Sri Krishna Vijayamu

Sri Krishna Vijayamu is a 1971 Indian Telugu-language Hindu mythological film produced by M. S. Reddy under the Kaumudi Art Pictures banner and directed by Kamalakara Kameswara Rao. It stars N. T. Rama Rao and Jayalalithaa, with music composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao. The film was recorded as a flop at the box office. It was dubbed into Hindi as Hare Krishna in 1974.

Plot
The film begins with Krishna moving his cousin as emissary Satyaki to Kalayavana with a gift of a vessel containing a snake, which indicates that he is playing with a snake. Kalayavana sends a return gift, showing that ants kill the snake. Anyhow, shockingly, it is still alive when Krishna admonishes him. At that point, Narada notified the whereabouts of Krishna, enraged Kalayavana, who proceeded. Therein, Krishna adroitly makes him kick a saint, Muchikunda, who burns him. Mahodara, the twin of Kalayavana, is infuriated by it to seek vengeance. However, Narada bars him and proclaims that he requires finesse. Hence, Mahodara performs an immense penance and acquires a boon from Siva that he does not drop any weapon used by others. On Krishna's birthday, his eight wives present eight gems when Narada stirs a spat that it would be glory with one more, with an intention for Krishna to knit again, which Krishna proclaims to go on soon. Parallelly, Mahodara creates a catastrophe over the universe. Overhearing it, Brahma creates a beautiful Vasundhara with a ring as the time to end this anarchy is imminent. According to its power, the girl will be a statue to men, except for her fiancé. Plus, after her splice, if one tries to get it out, he will be wiped out by transforming into a weapon. As of now, Brahma entitles Narada to be her foster. Once Mahodara spots & entices Vasundhara. So, Narada secures her at Dwaraka under Rukmini's guardianship, revealing the ring's secret. Parallelly, Krishna & Satyabhama return, defeating Narakasura. Since Krishna is Vasundhara's fiancé, he can access her, and they crush. Discerning it, furious Satyabhama seizes Vasundhara. Currently, Mahodara's ploy provokes Paundraka Vasudeva, who prisons Kuchela when Krishna moves and shields his friend by eliminating him. Exploiting it, Mahodara attacks Dwaraka, grabs Vasundhara, and tries to marry her. Beware of plight, Krishna lands there as a Brahmin, who tactically spouses Vasundhara and puts the ring back on her. In that rage, Mahodara throws it away, which turns into a weapon, and slaughters him because it is a self-attack. Finally, the movie ends happily, with Krishna reaching Dwaraka with Vasundhara.

Cast

 * N. T. Rama Rao as Lord Krishna
 * Jayalalithaa as Vasundhara
 * S. V. Ranga Rao as Mahodara & Kalayavana (dual role)
 * Kanta Rao as Narada Maharshi
 * Mikkilineni as Balarama
 * Dhulipala as Muchukunda
 * Rajanala as Lord Siva
 * Satyanarayana
 * Nagabhushanam as Paundraka Vasudeva
 * Ramakrishna as Satyaki
 * Prabhakar Reddy as Lord Brahma
 * Padmanabham as Kudi Bhujam
 * Allu Ramalingaiah as Vasanthaka
 * Tyagaraju as Indra
 * Jamuna as Satyabhama
 * Devika as Rukmini
 * Hema Malini as Rambha
 * Rama Prabha as Goddess Saraswati
 * Sandhya Rani as Lakshana
 * Prasanna Rani as Chaturika
 * Sriranjani Jr. as Vamakshi
 * Jayasri as Jambavati

Production
Though the film was primarily in black-and-white, few scenes were filmed in colour too. This was Ramarao's 210th film as an actor. The film's art director Madhavapeddi Gokhale made a sketch of "each and every set prior to execution". He put in similar background work for all jewelry and costumes too, matching them to the character being portrayed by the person who wears them. Hema Malini initially refused to act in this film as she was busy with Hindi films, but agreed after seeing the sketches of her character and listening to the song. She decided to spare five sundays for the song due to her busy schedule and did it within a month's time.

Soundtrack
Music composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao. The song "Joharu Sikhi Pincha Mouli" is based on Athana raga.