Sri Krishnavataram
1967 film by Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao
Sri Krishnavataram is a 1967 Telugu-language Hindu mythological film directed by Kamalakara Kameswara Rao. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Devika and Kanchana, with music composed by T. V. Raju. The film was produced by A. Pundarikakshayya under the Taraka Rama Pictures. The film is based on the Hindu epics Mahabharata and Bhagavata Purana covering major life events of Lord Krishna.
Plot
The film covers all episodes of Krishna's life. It begins with all the deities imploring before Vishnu for the revival of piety on Earth, which he bestows by taking incarnation as Krishna in Dvapara Yuga. Following, Kamsa knitting his sister Devaki to Vasudeva. He volunteered to escort the newlyweds when a celestial voice prophesied that her 8th progeny was his death. Hence, Kamsa imprisoned them and slaughtered her six boys. Anyhow, the Lord protects the 7th Balarama by subrogation into Vasudeva's first wife Rohini.
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