Colourful Dream 1983
Narasinga Rao’s debut is an existential melodrama with the director playing a romantic painter, Ravi, whose friends include a trade union leader (Kakarala), an autorickshaw driver, a Marxist journalist (Narayana Rao) and a glib, successful painter (Saichand) whose success contrasts with Ravi’s inability to sell his own work. His neighbour Kankamma, who rejects an evil landlord’s advances, is evicted from her house; the trade unionist is killed in police custody; and Ravi starts exhibiting his work on the streets to indicate his growing politicisation to the satisfaction of his Marxist friend. The film is geared to the CPI(ML)-led political movements in Northern AP and included the compositions and songs of the region’s best-known radical poet and performer, Gaddar.
- Released: 1983-01-01
- Runtime: 136 minutes
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- Stars: B. Narsing Rao, Sai Chand, Rupa, Gaddar
- Director: B. Narsing Rao
- Review: Colourful Dream
- Network: Colourful Dream
- Source: CWR-CRB
