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Pournami is a film of genre Drama directed by Prabhu Deva with Prabhas
Pournami (2006)
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Add to a movie listPournami is a 2006 Telugu language film directed by choreographer-turned director Prabhu Deva. It stars Trisha, Prabhas, Charmy, Rahul Dev, and Sindhu Tolani. The movie had a lot of pre-release hype because of Prabhas and Trisha's earlier hit, Varsham. However, despite the huge cast, the film's performance at the box office was a commercial failure. The film has been dubbed into Tamil as Pournami and in Hindi as Tridev - Pyaar Ki Jung.The film also dubbed into malayalam as Pournami The film was inspired from the 2001 Brazilian film Behind the Sun starring Rodrigo Santoro which in itself was adapted from an Albanian novel by Ismail Kadare.
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Long ago, a great drought befell a village. A dancer (Veda Archana Sastry) from a traditional family came forth to dance in the Shiva temple for many days and nights. Her dedication to Lord Shiva and the village earn her the respect of The God Shiva and His wife, Goddess Parvati. They bless the village with rains ending the drought. The dancer's dying wish is that a girl from her family must dance on pournami (full moon night) every 12 years in front of the temple.Actors
Prabhas
(Shiva Kesava)
Trisha Krishnan
(Pournami)
Charmi Kaur
(Chandra Kala)
Rahul Dev
(Zamindar)
Sindhu Tolani
(Mallika)
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