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Daiva Balam Story
Once upon a time, there was a kingdom ”Malwa” ruled by Ugrasena, who dotes on his daughter, Rupa. According to her horoscope, she is going to knit a pleb. Ugrasena furiously affirms that he should change his daughter’s fate, so he seeks the whereabouts of the boy Chandrasena via astrologers and edicts to eliminate him. He flees and is sheltered in an ”ashram” with his mother, Annapurna. Years roll by, and Rupa is acquainted with Chandrasena while hunting, and they crush. King Ugrasena announces tournaments in the capital in which Chandrasena prevails and is honored. That night, Chandrasena proceeds to meet Rupa covetously, but soldiers capture him. Annapurna pleads with Ugrasena when he detects Chandrasena is the same and commands to prey him for the demon, but he slaughters it, elopes with Rupa, and lands at a death house. Hence, Ugrasena announces a high reward for Rupa’s retrieval when two callows, Takku & Tikku, move.
In the death house, an enchanter seizes Rupa, and Gandharva Rani entrusts the challenge to Chandrasena to acquire a musical tree from “Chambala Island,” ruled by wizard Kanakaksha. After an adventurous journey, Chandrasena gets therein when Kanakaksha’s daughter Champa allures him, via whom he achieves the tree and relieves Rupa. Kanakaksha recoups Chandrasena by transforming into a garland, and helpless, Takku-Tikku catch Rupa. Parallelly, Kanakaksha insists Chandrasena wed Champa, which he denies. So, he torments him when Rupa, who skipped, moves to the island with the aid of the musical tree and sets her beloved free. Chandrasena slaughters Kanakaksha and blasts the island, and they return to Malwa when Ugrasena realizes they cannot turn the fortune. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Chandrasena & Rupa.

Director: P. Vasanthakumar Reddy
Cast (highlights): N. T. Rama Rao, Jayasri, Shobhan Babu (debut), Gummadi
Genre: Swashbuckler / Fantasy
Notability: Telugu version of the bilingual project; Shobhan Babu’s screen debut
Critical Reception: Remembered for music by Ashwatthama and fantasy elements.
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