''Sri Krishna Maya'' () is a 1958 Indian

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, produced by K. B. Nagabhushanam under the Sri Raja Rajeswari Film Company banner and directed by C. S. Rao. It stars

Akkineni Nageswara Rao Akkineni Nageswara Rao (20 September 1924 – 22 January 2014), known as ANR, was an Indian actor and film producer in Telugu cinema. Over his seven decade career, he became a prominent figures in the industry, and is among most influential ac ...

, Jamuna and music composed by

T. V. Raju Thotakura Venkata Raju (25 October 1921 – 20 February 1973), popularly known as T. V. Raju, was an Indian music composer who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema. Known for his versatility and significant contributions to both mythological an ...

. The film is based on Varanasi Seetarama Sastry's ''Narada Samsaram'' (drama). The film was dubbed as

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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 Paapanaasam Raamayya Sivan (26 September 1890 – 1 October 1973) was an Indian composer of Carnatic music and a singer. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1971. He was also a film score composer in Kannada cinema a ...

, Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass, Kuyilan and K. Devanarayanan.

Plot

The film begins at ''Sri Krishna Tulabharam'' i.e. weighing of

Krishna Krishna (; Sanskrit language, Sanskrit: कृष्ण, ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme God (Hinduism), Supreme God in his own right. He is the god of protection, c ...

is completed and everyone praises

Narada Narada (, ), or Narada Muni, is a sage-divinity, famous in Hinduism, Hindu traditions as a travelling musician and storyteller, who carries news and enlightening wisdom. He is one of the Manasputra, mind-created children of Brahma, the creator ...

for his wit when his ego boasts and proclaims himself as the savior in this universe. Spotting it, Krishna decides to teach him a lesson. So, he takes his musical instrument ''Mahathi'' by which his knowledge is also removed, and transforms it into a beautiful girl Maya the daughter of a tribal leader Rudrama Dora. Narada loves & knits her and they are blessed with 60 children. Now Narada understands how difficult to navigate family life when goes into heavy debt and suffers from poverty & hunger. To discard their problems Rudrama Dora & his wife Durgamma asks him to sacrifice an animal to their Goddess to which Narada refuses as he views deity in it. So, he states that even though his entire family is burnt up in a fire he is not ready to do such a sin. Unfortunately, his word comes true and his entire family has burnt away. Narada tries to rescue them but sadly a tree falls on him when Krishna &

Satyabhama Satyabhama (IAST'': Satyabhāmā)'' , also known as Satrajiti, is a Hindu goddess and the third queen consort of the Hindu god Krishna. Satyabhama is described as an incarnation of Bhumi, an aspect of Lakshmi. She is the goddess and the per ...

arrive in the guise and consoles him. Immediately, the illusion that occurred to Narada is removed and realizes that it is a myth played by Krishna to destroy his conceit & pride to purify his soul. At last, Krishna gives back his instrument and knowledge to him. Finally, the movie ends with Narada chanting the Lord.

Cast

Maharshi * Jamuna as Maya * Rajanala as

Indra Indra (; ) is the Hindu god of weather, considered the king of the Deva (Hinduism), Devas and Svarga in Hinduism. He is associated with the sky, lightning, weather, thunder, storms, rains, river flows, and war. volumes Indra is the m ...

* Raghu Ramaiah as

Lord Krishna Krishna (; Sanskrit: कृष्ण, ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme God in his own right. He is the god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love; and is wi ...

* Dr. Sivaramakrishnaiah as Peeraiah * Chadalavada as Vasanthaka / Santha * Vangara * K. V. S. Sarma as

Lord Brahma Brahma (, ) is a Hindu god, referred to as "the Creator" within the Trimurti, the triple deity, trinity of Para Brahman, supreme divinity that includes Vishnu and Shiva.Jan Gonda (1969)The Hindu Trinity, Anthropos, Bd 63/64, H 1/2, pp. 212– ...

* A. V. Subba Rao as Rudrama Dora * Nalla Ram Murthy as Gunachari * Suryakantam as Nalini / Nalli *

Chhaya Devi Chhaya Devi (; 3 June 1914 – 25 April 2001) was an Indian actress known for her work in Bengali and Hindi cinema. She appeared in over two hundred films for over five decades. Her first lead role was in Debaki Bose's Bengali film ''Sonar ...

as Durgamma * Malathi as

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E. V. Saroja E. V. Saroja (1935 - 2006) was an Indian actress and dancer. She belonged to Enkan village in Thiruvarur District, Tamil Nadu and died of a heart attack on 3 November 2006. She was known as Enkan V. Saroja. Her debut film was ''En Thangai (195 ...

as Dancer * Rita as Mohini * Suryakala as

Soundtrack

Music composed by

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Remake

It was remade in Hindi as Narad Leela in 1972 starring

Shahu Modak Shahu Modak (25 April 1918 – 11 May 1993) was an Indian actor who acted in many Hindi as well as Marathi movies. Shahu Modak was mostly famous for the mythological characters that he played. He mostly played the roles of Krishna, and Jñāne� ...

References

External links

*{{youTube, L7vKKz0slSw, Ilavayasu Ezhil Sokusu - a song sung by

Jikki Pillavalu Gajapathy Krishnaveni (3 November 1935 – 16 August 2004), more famously known as Jikki, was an Indian playback singer from Andhra Pradesh. She sang around 10,000 songs in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Sinhalese, and Hindi lan ...

from the Tamil version film 1958 films 1950s Telugu-language films Hindu mythological films Films directed by C. S. Rao Films scored by T. V. Raju Indian films based on plays Films based on the Mahabharata Telugu films remade in other languages