Movie: Jayabheri,
Cast: Akkineni Nageswara Rao, S. V. Ranga Rao, Suryakantham, Anjali Devi, Gummadi Venkateswara Rao,
Director: P. Pullaiah
Assistant Directors: K. Raghavendra Rao and U. V. Rao
Story and dialogues: Acharya Atreya
Producer: Vasireddy Narayana Rao
Production Company: Sarada Productions
Music Director: Pendyala Nageswara Rao
Release date: April 9, 1959.
Story :
Kasinatha Shastry (ANR), brother of Viswanatha Shastry (Gummadi) undergoes Classical music training under Viswambara Shastry (Nagaiah). Though Viswanatha and his wife Annapoorna (P.Santha Kumari) are childless, they rear Kasinatha as their own child. A Banjara music troupe who conduct street plays are the most popular in folk music in the village. Kasinatha happens to witness their performance and an incident happens wherein the lead dancer of the troupe, Manjuvani (Anjali Devi), challenges the audience to compete with her. Kasinatha accepts her challenge and wins. He is lauded by the citizens of the city but his act of singing in a street play irks his teacher, Viswambara Shastry who asks him to leave the school. The Brahmin community of the city also criticizes the acts of Kasinatha and decide to punish him and his brother, Viswanatha Shastry. Unable to digest the discrimination under the name of tradition and culture, Kasinatha shuns his caste and marries Manjuvani. The newly wed couple decide to earn their livelihood by performing street plays and start touring with their troupe and visit various cities and enthral their audience. Soon they become popular and their name reverberates throughout the country. One of their performances is witnessed by the King Vijayananda Gajapathi (SVR) in Vijaya Nagaram and is honoured suitably by making him a state guest. The newly wed couple decide to earn their livelihood by performing street plays and start touring with their troupe and visit various cities and enthral their audience. Soon they become popular and their name reverberates throughout the c
