Babruvahana

Overview

Babhruvahana, like Arjuna at the beginning of the Kurukshetra war, faces a moral dilemma. Can he risk harming his parents? While Chitarangada alerts Arjuna to shoot an arrow at their son and take advantage of Babhruvahana’s momentary lapse due to a sense of devotion towards them (as Arjuna did with Karna), Uluci, the Naga princess and yet another abandoned wife of Arjuna’s, reminds Babhruvahana of the teaching of the Kurukshetra battle that in the battlefield there is no space for feelings even towards parents. What Babhruvahana must do is to establish his mother’s good name and thereby his own character. This film captures this conflict spectacularly. The eerie parallels with the moral dilemmas of the great Mahabharata battle aside, here all the familial relationships (in particular, strong mothers and dutiful sons) become exaggerated and demand our attention.

Cast

Dr. Rajkumar

Arjuna & Babruvahana (Dual Role)

B. Saroja Devi

Chitrangada

Jayamala

Subhadra

Kanchana

Uluchi

Vajramuni

Vrishakethu

Ramakrishna

Krishna

Sampath

Kauravya

Thoogudeepa Srinivas

Thakshaka

N/A

Bhatti Mahadevappa

Chitrangada's Father

Shakti Prasad

Neela Dhwaja

Shani Mahadevappa

Hamsa Dhwaja

Rajanand

Minister