Ashwamedham (1992): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1992, Ashwamedham is an action, drama and romance film directed by K Raghavendra Rao, running about 148 minutes.

What it’s about. Abhimanyu (Shobhan Babu) is an honest IPS officer who arrests an international mafia don smuggler Vyaghra (Amrish Puri), but Vyaghra somehow escapes from the prison. Kiriti (Nandamuri Balakrishna) is a pilot younger brother of Abhimanyu. With his brother's help; Abhimanyu kills Vyaghra. Then it is revealed that the person who has died is Anil Vyaghra who has a twin brother Sunil Vyaghra (also Amrish Puri) who owes to take revenge on the 2 brothers who are responsible for his brother's death. Anil Vyaghra proves that Abhimanyu is a corrupt officer, and has killed an honest man. Abhimanyu is arrested and he not able withstand the injustice, so he commits suicide. After that they inject poison in Kireeti's body and plan bomb blasts across India. Kireeti somehow stops the blasts from happening and kills all the baddie.

Who’s in it. Ashwamedham stars Nandamuri Balakrishna as Keeriti, Sobhan Babu as Abhimanyu, Meena as Bharathi and Nagma as Sowjanya, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 10.0/10, Ashwamedham sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Sun Nxt. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Ashwamedham page.

If you liked it. Fans of Ashwamedham tend to enjoy The Dark Knight, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Inception and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.