Mayabazar
Mayabazar English Market of Illusions is a 1957 Indian bilingual epic fantasy film directed by Kadiri Venkata Reddy. It was produced by B. Nagi Reddy and Aluri Chakrapani under their banner, Vijaya Vauhini Studios. The film was shot in both Telugu and Tamil with the same title, but with a few differences in the cast. The story is an adaptation of the folk tale Sasirekha Parinayam, which in turn is based on the epic Mahabharata. It revolves around the roles of Krishna N. T. Rama Rao and Ghatotkacha S. V. Ranga Rao, as they try to reunite Arjunas son, Abhimanyu Telugu Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Tamil Gemini Ganesan, with his love, Balaramas daughter Savitri. The Telugu version features Gummadi Venkateswara Rao, Mukkamala, Ramana Reddy, and Relangi Venkata Ramaiah in supporting roles, with D. Balasubramaniam, R. Balasubramaniam, V.M. Ezhumalai, and K. A. Thangavelu playing those parts in the Tamil version.
Subhadra the sister of Balarama and Krishna marries a Pandava b named Arjuna. Their son Abhimanyu falls in love with Balaramas daughter, Sasirekha. The families consent to their marrying when they reach adulthood. When Abhimanyu and Sasirekha have grown up, Krishna introduces them to each other. One day, the Pandavas are invited by Duryodhana, the eldest of the Kauravas c to join in a game of dice. Duryodhanas uncle, Shakuni, manipulates the results of the game, thereby costing the Pandavas their wealth, their liberty and their wife Draupadi. d Duryodhanas brother, Dushasana, attempts to disrobe Draupadi. He is seen by Krishna, who, furious, comes to her rescue. On hearing what happened to the Pandavas, Balarama decides to teach the Kauravas a lesson and travels to their capital Hastinapuram. Shakuni and Duryodhana approach Balarama with an insincere respectful manner, then seek his approval of a marriage between Sasirekha and Duryodhanas son Lakshmana Kumara. Their true goal is to force Balarama and Krishna to support them if the Pandavas wage war. Unaware of their real intentions, Balarama agrees to the marriage.Because of the Pandavas ruined financial state, Balaramas wife, Revati, refuses to honour her commitment to marry Sasirekha and Abhimanyu and expresses her support for the alliance with the Kauravas. Krishna, who is aware of Duryodhana and Shakunis real intentions, orders his charioteer Daaruka to take Subhadra and Abhimanyu through the forests to Ghatotkachas hermitage. Ghatotkacha, who happens to be Abhimanyus cousin, at first thinks they are intruders in his forest and attacks them but later apologises for the misunderstanding. When Subhadra explains the change in the marriage arrangements, Ghatotkacha decides to wage war against both the Kauravas and Balarama. At the urging of his mother, Hidimbi, and Subhadra, Ghatotkacha drops his plans and is advised instead to try some trickery in Dvaraka. With the knowledge of Krishna and Sasirekhas servant,
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