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Sri Krishna Vijayamu
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Wikipedia article
'Sri Krishna Vijayamu' is a 1971 Indian Telugu-language Hindu mythological film produced by M. S. Reddy under the Kaumudi Art Pictures banner and directed by Kamalakara Kameswara Rao. It stars N. T. Rama Rao and Jayalalithaa, with music composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao. The film was recorded as a 'flop' at the box office. It was dubbed into Hindi as 'Hare Krishna' in 1974.
Plot
The film begins with Lord Krishna (N. T. Rama Rao) sending his brother Satyaki (Ramakrishna) as a mediator to Kalayavana (S. V. Ranga Rao) with a gift of the vessel containing a snake, which indicates dealing with him is playing with a snake. Kalayavana sends it as a return gift to Krishna, where the snake has been killed by ants replying that a snake can be killed by ants. But when they open the vessel the snake is alive and Krishna warns them to be careful. Listening to it, Kalayavana gets ready for the battle when Sage Narada (Kanta Rao) arrives and informs them his whereabouts of Krishna. Kalayavana reaches there, Krishna cleverly takes him into a cave and makes him kick a saint, Muchikunda (Dhulipala. In anger, Muchikunda burns him into ashes with his vision. Knowing it, Mahodara (again S. V. Ranga Rao) the twin brother of Kalayavana, burns for vengeance, but Narada says that it's not the right time and he requires finesse. Hence Mahodora performs a huge penance for Lord Siva (Rajanala) and acquires a boon that he will not die by any weapon used by others. Meanwhile, on the occasion of Krishna's birthday, his eight wives present eight gems when Narada arrives and stirs a quarrel by telling him that it would be more beautiful if it would be one more gem, as an intention that Krishna should have one more wife. Here Lord Krishna assures Narada that his wish will be fulfilled soon. Parallelly, Mahodara wins over the entire universe and creates a lot of atrocities. Hearing the miseries of the victims, Goddess Saraswathi (Rama Prabha) asks Lord Brahma (Prabhakar Reddy) when will be the end to this anarchy and he replies that the time is imminent. Brahma creates a beautiful girl called Vasundhara (Jayalalitha) with a ring, by which she will be a girl to women and a statue to men, except for her fianc. After her marriage, if any other men try to remove the ring, it transforms into a weapon and kills him. After that, Brahma calls Narada and asks him to be her foster father for a few days. Once Mahodara sees Vasundhara and wants to possess her. Being aware of it, Narada takes Vasundhara to Dwaraka and asks Rukmini (Devika) to safeguard her for a few days, when she is hesitating he tells her the secret of the ring and she agrees. At the same time, Krishna & Satyabhama (Jamuna) return after defeating Narakasura. Sri Krishna can see Vasundhara because he is her fianc, every day Krishna silently meets Vasundhara and they love each other. Satyabhama senses it, becomes furious, and keeps Vasundhara in prison. Now Mahodara's ploy provokes Pundarika Vasudeva (Nagabhushanam) to keep Kuchela in his custody to eliminate Krishna. Krishna moves to his rescue and safeguards by eliminating Pundarika Vasudeva. Taking it as an opportunity, Mahodara attacks Dwaraka and grabs Vasundhara when Krishna returns and learns about the situation. Eventually, Mahodara is making his marriage arrangements with Vasundhara. Krishna reaches there as a Brahmin cleverly marries Vasundhara and puts the ring back on her finger. Angered, Mahodara throws it away, which turns into a weapon and kills him because it is a weapon used by himself. Finally, Krishna reaches Dwaraka along with Vasundhara and the movie ends on a happy note.
Cast
*N. T. Rama Rao as Lord Krishna
*Jayalalithaa as Vasundhara
*S. V. Ranga Rao as Mahodara & Kalayavana (dual role)
*Kanta Rao as Narada Maharshi
*Mikkilineni as Balarama
*Dhulipala as Muchukunda
*Rajanala as Lord Siva
*Satyanarayana
*Nagabhushanam as Paundraka Vasudeva
*Ramakrishna as Satyaki
*Prabhakar Reddy as Lord Brahma
*Padmanabham as Kudi Bhujam
*Allu Ramalingaiah as Vasanthaka
*Tyagaraju as Indra
*Jamuna as Satyabhama
*Devika as Rukmini
*Hema Malini as Rambha
*Rama Prabha as Goddess Saraswati
*Sandhya Rani as Lakshana
*Prasanna Rani as Chaturika
*Sriranjani Jr. as Vamakshi
*Jayasri as Jambavati
Soundtrack
Music composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao.
References
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