Tenali Ramakrishna (film)

Tenali Ramakrishna is a 1956 Indian bilingual historical drama film produced and directed by B. S. Ranga under the production company Vikram Studios. Apart from directing, Ranga also handled the cinematography for the film. The film was made simultaneously in Telugu and Tamil with the same title. It features N. T. Rama Rao, Akkineni Nagewsara Rao, Jamuna and Bhanumathi in the lead roles. Mukkamala, Chittoor Nagaiah and Surabhi are seen in supporting roles in the Telugu version while Sivaji Ganesan and M. N. Nambiar replaced Nageswara Rao and Mukkamala respectively in the Tamil version.

The Deccan Sultans of Berar, Ahmednagar, Bidar, Bijapur and Golconda who the splinters from the erstwhile Bahmani Sultnate now unite with the common purpose to defeat of Krishnadeva Raya and the conquest of the prosperous Vijayanagaram. They send their stooge Kanakaraj to assassinate Krishnadeva Raya, but Kanakaraj fails in his mission and is put to death.Then they planned courtesan Krishnasini. Krishnasini enters Vijayanagaram, and with her acclaimed dancing skills, manages to elicit the notice of the King, a great connoisseur of arts and beauty. She then plays her cards cleverly and besotted by her intelligent repartees and smoldering sensuousness, the susceptible King is soon a puppet in her hands. ........

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