Karthavyam (1990 film)

Karthavyam
Film poster
Directed byA. Mohan Gandhi
Screenplay byA. Mohan Gandhi
Dialogues by
Story byParuchuri Brothers
Produced byA. M. Rathnam
Starring
CinematographyD. Prasad Babu
Edited byGautham Raju
Music byRaj–Koti
Production
company
Surya Movies
Release date
  • 29 June 1990 (1990-06-29)
Running time
150 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget₹90 lakh[1]
Box officeest. ₹7 crore[1]

Karthavyam (transl. Duty) is a 1990 Indian Telugu-language political action film directed by Mohan Gandhi, starring Vijayashanti. Written by Paruchuri Brothers, the film is loosely based on the real-life story of police officer Kiran Bedi.[2]

Made on a budget of ₹90 lakh, the film was a commercial success, grossing over ₹7 crore.[1] Vijayashanti won the National Film Award as Best Actress for her performance in this film. The film premiered at the 14th International Film Festival of India in the mainstream section.[3]

The film was subsequently dubbed into Tamil as Vyjayanthi IPS, which was also a huge success at the box office.[4][5][6] The film was remade in Hindi as Tejasvini (1994) with Vijayashanti reprising her role, and later in Tamil as Bhavani (2011).[7]

Cast

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c Chandra, Anupama (15 October 1993). "Telugu actress Vijayashanthi all set to woo Hindi movie audiences in Tejasvini". India Today. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  2. ^ Political content dominates their films: The Hindu Interview Archived 22 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine, The Hindu.
  3. ^ "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  4. ^ "30 వ‌సంతాల 'క‌ర్త‌వ్యం'". www.andhrajyothy.com. 29 June 2020. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  5. ^ "పండుగ చూస్కో". Sakshi (in Telugu). 17 September 2017. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  6. ^ Pillai, Sreedhar (2 July 2016). "Hollywood's Tamil conquest". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 16 June 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Sneha turns cop!". The Times of India. 13 November 2008. Archived from the original on 3 January 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  8. ^ Prakash, BVS (19 September 2009). "Tollywood loses out once again". Times of India. Archived from the original on 22 September 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  9. ^ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)


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