Nāgēśvararāvu, Ēḍida 1934-

Calaṅkai oli Salangai oli( Visual )

3 editions published between 2001 and 2005 in Tamil and held by 7 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Balakrishna is an economically poor multi-talented dancer, adept at Bharata etc. and his dream is to perform at an all-India level competition. Madhavi, a rich girl notices his talent and helps in getting him an opportunity to perform in an all-India competition. Just when he is about to realize his dream, circumstances change and his dream to perform as a dancer slips away

Svayaṅkr̥ṣi( Visual )

1 edition published in 2011 in Telugu and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sambaiah is a cobbler who raises his dead sister's son Chinna while also financing the education of the orphaned Sharada. He also nurses a love crush and intends to marry her someday. In a turn of events, Sharada marries Bhaskar and Ganga who has also nursed a love towards Sambaiah, has a tubectomy in order to marry Sambaiah. She does it so that she would be a completely dedicated mother to Chinna. After initial struggles, Ganga and Sambaiah become wealthy. Chinna's biological father Govind who is a criminal returns from prison and teams up with Ganga's father to make a series of demands on Sambaiah and to claim Chinna's guardianship. Eventually, Chinna rebels against his father and both he and Sambaiah return to latter's modest original profession of cobbler

Śaṅkarābharaṇaṃ( Visual )

in Telugu and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The movie deals with the character of Sankara Sastry, who devotes his heart and soul to divine music. At the height of popularity, he meets Tulasi, a dancer, who is also interested in classical arts. Being impressed by Sankara Sastry's mastery over music, she tries to devote her entire life to learn and practice under his guidance. But as the caste-ridden society does not accept this union, she leaves Sastry's home only to come back after several years, this time with her son. In the meantime, Indian classical music takes a back seat with modern musicians finding it hard to earn their daily bread. Sankaram, son of Tulasi introduces himself as an orphan, finds a place in the master's house to learn classical music

Svātimutyaṃ( Visual )

1 edition published in 2008 in Telugu and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Kamal Hasan is an autistic person only good at obeying what his trusted grandmother says. In an attempt to help a widow with a 5-year old son, he marries her during an auspicious village festival much to the shock of villagers who in turn try to harm Kamal as this act of his stands against the traditional societal norms. The widow who is now married tries to save her husband and moves to the city for a better living. With an able support from few of their fellow villagers settled in the city and from Radhika's erstwhile music guru, the family settles down and life for them from then on looks good and promising

Māyābajār kalar = Mayabazar( Visual )

1 edition published in 2010 in Telugu and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A legendary tale of Mahabharata, the episode is about the romance between Abhimanyu, son of Arjuna, and Sasirekha, daughter of Balarama. Since the Pandavas don't have any wealth as they lost it all in gamble, Sakuni hatches a plan get Duryodhana's son Lakshman Kumar engaged to Sasirekha. Noticing his, Lord Krishna enters the scene and he devises a counter plan. He takes the help of Ghatothkatch, son of Bheema to thwart the plan of Sakuni. Ghatothkatch possesses many magical powers and what follows from there is a roller coaster ride of humor and magic and whether Krishna or Sakuni is successful forms the rest of the story

Swatimutyam( Visual )

1 edition published in 1992 in Telugu and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Love story of a mentally deranged man's marriage to a widow who is looked down upon by society

Calaṅkai oli( Visual )

in Tamil and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

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