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{{Infobox film<br />
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| image = Pandanti Samsaram.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = Film poster<br />
| native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --><br />
| director = [[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]]<br />
| writer = [[Paruchuri brothers]] (dialogues)<br />
| screenplay = Krishna<br />
| story = Paruchuri brothers<br />
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| producer = <br />
| starring = {{plainlist|<br />
*Krishna<br />
*[[Babloo Prithiveeraj|Prithvi]] <br />
*[[Ravali]]<br />
*[[Charulatha]]<br />
*[[Kota Srinivasa Rao]]<br />
}}<br />
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| cinematography = <br />
| editing = Krishna<br />
| music = <br />
| studio = [[Padmalaya Studios]]<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2001|5|18}} <br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Telugu<br />
| budget = <br />
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}}<br />
'''''Pandanti Samsaram''''' is a 2001 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[family film|family]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]] and starring himself, [[Babloo Prithiveeraj]], [[Ravali ]], [[Charulatha]] and [[Kota Srinivasa Rao]].<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
{{Cast listing|<br />
*[[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]] as Krishnamanaidu<br />
*[[Babloo Prithiveeraj|Prithvi]] as Narendra <br />
*[[Ravali]]<ref name="F"/> <br />
*[[Charulatha]]<ref name="F"/> <br />
*[[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] as Chalapathi<br />
*[[Babu Mohan]]<br />
*[[AVS (actor)|AVS]]<br />
*[[Prasad Babu]]<br />
*[[Narra Venkateswara Rao]]<br />
*[[Gokina Rama Rao]]<br />
*[[Sivaji Raja]]<ref name="F"/> <br />
*[[Gautam Raju]]<br />
*[[Annapoorna (actress)|Annapoorna]]<br />
*[[Suma Kanakala]]<br />
*[[Telangana Shakuntala]]<br />
*[[Shanoor Sana|Sana]]<br />
}}<br />
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== Production ==<br />
The film began production in February of 2001,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/news102.html|title=Krishna's Pandanti Samsaram|date=30 January 2001|work=[[Idlebrain.com]]|access-date=29 March 2024|archive-date=28 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328203333/https://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/news102.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]] also worked as a director and editor of the film.<ref name="M">{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/news112.html|title=Krishna without Mustache|date=27 February 2001|work=[[Idlebrain.com]]|access-date=29 March 2024|archive-date=27 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327164736/https://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/news112.html|url-status=live}}</ref> This film marked the debut of Krishna's two grandsons Ghattamaneni Jaya Krishna and Ashok Galla.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/news125.html|title=Superstar's 9-month-old grandson film debut|date=5 April 2001|work=[[Idlebrain.com]]|access-date=29 March 2024|archive-date=27 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327164736/https://idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/news125.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/101119/man-of-the-moment-1.html|title=Man of the moment|first=Sashidhar|last=Adivi|date=10 November 2019|work=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|access-date=29 March 2024|archive-date=28 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328204759/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/101119/man-of-the-moment-1.html|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The music was composed by [[Vandemataram Srinivas]] with lyrics by [[Jaladi Raja Rao|Jaladi]].<ref name="M"/> Krishna acted without a mustache for a song in the film; he had never removed his mustache since his role in ''[[Thene Manasulu (1965 film)|Thene Manasulu]]'' (1965).<ref name="M"/> He played nine roles in another song in the film including [[Alluri Sitarama Raju]], [[Bhagat Singh]], [[Chatrapati Sivaji]], [[Subash Chandra Bose]], and [[Veerapandya Kattabomman]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/news120.html|title=9 avatars by Krishna|date=9 March 2001|work=[[Idlebrain.com]]|access-date=29 March 2024|archive-date=27 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327164736/https://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/news120.html|url-status=live}}</ref> <br />
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== Reception ==<br />
A critic from ''Full Hyderabad'' wrote that "The film is so contrived to the core, and there is so little intelligence involved in its making, there is hardly anything in it to talk about".<ref name="F">{{Cite web|url=https://movies.fullhyderabad.com/pandanti-samsaram/telugu/pandanti-samsaram-movie-reviews-437-2.html|title=Pandanti Samsaram Review|website=fullhyd.com|access-date=29 March 2024|archive-date=19 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119211754/https://movies.fullhyderabad.com/pandanti-samsaram/telugu/pandanti-samsaram-movie-reviews-437-2.html|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Box office ==<br />
The film ran for fifty days in two theatres: Mini Odeon in [[Hyderabad]] (now defunct) and Priyadarshini in [[Vijayawada]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/news144.html|title=Krishna in the direction of Thriller Manju|date=3 July 2001|work=[[Idlebrain.com]]|access-date=29 March 2024|archive-date=27 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327164736/https://idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/news144.html|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title}}<br />
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[[Category:2001 Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:2001 Telugu-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian family films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Padmalaya Studios films]]</div>RoyalEddington6