35-424: Pournami may refer to: Pournami (film) , a 2006 Indian Telugu-language film Pournami (TV series) , a 2018–2021 Indian Telugu-language soap opera See also [ edit ] Starring Pournami , an unreleased Indian Malayalam-language film Purnima (disambiguation) Poonam (disambiguation) Punnami Naagu (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
70-477: A musical like Pournami was experimental. However, he believed the unique casting would result in something fresh and engaging. Paruchuri Gopala Krishna , one of the film’s writers, noted that Prabhas' character was symbolically influenced by both Lord Siva and Lord Krishna , as represented by the snake and flute in his characterization. Pournami was Prabhu Deva's second directorial venture following his success with Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana (2005). While
105-569: A commercially viable format. One of the flashback portions in the film was inspired by the 2001 Brazilian film Behind the Sun , itself adapted from the 1978 novel Broken April by Ismail Kadare . Prabhas , having previously worked with Raju in Varsham , was cast in the lead role. The female leads were portrayed by Trisha , Charmy , and Sindhu Tolani . Before the film's release, Raju acknowledged that casting Prabhas, primarily known for action roles, in
140-414: A considerable part of the economic resources of the empire but also military power. After the conquest of Hindustan, Babur informs us that one-sixth of its total revenues came from the territories of the chiefs. He writes: "The revenue of the countries now held by me (1528 A.D.) from Bhira to Bihar , is fifty-two crores as will be known in detail. Eight or nine crores of this are from the parganas of rais and
175-438: A lawfully wedded wife could inherit the zamindari if the ruling zamindar named her as an heir. In Odisha, the local kings of the princely states appointed or sometimes rewarded individuals as village heads or gountias . Such titles are closely related to the zamindar titles. Sometimes the king's own family members were created gountias such as Veer Surendra Sai whose ancestors were the kings of Sambalpur state and whose family
210-462: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Pournami (film) Pournami ( lit. ' Full moon ' ) is a 2006 Telugu language romantic musical action film directed by Prabhu Deva and produced by M. S. Raju . The film stars Prabhas , Trisha , Charmy , Sindhu Tolani , and Rahul Dev . The music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad , with cinematography by Venu . The film
245-459: Is left incomplete." A critic from Full Hyderabad wrote, "on the whole, this isn’t something that is worth the 3 hours it demands." Ashok won the 2006 Nandi Award for Best Art Director for his work on Pournami . Zamindar A zamindar in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semi-autonomous feudal ruler of a zamindari (feudal estate). The term itself came into use during
280-664: The Mughal Empire , as well as the British rule , zamindars were the land-owning nobility of the Indian subcontinent and formed the ruling class. Emperor Akbar granted them mansabs and their ancestral domains were treated as jagirs . Majority of the big Zamindars were from the Hindu high-caste, usually Brahmin , Bhumihar , Kayastha and Rajput . During the colonial era, the Permanent Settlement consolidated what became known as
315-617: The zamindari system . The British rewarded supportive zamindars by recognising them as princes. Many of the region's princely states were pre-colonial zamindar holdings elevated to a greater protocol. The British also reduced the land holdings of many pre-colonial princely states and chieftaincies, demoting their status to a zamindar from previously higher ranks of royalty. The system was abolished during land reforms in East Pakistan (Bangladesh) in 1950, India in 1951 and West Pakistan in 1959. The zamindars often played an important role in
350-477: The 24-Parganas and in 1765 got control of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. Later in 1857 the British Crown was established as the sovereign. During Mughal Era the zamindars were not proprietors. They used to engage in wars and used to plunder neighbouring kings. So they never looked after the improvements in their land. The East India Company under Lord Cornwallis , realising this, made Permanent Settlement in 1793 with
385-477: The Imperial Gazetteer of India, there were around 2000 ruling chiefs holding the royal title of Raja and Maharaja which included the rulers of princely states and several large chiefdoms. This numbers increases tenfold if zamindar/ jagirdar chiefs with other non royal but noble title are taken into count. Unlike the autonomous or frontier chiefs, the hereditary status of the zamindar class was circumscribed by
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#1733106130770420-572: The Mughals, and the heir depended to a certain extent on the pleasure of the sovereign. Heirs were set by descent or a times even adoption by religious laws. Under the British Empire, the zamindars were to be subordinate to the Crown and not act as hereditary lords, but at times family politics was at the heart of naming an heir. At times, a cousin could be named an heir with closer family relatives present;
455-410: The couple has a daughter named Pournami, who does not want to learn the family dance. The film concludes with Kesava narrating the tradition to their daughter in the temple. The script for Pournami was inspired by a real-life incident that happened four decades before the film's production, which Sobhan , the director of Varsham (2004), shared with producer and writer M. S. Raju . Raju developed
490-460: The development of Bengal. They played pivotal part during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 . The British continued the tradition of bestowing both royal and noble titles to zamindars who were loyal to the paramount. The title of Raja, Maharaja, Rai Saheb, Rai Bahadur, Rao, Nawab, Khan Bahadur were bestowed to princely state rulers and to many zamindars from time to time. According to an estimate in
525-598: The extant zamindari system of revenue collection in the north of the country. They recognised the zamindars as landowners and proprietors as opposed to Mughal government and in return required them to collect taxes. Although some zamindars were present in the south, they were not so in large numbers and the British administrators used the ryotwari (cultivator) method of collection, which involved selecting certain farmers as being land owners and requiring them to remit their taxes directly. The Zamindars of Bengal were influential in
560-544: The importance of zamindars in medieval India. He defines zamindars as "vassal chiefs". He points out that there were areas under direct control of Mughals where there were no zamindars and then there were territories of the vassal chiefs who had autonomy over their state, but were subjugated by the Mughals and paid a tribute/ nazarana to the Mughal Emperor. However, Irfan Habib in his book Agrarian system of Mughal India, divided
595-466: The north of India because Mughal influence in the south was less apparent. Historian S. Nurul Hasan divided the zamindars into three categories: (i) The Autonomous Rai/ Rajas or Chiefs, (ii) the intermediary zamindars and (iii) the primary zamindars. The East India Company established themselves in India by first becoming zamindars of three villages of Calcutta, Sultani and Govindpur. Later they acquired
630-491: The rajas who have submitted in the past (to the Sultans of Delhi ), receive allowance and maintenance." According to Arif Qandhari, one of the contemporary historians of Akbar 's reign, there were around two to three hundred rajas or rais and zamindars who ruled their territory from strong forts under the emperor's suzerainty. Each of these rajas and zamindars commanded an army of their own generally consisting of their clansmen and
665-568: The regional histories of the subcontinent. One of the most notable examples is the 16th-century confederation formed by twelve zamindars in the Bhati region ( Baro-Bhuyans ), which, according to the Jesuits and Ralph Fitch , earned a reputation for successively repelling Mughal invasions through naval battles. The zamindars were also patrons of the arts. The Tagore family produced India's first Nobel laureate in literature in 1913, Rabindranath Tagore , who
700-557: The reign of Mughals , and later the British began using it as a native synonym for "estate". The term means landowner in Persian . They were typically hereditary and held the right to collect tax on behalf of imperial courts or for military purposes. During the period of British colonial rule in India many wealthy and influential zamindars were bestowed with princely and royal titles such as Maharaja , Raja / Rai , Babu , Malik , Chaudhary , Nawab , Khan and Sardar . During
735-468: The same fate might befall Chandrakala, he declines to teach her how to dance. Kesava shows a necklace to Subramanyam, which shocks him, and then promises to protect her from the zamindar. At this, she begins her studies. As Chandrakala begins her dance training, she develops feelings for Kesava. However, Kesava reveals his past: he had married Pournami, who sacrificed herself to save his life. Before dying, she made Kesava promise that Chandrakala would perform
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805-511: The script was developed by Raju, Prabhu Deva played a significant role in the film’s execution. Production of Pournami spanned approximately eight months, involving around 180-190 working days. The film was shot at key historical locations such as the Virupaksha Temple , elephant stables, and Stepwell in Hampi , adding an authentic period aesthetic to the film. The music and background score
840-487: The script with the intention of creating something different from regular films, drawing inspiration from period dramas like Lagaan (2001) and Gadar (2001). The work on the script started from February 2005, and the film was launched on 22 August 2005. Set in the 1960s, Raju specifically chose this period for the film's backdrop, believing it would offer a distinctive flavour to the narrative. Raju's vision for Pournami aimed to blend Telugu culture and traditions with
875-467: The story of a woman ( Veda Sastry ) in 1507 who danced in the temple for seven days and nights to ask Lord Siva for rain during a devastating drought. The woman's sacrifice brought rain, and since then, every twelve years, a girl from her lineage performs the ritual dance in the temple. Pournami's mother performed this dance in 1951, and Pournami is expected to do the same. In 1963, as the festival approaches, Pournami ( Trisha ) mysteriously disappears, and
910-463: The temple dance. After learning of her sister's fate, Chandrakala agrees to continue the tradition with her father's blessing. Chandrakala becomes a skilled dancer, and during the festival, she performs the ritual dance. As she completes the performance, the village is once again blessed with rain. Despite Veerabhadra's interference and complications with Kesava's former fiancée, Mallika ( Sindhu Tolani ), Kesava and Chandrakala get engaged. Years later,
945-474: The total numbers of their troops as Abul Fazl tells us, stood at forty-four lakhs comprising 384,558 cavalry, 4,277,057 infantry; 1863 elephants, 4260 guns and 4500 boats. During the Mughal Era, there was no clear difference between the princely states and zamindari estates. Even the ruling autonomous chiefs of princely states were called zamindars. Moreland was one of the first historians to draw our attention to
980-525: The villagers assume she has eloped with someone. Attention then shifts to her younger sister, Chandrakala ( Charmy ), but their father refuses to teach her the dance. Meanwhile, their stepmother ( Manju Bhargavi ) rents out their penthouse and courtyard, where Pournami used to dance, to Siva Kesava ( Prabhas ), a western-style dance instructor. Pournami has not eloped, but her father sent her away to protect her from their zamindar , Veerabhadra ( Rahul Dev ), who wants to make Pournami his concubine . Fearing that
1015-405: The zamindars and made them proprietors of their land in return for a fixed annual rent and left them independent for the internal affairs of their estates. This Permanent Settlement created the new zamindari system as we know it today. After 1857 the army of the majority of zamindars were abolished with exception of a small number of force for policing/digwari/kotwali in their respective estates. If
1050-461: The zamindars into two categories: the autonomous chiefs who enjoyed "sovereign power" in their territories and the ordinary zamindars who exercised superior rights in land and collected land revenue and were mostly appointed by the Mughals. These people were known as the zamindars (intermediaries) and they collected revenue primarily from the Ryots ( peasants ). The zamindari system was more prevalent in
1085-496: The zamindars were not able to pay the rent until sunset, parts of their estates were acquired and auctioned. This created a new class of zamindars in the society. As the rest of India came later under the control of the East India Company (EIC), different ways were implemented in different provinces to in regards to the ruling authorities in the region to get them to accede to Company authority. The British generally adopted
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1120-602: Was composed by Devi Sri Prasad , and the lyrics were written by Sirivennela Sitaramasastri . The track "Bharata Vedamuga" was set in the Chandrakauns raaga. The audio was released at Film Nagar Daiva Sannidhanam, Hyderabad on 22 March 2006. Jeevi of Idlebrain.com rated the film three out of five and noted, "Producer MS Raju should be appreciated to make a film that has classical dance and traditions as backdrop. Climax should have been better. The thread of main villain Rahul Dev
1155-462: Was often based at his estate. The zamindars also promoted neoclassical and Indo-Saracenic architecture. When Babur conquered North India, there were many autonomous and semiautonomous rulers who were known locally as Rai, Raja, Rana, Rao, Rawat, etc. while in the various Persian chronicles, they were referred to as zamindars and marzabans . They were vassals who ruled, mostly hereditarily, over their respective territories. They commanded not only
1190-492: Was released on 21 April 2006 and was a commercial failure. Pournami was dubbed into Tamil and Malayalam under the same name and into Hindi as Tridev: Pyar Ki Jung . Shooting locations included Virupaksha Temple , elephant stables, and Stepwell in Hampi . In 1953, in a remote village in Andhra Pradesh , Subramanyam ( Chandra Mohan ) teaches dance to his daughter, Pournami, as part of their family tradition. He recounts
1225-711: Was the gountia of Khinda village. The zamindari system was mostly abolished in independent India soon after its creation with the First Amendment of the Constitution of India which amended the right to property as shown in Articles 19 and 31. In East Pakistan, the East Bengal State Acquisition and Tenancy Act of 1950 had a similar effect of ending the system. Due to the zamindari system, small farmers could not become financially strong. Critics have likened
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