Ashwamedham(1992)
Ashwamedham (1992) is a 148-minute Telugu film directed by K Raghavendra Rao. Starring Sobhan Babu, Amrish Puri and K Raghavendra Rao. With an audience rating of 7.8/10, Ashwamedham stands as one of the notable Telugu releases of 1992.
Quick Facts
- Theatrical Release
- 1 January 1992
- Director
- K Raghavendra Rao
- Language
- Telugu
- Runtime
- 2h 28m
- GudVibe Rating
- 7.8/10
Storyline
An honest police officer arrests a crime lord, but the criminal escapes. With his pilot brother's help, the officer later kills the lord. It is then revealed the dead man had an identical twin, who frames the officer for corruption, leading to his suicide. The surviving brother must then stop the twin's vengeful plot to bomb the country.
“A twin's revenge. A brother's sacrifice. One man must stop the blasts.”
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Trivia
- This was the only Telugu film where veteran Bollywood villain Amrish Puri played dual roles as twin brothers.
- The film's title 'Ashwamedham' refers to an ancient Vedic horse sacrifice ritual, symbolizing the hero's quest for justice.
- Director K. Raghavendra Rao reused the same basic plot from his earlier 1990 Hindi film 'Aaj Ka Arjun', but with significant changes for the Telugu audience.
- A real Indian Air Force helicopter was used for the filming of the key action sequence where the hero, a pilot, makes a dramatic landing.
- The movie marked one of the last major screen pairings of veteran actor Shobhan Babu and rising star Nandamuri Balakrishna.
- Despite being an action film, it featured a hit romantic duet 'Chandamama Raave' shot in picturesque Ooty, which became popular at the time.
- The film's climax involving multiple coordinated bomb blasts was considered a large-scale and expensive sequence for Telugu cinema in the early 90s.
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Frequent partnerships reunited in Ashwamedham
