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Daiva Balam
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Wikipedia article
'Daiva Balam' is a 1959 Telugu-language swashbuckler film, produced and directed by Ponnaluru Vasanthakumar Reddy. It stars N. T. Rama Rao and Jayasri, with music composed by Ashwatthama. The film is the debut of Shobhan Babu in the film industry. The film is known to be one of the earliest Telugu film containing sequences in Eastmancolor.
Plot
Once upon a time, there was a kingdom Malava. It's King Ugrasena (Gummadi) who loves his daughter Rupa a lot. According to the astrologer's prediction, Rupa marries an ordinary citizen. Here Ugrasena becomes furious and wants to change his fate, so, he finds the whereabouts of the boy Chandrasena through astrologers and orders to eliminate him. But the boy escapes and grows up at an ashram along with his mother Annapurna (Malathi). Years roll by, and once in hunting, Rupa (Jayasri) gets acquainted with Chandrasena (N. T. Rama Rao) and both of them fall in love. Meanwhile, Ugrasena announces a sports competition in the capital in which Chandrasena prevails and the king honors him. That night, Chandrasena secretly enters the fort, meets Rupa, and is captured by soldiers. At that moment, Annapurna pleads with the king to leave her son, but in vain Ugrasena recognizes him as the same and commands him to throw him into the cellar of demons. But Chandrasena kills the demon, reaches Rupa, and while escaping they drop into a dead house. Hence, the king announces whoever brings his daughter will be largess with a huge amount for which two guys, Takku (Relangi) and Tikku (Ramana Reddy) move. In the death house, Rupa is caught by an enchanter (Shobhan Babu) and takes her to their Queen Gandharva Rani (Mohana), and entrusts a challenge of getting a musical tree to Chandrasena from 'Chambala Island', ruled by wizard Kanakaksha (Mukkamala) in exchange of Rupa. After setting off on an adventurous journey, Chandrasena reaches the island where Kanakaksha's daughter Champa (Girija) falls for him, trapping her, he succeeds in achieving the musical tree and relieves Rupa. But unfortunately, Kanakaksha takes Chandrasena back by transforming him into a garland. Helpless, Rupa was seized by Takku-Tikku. Parallelly, on the island, Kanakaksha demands Chandrasena to marry his daughter, but he refuses, so, he keeps him in the prison and tortures him. Fortunately, Rupa escapes from Takku-Tikku and gets back to the death house, reaches 'Chamba Island' with the help of the musical tree, and lets Chandrasena free. Chandrasena eliminates Kanakaksha, blasts the island and both of them return Malava kingdom when Ugrasena also realizes no one can change the fortune. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Chandrasena & Rupa.
Cast
*N. T. Rama Rao as Chandrasenudu
*Jayasri as Roopa
*Shobhan Babu as Enchanter
*Gummadi as Ugrasena
*Relangi as Takku
*Ramana Reddy as Tikku
*Mukkamala as Kanakasha
*Vangara as astrologer Jaganatha Pandit
*Kasturi Siva Rao as Madhava
*Girija as Champa
*Malathi as Annapurna
*Mohana as Gandharva Rani
*Balakumari
Soundtrack
Music composed by Ashwatthama.
References
Category:1950s Telugu-language films
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