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Balaraju (1948)

Balaraju poster
Original title
బాలరాజు
Directed by
Ghantasala Balaramayya
Genre
fantasy film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 43m
Rated
U
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A heroic prince battles villains and overcomes magical obstacles to rescue a princess. The story is a classic fantasy adventure with songs and sword fights.

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What happens

Balaraju is a 1948 Indian Telugu-language swashbuckler fantasy film produced and directed by Ghantasala Balaramayya under the Pratibha Productions banner. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, S. Varalakshmi, and Anjali Devi with music jointly composed by Ghantasala, Galipenchala Narasimha Rao and C. R. Subbaraman. The film was recorded as an Industry Hit at the box office and was the first Telugu Silver Jubilee film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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