''Valmiki'' is 1963 Indian

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, based on the life of

Valmiki Valmiki (; Sanskrit: वाल्मीकि, ) is celebrated as the wikt:harbinger, harbinger-poet in Sanskrit literature. The epic ''Ramayana'', dated variously from the 5th century BCE to first century BCE, is attributed to him, based on ...

, produced by S. K. Habibulla under

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and directed by

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. The films stars

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and

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, with music composed by Ghantasala. Director Rao and Jupiter Pictures made the film simultaneously in Kannada with the same title starring Rajkumar in the lead role retaining most of the cast and crew.

Plot

Raksha belongs to a tribal family of thieves. He attacks a Princess named Kalyani and robs her. But Kalyani falls in love with Raksha at first sight and she finds him to be the man of her dreams. At her request, he accompanies her to the palace. The king thanks him for bringing the princess to the palace safely. But, soon, a soldier reveals to the King that Raksha is a robber. The King asks him to change his ways, to which Raksha replies bluntly. After a heated conversation, the king orders to capture him and Raksha fights the soldiers and escapes. While near a river, he is attacked by an arrow of a soldier and Raksha falls into the river from the top of a cliff. Tara rescues him and falls in love with him at first sight. Tara is the daughter of the neighboring village chief. After Raksha gets cured of his injury, he loves Tara too. Kalyani keeps nagging at Raksha to marry her and gets very adamant. So, Raksha and Tara trick Kalyani into thinking that she is a murderer. One day, Tara wishes for ''Nagaratna Maala'' (necklace of precious stones of the snake god). His father-in-law tells him that the precious stones might be there in the head of the snakes. Raksha orders his men to cut the heads of all the snakes until they find the stone. They cut many snakes but they do not find anything. Then he learns that the necklace is on the neck of the idol Goddess Mahalakshmi in Ayodhya. He desecrates the Lakshmi temple to steal the jewelry, but the necklace vanishes. On his way, Raksha meets the divine sage Narada, who asked him if his family would share the sin he was incurring. Rakha replies positively, but Narada tells him to confirm this with his family. Raksha asks his family, but none agree to bear the burden of sin. Dejected, the robber finally understood the truth of life and asked for Narada's forgiveness. Narada taught the robber the mantra for salvation. But, the mantra in question, the name of Lord Rama, was not to be given to murderers and the like. Narada thus told Valmiki to chant "Mara" the phonetic anagram of "Rama" instead to circumvent this restriction. The robber meditated for many years, so much so that ant-hills grew around him. Finally, a divine voice declares his penance successful, bestowing him with the name "Valmiki": "one born out of ant-hills" (Valmikam in Sanskrit means ant-hill). He then composes the epic

Ramayana The ''Rāmāyana'' (; sa, रामायणम्, ) is a Sanskrit literature, Sanskrit Indian epic poetry, epic composed over a period of nearly a millennium, with scholars' estimates for the earliest stage of the text ranging from the 8th ...

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Cast

as Raksha /

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Maharshi *

as Taara *

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* Rajanala as Dundubhi *

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as Bhethala * Mikkilineni as King *Dr. Sivaramakrishnaiah * Leelavathi as Princess Kalyani *

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*Meena Kumari as Patala

Soundtrack

Music composed by Ghantasala. The lyrics were written by

Samudrala Sr Samudrala Raghavacharya (19 July 1902 – 16 March 1968), also known as Samudrala Sr., was an Indian screenwriter, lyricist, playback singer, director, and producer known for his works in Telugu cinema. Samudrala Senior made his screen debut in ...

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0262093 1960s Telugu-language films Indian multilingual films Hindu mythological films Films directed by C. S. Rao Films scored by Ghantasala (musician)