1957, Telugu, directed by Kadiri Venkata Reddy

Well-planned film, taking a story from the Mahabharata and interpreting it in a novel way. Technically superior. There were a lot of special effects, very tedious to put together at that time. Every frame was wound once and then the object was moved. Only after it was moved 24 times did the movement become smooth. It had the great stars of south India, NT Rama Rao, SV Ranga Rao and Savitriji.