Vasantha Sena (1967 film)

Vasantha Sena is a 1967 Telugu-language historical drama film, produced and directed by B. S. Ranga under the Vikram Studios banner. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Krishna Kumari, with music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao. The film is based on the Sanskrit Stage drama, Mṛcchakatika by Śūdraka of 5th century AD. It was Padmini's last Telugu movie.

Plot
The film begins around 2000 years ago at Ujjain, Chaaru Datta, a renowned artist & rectitude, despite impoverishing his wife, Aditi & son Rohasena. Vasantha Sena is an expert dancer & musician who protects her purity, though she was born into a courtesan family. Both are acquainted and enamored, and they write a romance poem. Parallelly, Ujjain ruler Palaka marks his lecherous brother-in-law Samsthanaka as his representative. Samsthanaka keeps an evil eye on Vasantha Sena and aspires to possess her, but she refuses. Eventually, anarchy arises in the kingdom due to the waywardness of King Palaka, and warrior Aryaka plots a revolution. Once, Vasantha Sena entrusts her jewelry to Charu Datta for a future meeting, which a thief Sarvilaka steals to relieve his lover Madanika, the maid of Vasantha Sena, from imprisonment. Despite recognizing it, Vasantha Sena sets Madanika free. Here, Charu Datta presents a rare pearl necklace to Vasantha Sena, which belongs to Aditi and is more valuable than stolen jewelry. Knowing it, Aditi leaves the house when Charu Datta's friend Maitreya warns him that his deeds may lead to catastrophic situations, but he Keeps a deaf ear. Charu Datta now accepts Vasantha Sena as his mistress and promises to send her a chariot. At that juncture, Samsthanaka ploys and misleads Vasantha Sena by sending his chariot, where he tries to molest her. In that scramble, Samsthanaka assumes Vasantha Sena died when he incriminates Chaaru Datta, who has to pay the death penalty. Just before, Vasantha Sena revives and saves Charu Datta when Aditi realizes her virtue and accepts her. Simultaneously, Aryaka dethrones Palaka by forming a new state and arrests Samsthanaka. After that, Aryaka accolades Charu Datta with a vital position in his court. At last, Charu Datta pleads pardon from Aryaka on behalf of Samsthanaka, showing his generosity. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note.

Cast

 * Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Chaaru Datta
 * Krishna Kumari as Vasantha Sena
 * S. V. Ranga Rao as Samsthanaka
 * Relangi as Sarvilaka
 * Satyanarayana as Aryaka
 * Balakrishna as Maitriya
 * Anjali Devi as Aditi
 * Girija as Madanika
 * Padmini as Anaga Sena
 * Savitha

Crew

 * Art: Vaali, Sudhidu Rai
 * Choreography: Heeralal, Chinni-Sampath, A. K. Chopra
 * Dialogues: Vempati Sadasivabrahmam
 * Lyrics: C. Narayana Reddy, Dasaradhi, Sri Sri, Kosaraju
 * Playback: Ghantasala, P. Susheela, S. Janaki, P. B. Sreenivas, Madhavapeddi Satyam, P. Leela, B. Vasantha, Swarnalata
 * Music: S. Rajeswara Rao
 * Editing: P. J. Mohan, M. Devendranath, T. Chakrapani
 * Cinematography: B. S. Ranga, B. S. Hayaas
 * Producer - Director: B. S. Ranga
 * Banner: Vikram Productions
 * Release Date: 12 August 1967

Soundtrack
Music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao. Music released on Audio Company.