Murari
2001 2h 59m movie Film India

Murari

మురారి

Synopsis

మురారి

Circa 1800's a Jamindar (Prakash Raj) insults Durga Devi by stealing her idol in the temple in a state of intoxication.An enraged Devi kills him and puts a curse on his heirs that she is going to take one family member each every 48 years. And one male heir dies accidentally at the end of every 48 years. And the present year denotes end of another 48 years and now it's the turn of Murari (Mahesh Babu). In another village, there lives Vasundhara (Sonali Bendre). She too lives with a big combined family.Both the families of Murari and Vasundhara are releated by blood, but separated due to the family feuds.They both fall in love and these both families makes the formal arrangement of marriage. But once his grandmother, who returns from her Teerdha Yatra, upon being informed by the family poojari that Murari is the one who would be subjected to death by Devi this year, refuses for the marriage.

The 2000–2002 India Window

101 India films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Murari sits at position #57.

  1. Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
    #1

    Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham

    ★ 7.8 · 2001

  2. Rhythm
    #2

    Rhythm

    ★ 7.7 · 2000

  3. Kannathil Muthamittal
    #3

    Kannathil Muthamittal

    ★ 7.6 · 2002

  4. Meesa Madhavan
    #4

    Meesa Madhavan

    ★ 7.6 · 2002

  5. Thenkasipattanam
    #5

    Thenkasipattanam

    ★ 7.6 · 2000

  6. Devdas
    #6

    Devdas

    ★ 7.5 · 2002

  7. Narasimham
    #7

    Narasimham

    ★ 7.5 · 2000

  8. Tum Bin
    #8

    Tum Bin

    ★ 7.4 · 2001

The 2000s India Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Murari premiered. 454 total titles in this decade from India.

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Reception Benchmarks

6.1
TMDB Rating
11
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #1,294 of 1,983 India films indexed here (35th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.3 points below the India average of 6.4/10.

Among India Drama productions specifically: #813 of 1,132 (top 72%).

Production Details

Primary Country India
Original Language Telugu
Runtime 2h 59m
Release Date February 17, 2001
IMDb tt1183907

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