Kaliyuga Pandavulu

1986 Indian film

14 August 1986 (1986-08-14)

Running time

151 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTelugu

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

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

Venkatesh as Vijay
Khushbu as Bharathi
Surya as Bhatha
Chitti Babu as Bhaskar
Saritha as Krishnaveni
Aswini as Meku
Rao Gopal Rao as Chakrapani
Nutan Prasad as MLA Eekambaram
Ranganath as Bhishmanarayan
Rallapalli as Chakrapani's brother-in-law
Shakti Kapoor as Karamchand
Radha Ravi as Bhairava Murthy
Rajeev as Dr.Vaayunandan Rao
Narra Venkateswara Rao as Lawyer Jalandhar
Chalapathi Rao as S. I. Aagreya Murthy
J. V. Somayajulu as Judge
P. J. Sarma as I.G.
P. L. Narayana as Jaganatham
Mikkilineni as D.I.G.
K.K.Sarma as Compounder Narayana
Chidatala Appa Rao as Hotel Manager
Mada Venkateswara Rao
Jayanthi as Rajeswari
Rama Prabha as Chakrapani's sister
Kalpana Rai
Y. Vijaya as Bhudevi

Soundtrack

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

^ "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.
^ 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.
^ "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.
^ "Kaliyuga Pandavulu (1986)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.