ACTORS: Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Anjali Devi, Chittor V. Nagaiah
PLOT:
The story is set around 1600-1700 during the Vijayanagara empire.
Kasinath Sastry (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) is brought up by his elder
brother Viswanath Sastry (Gummadi) and his wife Annapurnamma (Santha
Kumari) like a son and he mastered classical music under Guru
Viswambhara Sastry (Chittoor V Nagaiah). Bachanna Bhagavathulu
Bangarayya (Relangi) & Narayya (Ramana Reddy) are performing at
Vidyanagaram. Kasinath accepts the challenge posed by their star
singer-dancer Manjuvani (Anjali Devi) and defeats her. His guru throws
him out for sharing the stage with the low caste singer. Kasinath argues
that music and literature have no boundaries like caste and creed. But
the Dharmadhikari (Mukkamala) castigates him and his orthodox brother
has no option but to send him away from home. Kasinath marries Manjuvani
and the duo takes music to the common folks staging shows. King
Vijayanandarama Vijayananda Ramagajapati (S. V. Ranga Rao) invites
Kasinath to join his court. An irked Dharmadhikari plots with the court
dancer Amruthamba (Rajasulochana) to defame Kasinath. Amrutha entices
Kasinath and turns him into an alcoholic and forces the king to send him
out. Rest of the story is how Annapurnamma intervenes facing the wrath
of her husband and brings Kasinath back to his normal self-forms.
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