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Balaraju (1948)
Directed by Ghantasala Balaramayya
Family, Drama · 2h 43m
The story begins in heaven a Devakanya Mohini and a Yaksha are in love. Indra, the ruler of Suvarloka, has an interest in Mohini. His emissary Kubera, unable to separate the lovers, curses Yaksha to be born as a human. Mohini refuses to bow to the wish of Indra, who then curses her to be born as a human and pine for her lover. The Yaksha, now Balaraju, is brought up by a shepherd. Mohini is found in a field by Kamma Naidu, who names her Sita and brings her up. As she grows up, pressure mounts on him to perform her marriage. Fearing that the wealth he had acquired after her arrival may disappear if she leaves him, he refuses to get her married and keeps her in a solitary tower in a forest.
Cast
Akkineni Nageswara Rao
Anjali Devi
S. Varalakshmi
Crew
- Director
- Ghantasala Balaramayya
- Screenplay
- Samudrala Raghavacharya
- Producer
- Ghantasala Balaramayya
Details
- Original title
- బాలరాజు
- Release date
- 1948-02-26
- Runtime
- 2h 43m
- Genres
- Family, Drama
- Original language
- TE
- Spoken languages
- Telugu
- Countries
- India
- Production
- Pratibha Productions