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in the main roles.

Plot

Sakku Bai is a devotee of Lord

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. She is married to an innocent person who is a ‘mama's boy'. The mother-inlaw ill-treats Sakku Bai. Lord Krishna comes to the rescue of his devotee. In some scenes Lord Krishna himself appears as Sakku Bai and does all the household work as instructed by the mother-in-law

Cast

The list is adapted from the film titles. (See External links) ;Female cast *K. Aswathamma as Sakku Bai *C. Pani Bai as Mother-in-law *K. Aranganayagi as Girija Bai *S. S. Rajamani as Rukmini *T. S. Krishnaveni