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Bhairava Dweepam Story

The film begins in the Chandraprabha Dynasty, where King Jayachandra deserts Vasundhara after she gives birth to a baby boy. Soon, however, guilt drives him to seek her. On a stormy night, Vasundhara loses her child, who is taken in and raised by a tribal chieftain as Vijay. Devastated, Vasundhara attempts suicide but is rescued and sheltered by the sage Jamadagni, who comforts her with a magical flower that will bloom as long as her son lives. Years later, Vijay grows into a gallant and noble youth. When he ventures in search of a divine liquid from a mythical “tree of water,” he encounters Princess Padmavati, daughter of King Brahmananda Bhupathi, and they fall in love. Disguised, Vijay infiltrates her palace, outwits the guards, and wins her heart. Meanwhile, Jayachandra loses his sight, and his foolish sons seize the throne, banishing him. During Padmavati’s Swayamvaram, Vijay arrives in disguise, but his identity is exposed, and though Padmavati vows to marry only him, fate intervenes.

The story then shifts to Bhairava Dweepam, a mysterious island ruled by the evil wizard Bhairava, who seeks immortality by offering the blood of a virgin to Goddess Kali. Bhairava abducts Padmavati under a spell to sacrifice her on a full-moon night. Learning of this, Vijay sets out to rescue her, aided by Jamadagni’s blessings and a protective bracelet. Along his perilous journey, he encounters cursed beings, mystical creatures, and divine trials, winning a powerful necklace from Yakshini Lokam, though cursed in the process. As Vasundhara anxiously watches her son’s fate through the fading flower, Vijay braves dragons, treachery, and Bhairava’s dark sorcery. In the climax, guided by his mother’s sacrifice and the strength of a magical flying horse, Vijay storms Bhairava Dweepam, defeats the sorcerer, and frees Padmavati. The Goddess herself appears, lifting Vasundhara’s suffering. The film ends on a triumphant note with Vijay and Padmavati’s marriage and the reunion of the Chandraprabha and Karthikeya dynasties.

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