It was made into two Hindi movies in consecutive years, Veer Babruvahan in 1951 by Nanabhai Bhatt starring Shashi Kapoor, S.
The 1964 Telugu film was written and directed by Samudrala Sr. The story of Babruvahana has been made into films in Telugu in 19 and in Kannada in 1977. Then, the Pandavas, Uloopi, Chitrangada, Babruvahana, Drupadi and the armies returned to Hastinapura. Vrishaketu admired Babruvahana's skill in war. After Vrishaketu was revived by Krishna, Babruvahana asked Vrishaketu to forgive him (which he did). Krishna, however, promised that he would restore Vrishaketu to life. Arjuna, however, repented that he wouldn't be able to live with the remorse due to Vrishaketu's death, as he was the one who had ordered Vrishaketu to engage in battle. Repenting his deed after knowing Arjuna's identity, he was determined to kill himself, but he obtained from his stepmother, the Naga princess Uloopi, a gem called Nagamani which restored Arjuna to life with the help of Krishna. Soon Arjuna got killed because of a curse given to Arjuna by Ganga- Bhishma's mother. This divine weapon would kill any person-even monstrous demons. To kill Arjuna, Babruvahana used the divine weapon. Babruvahana defeated Arjuna and killed him. Arjuna fought with Babruvahana and went on the upper hand. Knowing this, Arjuna got enraged as Vrishaketu was very dear to him, more than Abhimanyu, as he was his elder brother Karna's son and took an oath to kill Babruvahana or immolate himself if he gets defeated.
He also defeated Bhima and killed Vrishaketu. Īrjuna hugs Babruvahana, Drupadi and Chitrāngadā watch them.Īrjuna, reluctant to fight a young boy, left and informed a small troop of his army to convince Babruvahana to give the horse back. Babruvanahana agreed with Arjuna but informed him that he wished to kill Arjuna for his Guru Dakshina. Arjuna tried to persuade Babruvahana to leave the horse as there was no enmity between Manipura and Hastinapura. When Arjuna went to Manipura with the wandering sacrificial horse of the Aswamedha, Babruvahana captured the horse, which, by tradition, meant war against the Pandavas. Arjuna was tasked to take care of the horse. On the advice of sages, he conducted Ashvamedha yagna, where a decorated horse would be sent across the kingdom and wherever it goes unopposed, the land would be acquired by the king who sent it. His mind was restless since he always felt bad about killing his own kith and kin during the war. Yudhishthira became the king of Hastinapura. On the other side, the Pandavas went through various ordeals and finally winning the war against the Kauravas. Mahabharata loses mention of Chitra and her kingdom for several chapters. They had a son named Babruvahana, whom Chitra reared up after Arjuna left them. Arjuna fell in love with her on account of her honesty and courage. The account is described in Rabindranath Tagore's play Chitra, where Tagore depicts Chitrangada as a warrior dressed in male clothes. Chitrangada was well-versed in warfare and acquired the skills to protect the people of her land. Since Chitrasena did not have any other heir, he trained Chitrangada in warfare and rule. For multiple generations, the dynasty did not have more than one heir. He had a daughter named Chitrangada, whom he named after the Madhulika flower. It was ruled by a king named Chitravahana. Arjuna is killed by his son Babru Vahana in battleĪs per Mahabharata, Babruvahana is the son of Arjuna and his wife, Chitrangada.