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Aakali Rajyam

  • 19811981
  • 2h 18m
IMDb RATING
8.3/10
597
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POPULARITY
92,591
20,179
Sridevi and Kamal Haasan in Aakali Rajyam (1981)
Drama
A young revolutionary rejects the future his parents chose for him and travels to Delhi to forge his own life and according to his own ideals. His quest to find a job that does not entail hi... Read allA young revolutionary rejects the future his parents chose for him and travels to Delhi to forge his own life and according to his own ideals. His quest to find a job that does not entail him to do any unjust work or tolerate any societal ill lands him the literal and metaphorica... Read allA young revolutionary rejects the future his parents chose for him and travels to Delhi to forge his own life and according to his own ideals. His quest to find a job that does not entail him to do any unjust work or tolerate any societal ill lands him the literal and metaphorical Kingdom of Hunger. This is his fight against hunger and society itself.
IMDb RATING
8.3/10
597
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
92,591
20,179
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    • Director
      • K. Balachander
    • Writer
      • K. Balachander
    • Stars
      • Kamal Haasan
      • Sridevi
      • Ramana Murthi J.V.
    Top credits
    • Director
      • K. Balachander
    • Writer
      • K. Balachander
    • Stars
      • Kamal Haasan
      • Sridevi
      • Ramana Murthi J.V.
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    • 2User reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win

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    Kamal Haasan in Aakali Rajyam (1981)
    Sridevi and Kamal Haasan in Aakali Rajyam (1981)
    Sridevi, Kamal Haasan, and Ramana Murthi J.V. in Aakali Rajyam (1981)
    Sridevi and Kamal Haasan in Aakali Rajyam (1981)
    Sridevi and Kamal Haasan in Aakali Rajyam (1981)
    Sridevi and Kamal Haasan in Aakali Rajyam (1981)
    Sridevi and Kamal Haasan in Aakali Rajyam (1981)
    Sridevi and Kamal Haasan in Aakali Rajyam (1981)
    Kamal Haasan in Aakali Rajyam (1981)
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    Kamal Haasan in Aakali Rajyam (1981)
    Kamal Haasan in Aakali Rajyam (1981)

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    Kamal Haasan
    Kamal Haasan
    • J. Ranga Rao
    Sridevi
    Sridevi
    • Devi
    Ramana Murthi J.V.
    • Jonnalagadda Venkata Ramanayya Panthulu
    Prathap Pothen
    Prathap Pothen
    • Prathap
    • (as Prathap K. Pothan)
    Oru Viral Krishna Rao
    • Devi's father
    S. Ve. Sekar
    • Thambu
    • Director
      • K. Balachander
    • Writer
      • K. Balachander
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    10/10
    A SriSri Collector's Fav
    An amazing movie from an amazing director. A treat for Kamal Hassan fans. His character of an unemployed, multilingual, straight-forward, honest and a sincere person in the shallow, twisted world based on favoritism and "corporateised" world has been played to perfection. His recitation of SriSri's lines and their timing couldn't have been better. They form some unforgettable scenes in my life. "The omni-potent and the omni-present" referring to hunger and of Sri Devi's confessions to Bharani, the painter and when Sri Devi asks him on what is he angry upon and when SriDevi mutters when Kamal has no change etc..

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    • Release date
      • January 9, 1981 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Language
      • Telugu
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      2 hours 18 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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