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Murari is a film of genre Drama directed by Krishna Vamsi with Mahesh Babu
Murari (2001)
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Add to a movie listMurari is a 2001 Telugu supernatural thriller film written, directed & edited by Krishna Vamsi. The film was produced by Nandigam Gopi on Ram Prasad Arts banner and was presented by N Devi Prasad and Ramalingeswara Rao. It features Mahesh Babu in the titular role while Sonali Bendre, Lakshmi, Sukumari, Kaikala Satyanarayana and Gollapudi Maruthi Rao play important roles. Mani Sharma composed the music while Bhupati handled the cinematography. Peter Hein debuted as choreographer of action sequences with this film. It also marked the last on screen appearance of veteran Telugu actor Dhulipala Seetarama Sastry.
The film revolves around a person named Murari whose ancestors starting from an evil zamindar in the mid-19th century die accidentally once in every 48 years because of a curse by Goddess Sri Durga on the zamindar's heirs. When Murari's marriage with his love Vasundhara is rejected by his grandmother Sabari, he comes to know about the curse a day later. The rest of the film is how Murari, the victim of Goddess Sri Durga's curse this year, overcomes the curse. The film released on 16 February 2001 and is considered as one of the classic in Telugu cinema. The film was dubbed into Tamil with the same name due to Sonali Bendre's popularity there. The film was remade in Kannada as Gopi with Murali playing the lead role.
Synopsis
Way back in 1800's, on a Diwali midnight, a zamindar insults Goddess Durga by try stealing her idol in the temple in a state of inebriation and gets killed by the enraged Goddess Durga who puts a curse on his heirs that she is going to take one family member each every 48 years on the day of Diwali and one male heir dies accidentally at the end of every 48 years. The present year denotes end of another 48 years and the Target of Durga is Murari, the Grandson of Sabari whose husband died 48 years back because of the curse. He is survived by his father Sattipandu, brothers Sreenayya, Baachi and Soori and their respective wives and kids along with Sabari. Murari is named after Sabari's husband and thus is called with utmost respect by all family members except Gopi who calls him either by his name or as Kanayya. She treats him like her son and even decides to go for abortion clandestinely so that she would not neglect him once she has her own offspring. Thus since his childhood Murari considers Gopi as his mother since his mother died giving birth to him.Actors
Mahesh Babu
(Murari)
Sonali Bendre
(Vasundhara)
Prakash Raj
(Guest Appearance as Jamindar)
Lakshmi Narayan
(Gopakka)
Dhulipala
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