silver lining in this otherwise boring movie is Krishna, who has put in good performance. He is the one-man entertainment troupe in the film. The rest of the cast can be forgotten". [2] Smriti Kashyap of Full Hyderabad wrote that "Anyway, if you can actually survive the feeling of suspended animation with a bunch of friendly autowallahs and Ambassador car drivers, then go ahead 'jawly jawly' all the way!" [5]
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