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Sri Krishnarjuna Yuddhamu (transl. War between Krishna and Arjuna) is a 1963 Indian Telugu-language Hindu mythological film, produced and directed by K. V. Reddy under the Jayanthi Pictures banner.[1] It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Akkineni Nageswara Rao and B. Saroja Devi, with music composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao. The film was based on the Telugu play Gayopakhyanam written by Chilakamarti Lakshmi Narasimham in 1890. It was later dubbed into Kannada and into Tamil.[2]

Sri Krishnarjuna Yuddham
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	K. V. Reddy
Written by	Pingali (dialogues)
Screenplay by	K. V. Reddy
Story by	Chilakamarti Lakshmi Narasimham
Based on	Gayopakhyanam (drama)
Produced by	K. V. Reddy Pattabhirama Reddy (executive producer)
Starring	N. T. Rama Rao Akkineni Nageswara Rao B. Saroja Devi
Cinematography	Kamal Ghosh Ravikant Nagaich
Edited by	Vasu
Music by	Pendyala Nageswara Rao
Production company	Jayanthi Pictures
Distributed by	Vahini Pictures
Release date	9 January 1963
Running time	167 mins
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Plot

The film begins with Sage Narada, who gives the Parijatha flower to Lord Krishna, who in turn presents it to his consort Rukmini. This annoys Sathyabhama and Krishna tries to pacify her. Balarama decides to perform the marriage of Subhadra with Duryodhana despite objections from his wife, Revathi. Bowing to Subhadra's wish, Krishna performs her marriage with Arjuna without Balarama's knowledge. Meanwhile, the Gandharva king Gaya, after obtaining from Brahma the boon of eternal fame, is returning to his kingdom in his airplane. Unaware that Krishna is paying obeisance to the Sun God, he spits a betel leaf which falls into Krishna's praying hands. An angry Krishna swears to kill him. Fear-struck, Gaya runs for protection. Narada tells him to seek protection from Arjuna. Without ascertaining facts, Arjuna assures him protection. To keep to his word, Arjuna wages a war with Krishna. To save Earth from disaster, Lord Siva appears and stops their war. Krishna pardons Gaya.

Cast

Production

The film was based on the popular Telugu play Gayopakhyanam written by Chilakamarti Lakshmi Narasimham in 1890. K. V. Reddy also produced the film under the Jayanthi Pictures banner.[3][1] The film stars N. T. Rama Rao as Krishna and Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Arjuna. Initially, Nageswara Rao was not keen on acting in a mythological film alongside Rama Rao. However, he accepted the role due to his respect towards K. V. Reddy for having directed Donga Ramudu (1955), the maiden venture of his own production house Annapurna Pictures.[3][4]

Soundtrack

Sri Krishnarjuna Yuddhamu
Film score by Pendyala Nageswara Rao
Released	1963
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	32:33
Producer	Pendyala Nageswara Rao

Music composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao. Lyrics were written by Pingali.[5][6]

S. No.	Song Title	Singers	length
1	"Anni Manchi Sakunamule"	Ghantasala, P. Susheela	3:24
2	"Aligitiva Sakhi Priya Kalata Manava"	Ghantasala	4:05
3	"Manasu Parimalinchene"	Ghantasala, P. Susheela	4:16
4	"Deva Deva Narayana"	Ghantasala	3:31
5	"Anchelanchalu leni Mokshamu"	B. Gopalam, Swarnalatha	3:03
6	"Chaalada Ee Pooja Devi"	Ghantasala	3:05
7	"Neekai Vechitinayya"	P. Susheela	3:09
8	"Swamula Sevaku Velaye"	P. Susheela	2:37
9	"Tapamu Phalinchina Shubhavela"	Ghantasala	2:21
10	"Veyi Subhamulu Kalugu Neeku"	S. Varalakshmi	3:02

Reception

Sri Krishnarjuna Yuddhamu became a commercial success. It was later dubbed into Kannada and Tamil.[2]

References

Bibliography

• U. Vinayaka Rao (2012), Telugu Cine Rangam - Pouranika Chitralu, Hyderabad: Telugu Academy, retrieved 6 October 2022

External links

• Sri Krishnarjuna Yudham at IMDb

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