diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 27da73961..11bbecb4d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Use Helm to...
 - Intelligently manage your Kubernetes manifest files
 - Manage releases of Helm packages
 
+
 ## Helm in a Handbasket
 
 Helm is a tool that streamlines installing and managing Kubernetes applications.
diff --git a/_proto/hapi/services/tiller.proto b/_proto/hapi/services/tiller.proto
index f16d68238..53ff6c276 100644
--- a/_proto/hapi/services/tiller.proto
+++ b/_proto/hapi/services/tiller.proto
@@ -154,6 +154,10 @@ message GetReleaseStatusRequest {
 	string name = 1;
 	// Version is the version of the release
 	int32 version = 2;
+	// Kind is the kind of the resource to display
+	string kind = 3;
+	// Instance is the instance of the resource to display
+	string instance = 4;
 }
 
 // GetReleaseStatusResponse is the response indicating the status of the named release.
diff --git a/cmd/helm/status.go b/cmd/helm/status.go
index b635e6186..c26edd74e 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/status.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/status.go
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ type statusCmd struct {
 	release string
 	out     io.Writer
 	client  helm.Interface
-	version int32
+	kind     string
+	instance string
+	version  int32
 }
 
 func newStatusCmd(client helm.Interface, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
@@ -73,13 +75,18 @@ func newStatusCmd(client helm.Interface, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 		},
 	}
 
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&status.instance, "instance","","if set, display status of an instance in assigned kind.")
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&status.kind, "kind","","if set, display status of an assigned kind resource")
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().Int32Var(&status.version, "revision", 0, "if set, display the status of the named release with revision")
 
 	return cmd
 }
 
 func (s *statusCmd) run() error {
-	res, err := s.client.ReleaseStatus(s.release, helm.StatusReleaseVersion(s.version))
+
+	fmt.Printf("Kind=%s,instnace=%s",s.kind,s.instance)
+
+	res, err := s.client.ReleaseStatus(s.release, helm.StatusReleaseVersion(s.version,s.kind,s.instance))
 	if err != nil {
 		return prettyError(err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/rudder/rudder.go b/cmd/rudder/rudder.go
index 0a5a97bff..836a0452e 100644
--- a/cmd/rudder/rudder.go
+++ b/cmd/rudder/rudder.go
@@ -128,8 +128,9 @@ func (r *ReleaseModuleServiceServer) UpgradeRelease(ctx context.Context, in *rud
 
 func (r *ReleaseModuleServiceServer) ReleaseStatus(ctx context.Context, in *rudderAPI.ReleaseStatusRequest) (*rudderAPI.ReleaseStatusResponse, error) {
 	grpclog.Print("status")
+        var filter kube.FilterStruct = kube.FilterStruct{Kind:"",Instance:""}
 
-	resp, err := kubeClient.Get(in.Release.Namespace, bytes.NewBufferString(in.Release.Manifest))
+	resp, err := kubeClient.Get(in.Release.Namespace, bytes.NewBufferString(in.Release.Manifest),filter)
 	in.Release.Info.Status.Resources = resp
 	return &rudderAPI.ReleaseStatusResponse{
 		Release: in.Release,
diff --git a/docs/helm/helm_status.md b/docs/helm/helm_status.md
index 893c3325a..3fb2508e6 100644
--- a/docs/helm/helm_status.md
+++ b/docs/helm/helm_status.md
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ helm status [flags] RELEASE_NAME
 ### Options
 
 ```
+      --instance string      if set, display status of an instance in assigned kind.
+      --kind string          if set, display status of an assigned kind resource
       --revision int32       if set, display the status of the named release with revision
       --tls                  enable TLS for request
       --tls-ca-cert string   path to TLS CA certificate file (default "$HELM_HOME/ca.pem")
@@ -44,4 +46,4 @@ helm status [flags] RELEASE_NAME
 ### SEE ALSO
 * [helm](helm.md)	 - The Helm package manager for Kubernetes.
 
-###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra on 16-Apr-2017
+###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra on 9-May-2017
diff --git a/docs/man/man1/helm_status.1 b/docs/man/man1/helm_status.1
index 380ef03a8..eeae31850 100644
--- a/docs/man/man1/helm_status.1
+++ b/docs/man/man1/helm_status.1
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-.TH "HELM" "1" "Apr 2017" "Auto generated by spf13/cobra" "" 
-.nh
-.ad l
+.TH "HELM" "1" "May 2017" "Auto generated by spf13/cobra" ""  ""
 
 
 .SH NAME
@@ -26,6 +24,14 @@ The status consists of:
 
 
 .SH OPTIONS
+.PP
+\fB\-\-instance\fP=""
+    if set, display status of an instance in assigned kind.
+
+.PP
+\fB\-\-kind\fP=""
+    if set, display status of an assigned kind resource
+
 .PP
 \fB\-\-revision\fP=0
     if set, display the status of the named release with revision
@@ -80,4 +86,4 @@ The status consists of:
 
 .SH HISTORY
 .PP
-16\-Apr\-2017 Auto generated by spf13/cobra
+9\-May\-2017 Auto generated by spf13/cobra
diff --git a/pkg/helm/helm_test.go b/pkg/helm/helm_test.go
index bcaeec2f0..1ae5b33bf 100644
--- a/pkg/helm/helm_test.go
+++ b/pkg/helm/helm_test.go
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ func TestReleaseStatus_VerifyOptions(t *testing.T) {
 		return errSkip
 	})
 
-	if _, err := NewClient(b4c).ReleaseStatus(releaseName, StatusReleaseVersion(revision)); err != errSkip {
+	if _, err := NewClient(b4c).ReleaseStatus(releaseName, StatusReleaseVersion(revision,"","")); err != errSkip {
 		t.Fatalf("did not expect error but got (%v)\n``", err)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/helm/option.go b/pkg/helm/option.go
index 0604e244a..d04d6d91b 100644
--- a/pkg/helm/option.go
+++ b/pkg/helm/option.go
@@ -371,9 +371,11 @@ type StatusOption func(*options)
 
 // StatusReleaseVersion will instruct Tiller to retrieve the status
 // of a particular version of a release.
-func StatusReleaseVersion(version int32) StatusOption {
+func StatusReleaseVersion(version int32,kind string,instance string) StatusOption {
 	return func(opts *options) {
 		opts.statusReq.Version = version
+		opts.statusReq.Kind = kind
+		opts.statusReq.Instance = instance
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/kube/client.go b/pkg/kube/client.go
index 333e3ab37..875444b01 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/client.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/client.go
@@ -145,32 +145,65 @@ func (c *Client) Build(namespace string, reader io.Reader) (Result, error) {
 // Get gets kubernetes resources as pretty printed string
 //
 // Namespace will set the namespace
-func (c *Client) Get(namespace string, reader io.Reader) (string, error) {
+func (c *Client) Get(namespace string, reader io.Reader, filter FilterStruct) (string, error) {
 	// Since we don't know what order the objects come in, let's group them by the types, so
 	// that when we print them, they come looking good (headers apply to subgroups, etc.)
 	objs := make(map[string][]runtime.Object)
-	infos, err := c.BuildUnstructured(namespace, reader)
+
+	infoAllKinds, err := c.BuildUnstructured(namespace, reader)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
+
+	infos := infoAllKinds.Filter(filter.Filter)
+
+	var objPods map[string][]api.Pod
+	if (!filter.IsFilter()) || filter.IsPodType() {
+		objPods = c.getRelationPods(infoAllKinds)
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("objPods %+v\n", objPods)
+
 	missing := []string{}
-	err = perform(infos, func(info *resource.Info) error {
-		log.Printf("Doing get for %s: %q", info.Mapping.GroupVersionKind.Kind, info.Name)
-		if err := info.Get(); err != nil {
-			log.Printf("WARNING: Failed Get for resource %q: %s", info.Name, err)
-			missing = append(missing, fmt.Sprintf("%v\t\t%s", info.Mapping.Resource, info.Name))
+	if len(infos) !=0 {
+		err = perform(infos, func(info *resource.Info) error {
+		
+			if err := info.Get(); err != nil {
+				log.Printf("WARNING: Failed Get for resource %q: %s", info.Name, err)
+				missing = append(missing, fmt.Sprintf("%v\t\t%s", info.Mapping.Resource, info.Name))
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			// Use APIVersion/Kind as grouping mechanism. I'm not sure if you can have multiple
+			// versions per cluster, but this certainly won't hurt anything, so let's be safe.
+			gvk := info.ResourceMapping().GroupVersionKind
+			vk := gvk.Version + "/" + gvk.Kind
+
+			if gvk.Kind != "Pod" {
+				objs[vk] = append(objs[vk], info.Object)
+			} else {
+				if !IsFoundPodInfo(objPods[vk], info) {
+					objs[vk] = append(objs[vk], info.Object)
+				}
+			}
 			return nil
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+	}else{
+		if !filter.IsFilter(){
+			return "",ErrNoObjectsVisited
+		}else if (!filter.IsPodType()) || (len(objPods) == 0) {
+			return "",nil
 		}
+	}
 
-		// Use APIVersion/Kind as grouping mechanism. I'm not sure if you can have multiple
-		// versions per cluster, but this certainly won't hurt anything, so let's be safe.
-		gvk := info.ResourceMapping().GroupVersionKind
-		vk := gvk.Version + "/" + gvk.Kind
-		objs[vk] = append(objs[vk], info.Object)
-		return nil
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
+	//here, we will add the objPods to the objs
+	for key,podItems := range objPods{
+		for _,pod := range podItems {
+			objs[key] = append(objs[key],&pod)
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Ok, now we have all the objects grouped by types (say, by v1/Pod, v1/Service, etc.), so
@@ -595,3 +628,89 @@ func watchPodUntilComplete(timeout time.Duration, info *resource.Info) error {
 
 	return err
 }
+
+func (c *Client) getRelationPods(infos []*resource.Info)(map[string][]api.Pod){
+	var objPods  = make(map[string][]api.Pod)
+
+	for _, value := range  infos {
+		objPods , _ = c.getSelectRelationPod(value,objPods)
+	}
+	return objPods
+}
+
+func (c *Client) getSelectRelationPod(info *resource.Info,objPods map[string][]api.Pod)(map[string][]api.Pod,error){
+        log.Printf("1222getSelectRelationPod Info: %+v",info)
+	log.Printf("222222getSelectRelationPod object: %+v",info.Object)
+
+	err := info.Get()
+	if err != nil {
+		return objPods, err
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("getSelectRelationPod object: %+v",info.Object)
+
+	versioned, err := c.AsVersionedObject(info.Object)
+	if runtime.IsNotRegisteredError(err) {
+		return objPods,nil
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return objPods,err
+	}
+
+	selector, err := getSelectorFromObject(versioned)
+
+	log.Printf("getSelectRelationPod selector: %+v",selector)
+	if err != nil {
+		return objPods,err
+	}
+	client, _ := c.ClientSet()
+
+	pods, err := client.Core().Pods(info.Namespace).List(metav1.ListOptions{
+		FieldSelector: fields.Everything().String(),
+		LabelSelector: labels.Set(selector).AsSelector().String(),
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return objPods,err
+	}
+
+	for _, pod := range pods.Items {
+
+		log.Printf("get select relation pod: %v/%v", pod.Namespace, pod.Name)
+
+                if pod.APIVersion == "" {
+			pod.APIVersion = "v1"
+		}
+
+		if pod.Kind == "" {
+			pod.Kind = "Pod"
+		}
+
+		vk := pod.GroupVersionKind().Version + "/" + pod.GroupVersionKind().Kind
+
+		if !IsFoundPod(objPods[vk], pod) {
+			objPods[vk] = append(objPods[vk], pod)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return objPods,nil
+}
+
+func IsFoundPod(podItem []api.Pod,pod api.Pod) bool {
+	for _,value := range podItem {
+		if (value.Namespace == pod.Namespace) && (value.Name==pod.Name) {
+			 return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return  false
+}
+func IsFoundPodInfo(podItem []api.Pod,podInfo *resource.Info) bool {
+	for _, value := range podItem {
+		if (value.Namespace == podInfo.Namespace) && (value.Name == podInfo.Name) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+
diff --git a/pkg/kube/client_test.go b/pkg/kube/client_test.go
index 1f2032bb2..623cc86f6 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/client_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/client_test.go
@@ -323,8 +323,9 @@ func TestGet(t *testing.T) {
 	c := &Client{Factory: f}
 
 	// Test Success
+	var filter FilterStruct
 	data := strings.NewReader("kind: Pod\napiVersion: v1\nmetadata:\n  name: otter")
-	o, err := c.Get("default", data)
+	o, err := c.Get("default", data,filter)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Expected missing results, got %q", err)
 	}
@@ -334,7 +335,7 @@ func TestGet(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Test failure
 	data = strings.NewReader("kind: Pod\napiVersion: v1\nmetadata:\n  name: starfish")
-	o, err = c.Get("default", data)
+	o, err = c.Get("default", data,filter)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Expected missing results, got %q", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kube/result.go b/pkg/kube/result.go
index 9f143feb5..8be71b3f9 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/result.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/result.go
@@ -21,6 +21,35 @@ import "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/resource"
 // Result provides convenience methods for comparing collections of Infos.
 type Result []*resource.Info
 
+type FilterStruct struct {
+	Kind string
+	Instance string
+}
+
+func (fs *FilterStruct) Filter (info *resource.Info) bool{
+	if info  != nil {
+		if (fs.Kind == "") || (fs.Kind == info.Mapping.GroupVersionKind.Kind)  {
+			if  (fs.Instance == "") || (fs.Instance == info.Name) {
+				return  true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+func (fs *FilterStruct) IsFilter() bool{
+	if  (fs.Kind == "") && (fs.Instance == "") {
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+func (fs *FilterStruct) IsPodType() bool {
+	if (fs.Kind == "Pod") {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // Append adds an Info to the Result.
 func (r *Result) Append(val *resource.Info) {
 	*r = append(*r, val)
diff --git a/pkg/proto/hapi/services/tiller.pb.go b/pkg/proto/hapi/services/tiller.pb.go
index d3f8676fc..52fec8968 100644
--- a/pkg/proto/hapi/services/tiller.pb.go
+++ b/pkg/proto/hapi/services/tiller.pb.go
@@ -248,6 +248,10 @@ type GetReleaseStatusRequest struct {
 	Name string `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=name" json:"name,omitempty"`
 	// Version is the version of the release
 	Version int32 `protobuf:"varint,2,opt,name=version" json:"version,omitempty"`
+	// Kind is the kind of the resource to display
+	Kind string `protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=kind" json:"kind,omitempty"`
+	// Instance is the instance of the resource to display
+	Instance string `protobuf:"bytes,4,opt,name=instance" json:"instance,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (m *GetReleaseStatusRequest) Reset()                    { *m = GetReleaseStatusRequest{} }
diff --git a/pkg/releasetesting/environment_test.go b/pkg/releasetesting/environment_test.go
index deb8617f6..d0cc3165a 100644
--- a/pkg/releasetesting/environment_test.go
+++ b/pkg/releasetesting/environment_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 
+	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/kube"
 	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/proto/hapi/release"
 	tillerEnv "k8s.io/helm/pkg/tiller/environment"
 )
@@ -68,8 +69,9 @@ func TestDeleteTestPods(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected 0 errors, got at least one: %v", stream.messages)
 	}
 
+	var filter kube.FilterStruct
 	for _, testManifest := range mockTestSuite.TestManifests {
-		if _, err := mockTestEnv.KubeClient.Get(mockTestEnv.Namespace, bytes.NewBufferString(testManifest)); err == nil {
+		if _, err := mockTestEnv.KubeClient.Get(mockTestEnv.Namespace, bytes.NewBufferString(testManifest),filter); err == nil {
 			t.Error("Expected error, got nil")
 		}
 	}
@@ -122,7 +124,7 @@ func newGetFailingKubeClient() *getFailingKubeClient {
 	}
 }
 
-func (p *getFailingKubeClient) Get(ns string, r io.Reader) (string, error) {
+func (p *getFailingKubeClient) Get(ns string, r io.Reader,filter kube.FilterStruct) (string, error) {
 	return "", errors.New("In the end, they did not find Nemo.")
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/rudder/client.go b/pkg/rudder/client.go
index 219bb010a..6b7408f90 100644
--- a/pkg/rudder/client.go
+++ b/pkg/rudder/client.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 
 	rudderAPI "k8s.io/helm/pkg/proto/hapi/rudder"
+
 )
 
 // GrpcPort specifies port on which rudder will spawn a server
diff --git a/pkg/tiller/environment/environment.go b/pkg/tiller/environment/environment.go
index 26516474b..da7944415 100644
--- a/pkg/tiller/environment/environment.go
+++ b/pkg/tiller/environment/environment.go
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ type KubeClient interface {
 	//
 	// reader must contain a YAML stream (one or more YAML documents separated
 	// by "\n---\n").
-	Get(namespace string, reader io.Reader) (string, error)
+	Get(namespace string, reader io.Reader, filter kube.FilterStruct) (string, error)
 
 	// Delete destroys one or more resources.
 	//
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ func (p *PrintingKubeClient) Create(ns string, r io.Reader, timeout int64, shoul
 }
 
 // Get prints the values of what would be created with a real KubeClient.
-func (p *PrintingKubeClient) Get(ns string, r io.Reader) (string, error) {
+func (p *PrintingKubeClient) Get(ns string, r io.Reader,filter kube.FilterStruct) (string, error) {
 	_, err := io.Copy(p.Out, r)
 	return "", err
 }
diff --git a/pkg/tiller/environment/environment_test.go b/pkg/tiller/environment/environment_test.go
index 716836438..122bc32ec 100644
--- a/pkg/tiller/environment/environment_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tiller/environment/environment_test.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ type mockKubeClient struct{}
 func (k *mockKubeClient) Create(ns string, r io.Reader, timeout int64, shouldWait bool) error {
 	return nil
 }
-func (k *mockKubeClient) Get(ns string, r io.Reader) (string, error) {
+func (k *mockKubeClient) Get(ns string, r io.Reader,filter kube.FilterStruct) (string, error) {
 	return "", nil
 }
 func (k *mockKubeClient) Delete(ns string, r io.Reader) error {
diff --git a/pkg/tiller/release_modules.go b/pkg/tiller/release_modules.go
index e13b26de9..35b8e72be 100644
--- a/pkg/tiller/release_modules.go
+++ b/pkg/tiller/release_modules.go
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ func (m *LocalReleaseModule) Rollback(current, target *release.Release, req *ser
 
 // Status returns kubectl-like formatted status of release objects
 func (m *LocalReleaseModule) Status(r *release.Release, req *services.GetReleaseStatusRequest, env *environment.Environment) (string, error) {
-	return env.KubeClient.Get(r.Namespace, bytes.NewBufferString(r.Manifest))
+	var filter kube.FilterStruct = kube.FilterStruct{Kind:req.Kind,Instance:req.Instance}
+
+	return env.KubeClient.Get(r.Namespace, bytes.NewBufferString(r.Manifest),filter)
 }
 
 // Delete deletes the release and returns manifests that were kept in the deletion process
diff --git a/pkg/tiller/release_server.go b/pkg/tiller/release_server.go
index adc4ddf3c..3bb86a170 100644
--- a/pkg/tiller/release_server.go
+++ b/pkg/tiller/release_server.go
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ func (s *ReleaseServer) GetReleaseStatus(c ctx.Context, req *services.GetRelease
 	// Ok, we got the status of the release as we had jotted down, now we need to match the
 	// manifest we stashed away with reality from the cluster.
 	resp, err := s.ReleaseModule.Status(rel, req, s.env)
+
 	if sc == release.Status_DELETED || sc == release.Status_FAILED {
 		// Skip errors if this is already deleted or failed.
 		return statusResp, nil
diff --git a/scripts/completions.bash b/scripts/completions.bash
index be9ca298b..ec75c7a7e 100644
--- a/scripts/completions.bash
+++ b/scripts/completions.bash
@@ -1367,6 +1367,8 @@ _helm_status()
     flags_with_completion=()
     flags_completion=()
 
+    flags+=("--instance=")
+    flags+=("--kind=")
     flags+=("--revision=")
     flags+=("--tls")
     local_nonpersistent_flags+=("--tls")