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Rudraveena is a film of genre Drama directed by Kailasam Balachander with Shobana
Rudraveena (1988)
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Add to a movie listRudraveena (English: Strings) is a 1988 Telugu musical film starring Chiranjeevi and Shobana. Produced by Anjana Productions, the film was directed by K. Balachander with musical and background score by Ilaiyaraaja. The film won three National Film Awards including the Best Feature Film on National Integration, and was premiered at the 12th International Film Festival of India. The film was later remade into Tamil by Balachander himself as Unnal Mudiyum Thambi starring Kamal Haasan and was released on 4 March 1988.
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The film is about the ideological clash between young man, Suryam (Chiranjeevi), and his father, Bilahari Ganapathi Sastry (Gemini Ganesan). While the father believes that music and his life are for salvation, the son strives for a better society.Actors
Shobana
(Lalitha Sivajyoti)
Gemini Ganesan
('Bilahari' Ganapati Sastry)
Sumithra
(Gayathri)
P. L. Narayana
(Varalayya)
Kaikala Satyanarayana
(Satyanarayana (Cameo))
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