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Bhagya Chakramu
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	K. V. Reddy
Screenplay by	K. V. Reddy
Story by	Pingali Nagendra Rao
Produced by	P. S. Reddy
Starring	N. T. Rama Rao B. Saroja Devi
Cinematography	Kamal Ghosh K. S. Prasad
Edited by	Vasu
Music by	Pendyala Nageswara Rao
Production company	Jayanthi Pictures
Release date	13 September 1968 (1968-09-13)
Running time	187 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Bhagya Chakramu (transl. The wheel of fortune) is a 1968 Telugu-language film, directed by K. V. Reddy, and produced by P. S. Reddy under the Jayanthi Pictures banner. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, B. Saroja Devi and music composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao.

Plot

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom, Narendrapuram, ruled by Dharmapala, a widower who doted on his only daughter. Karkataka, an evil snake charmer, makes a ruse to knit his sister Nagamma with the King. So, he covertly collects the mud sample from the Princess's footsteps and harms her with a snake bite, which merely puts her in a trance. He now intrudes as a saint and induces Dharmapala to splice Nagamma on behalf of the shield, the Princess. He steers clear from her when Karkataka makes King a henpeck husband via a witchcraft paste Kamakaleekam. Karkataka mesmerizes the public with his occult acts and feigns as a saint, Swamy Raju. Nagamma is also blessed with a baby girl when the astrologers predict that the elder will wed an emperor while the younger ones are emperor-like. Ergo begrudged Nagamma's ploys with Karkataka to assassinate the Princess. Accordingly, their sidekicks' murder attempts on her in a forest where she is secured and reared by a burglar, Gandragouli.

Years roll by, and the Princess grows up as Papa. Parallelly, Swamy Raju empowers authority, and evil forces prevail in the kingdom. Besides, Vikram, the prince of Udayagiri, visits the forest for hunting, where he gets acquainted with Papa, and the two endear. Gandragoli objects to it as he deems rules are betrayers. So, Vikram moves to his kingdom to fix their alliance through his mother. At that point, Swamy Raju's aides are hunting for cute girls, and they grab Papa by backstabbing Gandragoli when he obtains their symbol belt and accuses Vikram. Eventually, Nagamma aspires to spouse her daughter Chitravati with Vikram and welcomes him through their chief minister, who detects a wile of Swamy Raju. Now Vikram gamely plans to swap his friend Mitralabham instead of him, who crushes on Chitravati. He lands in disguise as Ashada Bhuti and enrolls at Swamy Raju. Following this, Vikram tactically finds out Papa's whereabouts and is conscious of her birth secret. Simultaneously, he knew an antidote was essential to recoup Dharmapala. At last, he acquires it with a play and ceases Swamy Raju. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Vikram & Papa.

Cast

• N. T. Rama Rao as Vikram
• B. Saroja Devi as Papa
• Rajanala as Swamy Raja
• Padmanabham as Mitralabham
• Mukkamala as Gandragoli
• Mudigonda Lingamurthy as Dharmapala Maharaju
• Chalam
• Peketi Sivaram
• P. J. Sarma
• Jagga Rao
• Geetanjali as Chitravathi
• Surabhi Balasaraswathi as Nagamma
• Rushyendramani
• Jyothi Lakshmi

Soundtrack

Music composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao. Lyrics were written by Pingali Nagendra Rao.

References

1. Cowie, Peter, ed. (1977). World Filmography: 1968. London: The Tantivy Press. p. 266. ISBN 0-498-01569-6.
2. "Bhagya Chakramu (1968)-Song_Booklet". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 26 August 2022.

External links

• Bhagya Chakramu at IMDb

• 1968 films
• 1960s Telugu-language films
• 1960s Indian films
• Films based on Indian folklore
• Films directed by K. V. Reddy
• Films scored by Pendyala (composer)