Karthavyam (1990 film)

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]

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]

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 was 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 Tejaswini (1994) with Vijayashanti reprising her role, and later in Tamil as Bhavani (2011).[7]

Cast

Awards

References
  1. Chandra, Anupama (15 October 1993). "Telugu actress Vijayashanthi all set to woo Hindi movie audiences in Tejasvini". India Today. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  2. Political content dominates their films: The Hindu Interview, 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. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  5. "పండుగ చూస్కో". Sakshi (in Telugu). 17 September 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  6. Pillai, Sreedhar (2 July 2016). "Hollywood's Tamil conquest". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  7. "Sneha turns cop! - Times of India". The Times of India.
  8. Prakash, BVS (19 September 2009). "Tollywood loses out once again". Times of India. 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. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)


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