MAYABAZAR-- TELUGU CINEMA CLASSIC

                                             Mayabazar

Mayabazar completed 52 years of its first release. It is regarded as best Telugu movie by critics and ordinary viewers. Mayabazar was released on March 27, 1957. Now it is released in color, with new sound system.....

Story: It is a clearly woven fiction story based on Mahabharata (Hindu Mythology).

Highlights:

1. It is a mixture of mythological and social fantasy.

2. This movie’s screen play is a lesson for every writer and director. Director and writer took 8 months to prepare screen play for this epic movie.

3. The actors and actresses were not merely acted, but lived in their roles.

4. It was produced by Nagireddy and Chakrapani under Vijaya banner. Director and screen play writer was K.V. Reddy. Story and songs writer was Pingali Nagendra Rao. Music director was Ghantasala and S. Rajeswara Rao (for 3 songs). Photographer was Marcus Bartley.

5. Though it was a story of “Pandavas”, they never appeared on the screen but audience are under the elusion that Pandavas are there in every scene.

6. Cost of production at that time was 2.6 million which was very high at that time.

7. Among the actors who acted in the movie, only 2 actors are still living today. They are Akkineni Nageswara Rao,  and Mikkilineni.

8. S.V.Rangarao who played the Gatojgaja role and Savitri role and N.T.Ramarao were really lived into the characters. N.T.Ramarao who played the Lord Krishna role in that movie later became real God to Telugu audience. In those days, the portrait of NTR as Lord Krishna was adored the every house in Andhra Pradesh.

9. The songs like “Vivaha Bhojanambu”, “Lahiri Lahirilo” are still ringing in the ears of every Telugu cine goer.

10. It is the favourite movie of Megastar Chiranjeevi.

Super hit at Box office type of cinemas are there, but maintaining the No.1 position for as long as 50 more years like this Mayabazar movie is an extra ordinary thing. One must see the movie to find its greatness. It is difficult to describe its greatness in words