
Pattabhishekam is a 1974 is directed by Mallikarjuna Rao . The film stars Prem Nazir, Ushanandini, Adoor Bhasi and Jose Prakash in lead roles. The film had musical score by R K Shekhar
Directed by Mallikarjuna Rao, Pattabhishekam leans on a strong ensemble — Prem Nazir, Usha Nandhini, Adoor Bhasi — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about screen titles of 1974.
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Colonial tea planter John Wiley (Peter Finch), visiting England at the end of World War II, wins and weds lovely English rose Ruth (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) and takes her home to Elephant Walk, Ceylon, where the local elephants have a grudge against the plantation. Ruth's delight with the tropical wealth and luxury of her new home is tempered by isolation as the only white woman in the district; her husband's occasional imperious arrogance; a mutual physical attraction with plantation manager Dick Carver (Dana Andrews), and the hovering, ominous menace of the hostile elephants.
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