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Sri Krishna Maya (1958)

Sri Krishna Maya poster
Directed by
C. S. Rao
Country
India
Elsewhere
IMDb
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This is a Telugu mythological film based on a drama about the sage Narada. It tells a story involving the god Krishna and explores themes of illusion and divine play.

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What happens

Sri Krishna Maya (transl. Illusion of Lord Krishna) is a 1958 Indian Telugu-language Hindu mythological film, produced by K. B. Nagabhushanam under the Sri Raja Rajeswari Film Company banner and directed by C. S. Rao. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Jamuna and music composed by T. V. Raju. The film is based on Varanasi Seetarama Sastry's Narada Samsaram (drama). The film was dubbed as Tamil movie Naradar Kalyanam which was released in 1959. K. Devanarayanan and G. S. Manian wrote the dialogues. The music was composed by M. Ranga Rao while the lyrics were penned by Papanasam Sivan, Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass, Kuyilan and K. Devanarayanan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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