Bhuvana Sundari Katha

Bhuvana Sundari Katha
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	C. Pullaiah
Produced by	Thota Subba Rao
Written by	L. N. Acharya (screenplay / dialogues)
Story by	G.V.G
Starring	N. T. Rama Rao Krishna Kumari
Music by	Ghantasala
Cinematography	C. Nageswara Rao
Edited by	B. Gopal Rao
Production company	Sridevi Productions[1]
Release date	7 April 1967 (1967-04-07) [2]
Running time	155 mins
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Bhuvana Sundari Katha is a 1967 Telugu swashbuckling adventure fantasy film, produced by Thota Subba Rao under the Sridevi Productions banner^[3] and directed by C. Pullaiah.^[4] It stars N. T. Rama Rao and Krishna Kumari in the lead roles,^[5] with music composed by Ghantasala.^[6]

Plot

The film is a tale of two kingdoms; Vichitrapuram, ruled by King Chitrasena (Mukkamala) and Kanchanapuram, ruled by Hiranyavarma. Chitrasena is interested in some unusual items and he announces that whoever gets the special item will be given half of his kingdom. Hiranyavarma is religious and truthful, he installs a chair Bhuvaneshwari Peetam, that whoever enters into it, if he is a culprit he will become prey to the tiger and if innocent, he is garlanded. Hiranyavarma keeps Rajaguru (Dhulipala) as Judge in that school. Once Rajagaru’s son Devadatta (Satyanarayana) tries to molest Princess Bhuvana Sundari (Krishna Kumari), he is accused, sent into the Peetam and the tiger eats him. But no one knows that Rajaguru has let him escape through a secret way and orders him to leave the country for a few days. On the way, Devadatta meets a stranger Bujjaiah (Allu Ramalingaiah) and both of them leave the country. While traveling, they notice a flying palanquin. Unfortunately, its maker is killed by a demon; Devadatta and Bujjaiah secretly take the palanquin and gift it to Chitrasena. Prince Chandrasena (N. T. Rama Rao) wants to test the palanquin; he starts traveling in it without complete knowledge, it goes in wrong direction and lands at Bhuvana Sundari’s palace where both of them love each other. Noticing a change in the statue of Bhuvaneshwari Devi, they search the palace and capture Chandrasena. Rajagaru sends him into the Bhuvaneshwari Peetam; when the tiger attacks him, Chandrasena kills it and flees away in the palanquin along with Bhuvana Sundari to his kingdom. After reaching there, Devadatta sees Bhuvana Sundari, he wants to grab her at any cost, so, he plans with Bujjaiah, on that night they steal the palanquin, take away Bhuvana Sundari and reach Kanchipuram. After that, Devadatta kills Bujjaiah, somehow Bhuvana Sundari escapes from him and reaches the palace. She tells her father that Devadatta is alive, where Rajaguru creates a story that princess has become mad.

Chandrasena, in search of Bhavana Sundari travels towards Kanchipuram, on the way he relieves a demon from its curse, where he is blessed with the trick Parakaya Pravesha (leaving one's own soul and entering others). After reaching Kanchipuram, he takes shelter at washer man Tippayya's (Uday Kumar) house. Because there is no way to enter the palace, Chandrasena teaches Tippayya the trick, exchanges bodies and brings out Bhuvana Sundari. But Tippayya refuses to give back his body. Helpless, Chandrasena goes to his kingdom along with Bhuvana Sundari. By the time Rajagaru recognizes that Chandrasena and Tippayya have exchanged bodies, he sends Tippayya (in Chandrasena) along with Devadatta to Vichitrapuram and keeps him as the prince. Chandrasena (in Tippayya) is arrested and Chitrasena makes the marriage arrangements of Chandrasena and Bhuvana Sundari, where Rajaguru makes an evil plan by coming as an astrologer and saying that Bhuvana Sundari is having a bad horoscope, so put her in a box and throw her into the water, they do so. But in between, she has been saved by some tribal and puts a wild bear in it. Meanwhile, Chandrasena (in Tippayya) escapes from jail, Tippayya (in Chandrasena), Rajaguru and Devadatta reach the forest, when they open the box, the wild bear comes out, Chandrasena (in Tippayya) kills it, when Rajaguru attacks him he takes the body of the bear, kills Rajaguru and also threatens Tippayya (in Chandrasena) and gets back his body. At the same time, Devadatta sees Bhuvana Sundari and takes her in the flying palanquin, Chandrasena comes to her protection and kills Devadatta. Finally, the movie ends with the marriage of Chandrasena and Bhuvana Sundari.

Cast

• N. T. Rama Rao as Chandra Senudu
• Krishna Kumari as Bhuvana Sundari
• Satyanarayana as Devadatta
• Mikkilineni as Hiranyavarma
• Dhulipala as Rajagaru
• Udaya Kumar as Tippayya
• Mukkamala as ChitraSEnudu
• Allu Ramalingaiah as Bujjaiah
• Vanisri as Ellamma
• Chaya Devi as Hiranyavarma's wife

Crew

• Art: Vaali
• Choreography: A. K. Chopra, Heeralal, Raju Sundaram
• Stills: D. Radhakrishna Murthy
• Fights: Sambasiva Rao
• Dialogues - Screenplay: L. N. Acharya
• Lyrics: C. Narayana Reddy, Dasaradhi, Sri Sri, Kosaraju
• Playback: Ghantasala, P. Susheela, P. Leela, L. R. Eswari, Raghavulu, Ramana
• Music: Ghantasala
• Story: G.V.G
• Editing: B. Gopala Rao
• Cinematography: C. Nageswara Rao
• Producer: Thota Subba Rao
• Director: C. Pullaiah
• Banner: Sridevi Productions
• Release Date: 7 April 1967

Soundtrack

Music composed by Ghantasala. Music released by Audio Company.

References