''Chandravamsam'' () is a 2002 Indian

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directed by V. Umakant. The film features an

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starring

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, Suman, Naresh,

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, Rohit,

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, Radhika Varma, Rupa, Sridevi, Eepshitha and Saipriya. ''Chandravamsam'' is a remake of the Kannada film ''

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'' (1999), which itself is based on the

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and the

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from the

Mahabharata The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; sa, महाभारतम्, ', ) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India in Hinduism, the other being the '' Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the K ...

. 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.

Plot

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

Production

Kannada director V. Umakant made his Telugu debut with this film. The five brother characters are a modern take on the

with

, Suman and Rohit's characters based on Dharma Raju,

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and

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, respectively. The film was titled ''Chandravamsam'' due to the relation between the

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and the Pandavas. Rohit accepted the film to learn from senior actors like

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by J. K. Bharavi.

Reception

Jeevi of ''

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'' rated the film three out of five and wrote that "It's an average film and Krishna is the strength". On the contrary, a critic from ''

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'' 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". 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!"

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 3414420 Indian family films Telugu remakes of Kannada films 2000s Indian films 2000s Telugu-language films