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The film depicts a series of key events from the Mahabharata, beginning with the division of the kingdom.It progresses through significant moments, including the marriage of Subhadra and Arjuna, the slaying of Jarasandha, the Rajasuya Yagna, the infamous dice game, the subsequent exile of the Pandavas, and culminates in the Kurukshetra War.
Although the Kurukshetra War is not mentioned in Vedic literature, its prominence in later literature led British Indologist A. L. Basham to conclude that there was a great battle at Kurukshetra which, "magnified to titanic proportions, formed the basis of the story of the greatest of India's epics, the Mahābhārata". Acknowledging that later ...
Witzel notes this battle to be the probable archetype/prototype of the Kurukshetra War, narrated in the Mahabharata. [14] John Brockington takes a similar approach. [15] S. S. N. Murthy goes to the extent of proposing the battle as the very "nucleus" of the Kurukshetra War; Walter Ruben adopts a similar stance.
Prameelarjuneeyam is a 1965 Telugu-language Hindu mythological film directed by M. Mallikarjuna Rao. [1] It stars N. T. Rama Rao, B. Saroja Devi [2] with music composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao. [3] It was produced by K. Adi Babu and K. Nagumani under the S.R. Movies banner. [4]
The film follows the mythological character Ghatotkacha, who is mortally wounded in the Kurukshetra War. As he lies dying, he is aided by a young tribal girl who offers him water. In gratitude, Ghatotkacha promises to repay her kindness when she is in need. Centuries later, the girl is reborn as Chitti, the only heir to a wealthy family of NRIs ...
Babruvahana is a 1964 Indian Telugu-language Hindu mythological film, produced by C. Jaganmohana Rao under the Sri National Art Pictures banner and directed by Samudrala Sr. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, S. Varalakshmi, Chalam, and music composed by Paamarthi. The film is based on the life of Babruvahana, one of the sons of Arjuna. [1] [2]
The Kurukshetra War is over and Dharmaraya ascends the throne of Hastinavati. Dharmaraya distributes powers and Bheema and Arjuna are unhappy with the powers and responsibilities vested to them. They fume in private, that they were the reason for Pandavas victory in Kurukshetra War, but have to be subservient to nakula and sahadeva.
The historicity of the Kurukshetra War is unclear. Many historians estimate the date of the Kurukshetra war to Iron Age India of the 10th century BCE. [45] The setting of the epic has a historical precedent in Iron Age India, where the Kuru kingdom was the center of political power during roughly 1200 to 800 BCE. [46]