Bhagya Chakramu

Bhagya Chakramu
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	K. V. Reddy
Screenplay by	K. V. Reddy
Story by	Pingali Nagendra Rao
Produced by	K. V. Reddy
Starring	N. T. Rama Rao B. Saroja Devi
Cinematography	Kamal Ghosh K. S. Prasad
Edited by	Vasu
Music by	Pendyala Nageswara Rao
Production company	Jayanthi Pictures[1]
Release date	13 September 1968 (1968-09-13) [2]
Running time	187 minutes[3]
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Bhagya Chakramu (transl. The wheel of fortune) is a 1968 Telugu-language film, produced and directed by K. V. Reddy under the Jayanthi Pictures banner.^[4][5] It stars N. T. Rama Rao, B. Saroja Devi^[6] and music composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao.^[7][8]

Plot[]

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom Narendrapura, its king Dharmapala Maharaju (Mudigonda Lingamurthy) is a widower and lives for the sake of his only daughter. Karkataka (Rajanala) a snake charmer ploy to make his sister Nagamma's (Surabhi Balasaraswathi) marriage with the king. So, he secretly enters into the palace takes the mud from the footsteps of the princess and makes the snake bite. Then Karkataka enters as a saint and keeps a condition to save the princess that the king should marry his sister. Between two fires, the King accepts and marries Nagamma but neglects her. So, Karkataka prepares a paste by the name of Kamakaleekam and applies to the king which makes him as a henpeck of Nagamma. Karkataka also mesmerizes the public and make them believe him as a messenger of God by the name Swamy Raju. Meanwhile, Nagamma too blessed with a daughter, according to astrologers prediction the elder daughter will marry an emperor while the younger one to a person like an emperor. Nagamma is begrudged about it, so, Karkataka orders his henchmen to knock out the elder daughter. They kidnap and in a forest tries to kill her when a robber Gandragouli (Mukkamala) rescues and rears her. Years roll by, the Princess grows up as Papa (B. Saroja Devi). In the fort, Swamy Raju is enjoying the power and the king became a puppet. Vikram (N. T. Rama Rao) the prince of Udayagiri once visits the forest for hunting, where he gets acquainted with Papa and they fall in love which Gandragouli objects as he does not have a good impression on kings. So, Vikram decides to settle the issue through his mother, so, he immediately, he moves to his kingdom. Meanwhile, Swamy Raju's men who are in hunt of beautiful girls kidnaps Papa by injuring Gandragoli. At that point in time, Gandragoli notices a belt of the soldier, he suspects Vikram and reaches him. Eventually, Nagamma decides to fix her daughter Chitravati's (Geetanjali) alliance with Vikram, so she sends their chief minister as a messenger to invite Vikram who recognizes the soldier's belt. Now Vikram understands Papa is under the custody of Swamy Raju. Here Vikram plans to send his friend Mitralabham (Padmanabham) in his place, he lands in disguise as Ashada Bhuti and joins at Swamy Raju. Thereafter, Vikram makes many plans, finds out the location of Papa and also learns that she is the elder daughter of Dharmapala. Simultaneously, he knows, to make Dharmapala normal an antidote is required. At last, with the help of Papa, he achieves it and eliminates Swamy Raju. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Vikram & Papa.

Cast[]

• N. T. Rama Rao as Vikram
• B. Saroja Devi as Papa
• Rajanala as Swamy Raja
• Padmanabham as Mitralabham
• Mukkamala as Gandragoli
• Mudigonda Lingamurthy as Dharmapala Maharaju
• Chalam
• Peketi Sivaram
• P. J. Sarma
• Jagga Rao
• Geetanjali as Chitravathi
• Surabhi Balasaraswathi as Nagamma
• Rushyendramani
• Jyothi Lakshmi

Soundtrack[]

Music composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao. Lyrics were written by Pingali Nagendra Rao. Music released on EMI Columbia Audio Company.

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