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, produced and directed by

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under the Vinoda Pictures banner. It stars

Akkineni Nageswara Rao Akkineni Nageswara Rao (20 September 1923 – 22 January 2014), widely known as ANR, was an Indian actor and producer, known for his works majorly in Telugu cinema. He starred in many landmark films in his seventy five-year career, and became on ...

and

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, with music composed by

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Plot

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom, its King Mahavira (C.S.R.) announces ''Swayamvaram'' i.e. one's own choice of selecting bride to his son Prince Raja Sekhara (Akkineni Nageswara Rao), without his wish. Princesses of various kingdoms arrive for the ceremony, where Raja Sekhara makes 3 conditions for them. The bride should build a diamond palace for him without the help of her parents or in-laws, she should become pregnant with him without his knowledge, and she should allow him to marry the girl he loves. Princess Manohari (Anjali Devi) agrees to it and marries him. Soon after, Raja Sekhara reaches ''Pakshirajyam'' along with his friend Ammanna (Relangi), where he falls in love with Pakshiraja's daughter Komali (Girija) and in her association, he forgets Manohari. On the other side, to keep her promise, Manohari performs the dance programs to build the diamond palace. Meanwhile, she finds the whereabouts of Raja Sekhara and immediately reaches ''Pakshirajyam'' along with her friend Rani (Surya Prabha), where its commander in chief Dandayya mistakes Rani as the Queen and Manohari as the maid. As Dandayya is attracted to Rani, he requests Manohari to make acquaintance with the Queen, then Manohari makes a condition to build a diamond Palace for her and he does so. At the same time, Pakshiraja suffers from an ulcer on his back which does not heal from any treatment, so, he announces that whoever gets medicine for it, will make his daughter's marriage with him. On that night, Manohari and Rani in disguise as men, see Raja Sekhara and Komali in the garden when they come to know about the illness of the King and also listen to the remedy for it through bird speakers. After facing many troubles, they achieve the medicine, cure the King's disease and take Komali away. Knowing this, Raja Sekhara faints when Rani takes him to their place, in the darkness, he mistakes Manohari as Komali and sexually interacted with her. The next day morning, Manohari leaves that place and goes back to her in-law's house. Meanwhile, Dandayya silently observes the movement of Raja Sekhara and Komali and captures them. He keeps Raja Sekhara in the prison and forces Komali to marry him by keeping her in a cave. Eventually, Ammanna releases Raja Sekhara and they return to their kingdom. Rani follows Dandayya, with the help of Pakshiraja she protects Komali and gets Dandayya arrested. By the time Raja Sekhara reaches their kingdom, Manohari gives birth to a baby boy. Seeing it, Raja Sekhara becomes furious and orders his men to burn her. The rest of the story is about how Manohari proves her honor.

Cast

as Raja Sekara *

as Manohari * C. S. R. as Mahavira Maharaju * Relangi as Ammanna *

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*Rama Murthy *Seetharam *Sadasiva Rao * Girija as Komali *Surya Prabha as Rani *Annapurna *Vijaya Lakshmi

Crew

*Art: Vaali, Godgaonkar *Dialogues - Lyrics:

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*Music:

*Editing: P. V. Narayana *Cinematography:

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*Choreography - - Director:

Producer: D.L. Narayana *Banner: Vinoda Pictures *Release Date: 9 August 1951

Soundtrack

Music composed by

. Lyrics were written by

References

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