Films Directed by Kadri Venkata Reddy (Study Guide) - Mayabazar, Patala Bhairavi, Bhakta Potana (Paperback)

This is nonfiction commentary. Chapters: Mayabazar, Patala Bhairavi, Bhakta Potana. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Mayabazar is a Telugu film first released in the Andhra Pradesh, India on 27 March 1957, produced by B.Nagi Reddy and Alur Chakrapani. It was also made in Tamil (released a month later), and the Telugu version was later dubbed in Kannada. The story, dialogues, and song lyrics were written by Pingali Nagendra Rao.. It was directed by the Telugu director K. V. Reddy. Mayabazar is considered an enduring classic of the Telugu film industry. The music delivered by Saluri Rajeswara Rao (uncredited) and Ghantasala has been extremely popular. The film stars Gummadi Venkateswara Rao as Balarama, NTR as Krishna, ANR as Abhimanyu, S. V. Ranga Rao as Ghatothkacha, and Savitri as Sasirekha. Each and every artist induced life into the characters they played and the movie ultimately became legendary. A digitally remastered colour version was released in 2010. The film is based on a folk tale called "Sasirekha Parinayam" popular in Andhra Pradesh, based on the Mahabharata but not present in it. In the initial days of beginning of this project once it was decided to name the movie as "Sasi Rekha Parinayam." But at a later time it was finalised as "Mayabazaar." During the Pandavas' Agnyatavasa (period of exile), Arjuna sends his wife Subhadra and their son Abhimanyu to Dwaraka to stay with her brothers, Krishna (N.T.Rama Rao)and Balarama (Gummadi Venkateswara Rao). Sasirekha (Savitri), Balarama's daughter and Abhimanyu (Akkineni) have been in love with each other from their childhood. Their families had agreed to get them married when they were children. However, Balarama's wife refuses to honour that commitment as the Pandavas no longer have their king...http: //booksllc.net/?id=1756354