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Chandravamsam

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
CD cover
Directed byV. Umakant
Written bySri Krishna (dialogues)
Screenplay byV. Umakant
Based onHabba (1999)
by J. K. Bharavi
Produced byJ. K. Bharavi
StarringKrishna
Suman
Naresh
Sivaji
Rohit
Jayaprada
Radhika Varma
Rupa
Sridevi
Eepshitha
Saipriya
CinematographyAdusumalli Vijay Kumar
Edited byK. Ramesh
Music byJ. K. Bharavi
Production
company
Raghuramayya Creations
Release date
  • 15 February 2002 (2002-02-15)[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

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]

Plot edit

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.

Cast edit

Production edit

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]

Soundtrack edit

The soundtrack was composed by J. K. Bharavi.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Poillo Pinnisula"J. K. BharaviGangadhara Sastry, Chalapathi Raju5:21
2."Entha Mudhu Gunnade"J. K. BharaviGangadhara Sastry, Mani Nagaraj4:07
3."Dhim Thakita"Guru CharanGangadhara Sastry, Mani Nagaraj5:00
4."Masth Masth Pelli"S. D. BaluGangadhara Sastry, Srikanth, Chalapathi Raju5:07
5."Sensational Family"Sri VedavyasGangadhara Sastry, Srikanth, Mani Nagaraj4:10
6."Mama Mama Masti"Kaluva Krishna SaiGangadhara Sastry, Mani Nagaraj4:56
Total length:28:41

Reception edit

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]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Jeevi (15 February 2002). "Movie review - Chandra Vamsam". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b Moviebiz. "Review: Chandravamsam". Sify. Archived from the original on 7 January 2005. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  3. ^ Sunil, Sreya; Jeevi. "Tollywood in the first half of 2002". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  4. ^ Narasimham, M. L. (26 November 2002). "Finding a foothold". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  5. ^ Kashyap, Smriti. "Chandravamsam Review". Full Hyderabad. Archived from the original on 5 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.

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