Draupadi Vastrapaharanam (1936)
After performing Yagna, Dharmaraja is accordance with advises of Bheeshma and Narada, goes to offer Agra Pooja to Lord Sri Krishna. Sushupala contradicting the superiority of Krishna deliberately accuses him before the assembly of Kshatriya Princes. Krishna, conscious of the lapse of time for pardoning Sushupala's hundred faults, severs his head with Sudarsana Chakra.
Duryodhana is very much prejudiced at the inestimable reputation achieved by Pandavas. His malice is enhanced when he enters the mysterious Maya Sabha and by accident strikes his head against the wall and again when he falls into the water which appears to him as floor. Bheema's mockery together with Draupadi's laughter fanned the infuriating fire of Duryodhan's averice.
Duryodhana spends restless nights, deeply contemplating over the problem of degrading Pandavas to the extent of slavery, he conspiring with his uncle Sakuni, determines to ruin Pandavas. Despite the objections put forth by his brothers and Draupadi's entreaties dissuading him from accepting Dyutham, Dharmaraja accepts Vidura Sandesam. He begins to play Dyutha with Sakuni and loses his Wealth, Maya Sabha and kingdom, his brothers, himself and Draupadi in the successive bets.
Now that Pandavas are reduced to slavery, Duryodhana orders hi brother Dussasana to go and drag Draupadi by hair, pulling her to his presence. Her appeals to decide justice for the merciless brutal act of Dussasana, proved futile. Bheema swears to kill both Duryodhana and Dussasana in battle.
Duryodhana finally commands his brother to make Draupadi naked. Draupadi appeals for protection to Lord Sri Krishna. Dussasana begins to pull her sari. Sudarsana Chakra appears and shields her supplying innumerable saries. Dussasana observing the supplemental saries protecting her naked portion of the body gets tired and finally, receiving shocks from Sudrasana Chakra falls down on the heaps of cloths pulled.
Cast: CSR Anjaneyulu (Sri Krishna), Kannamba (Draupadi), Ramatilakam (Satyabhama), Nagaraja Kumari (Rukmini), Yadavalli Suryanarayana Rao (Duryodhana), Sakunthala (Bhanumathi), Choppalli Suryanarayana Bhagavatar (Dharmaraja), Dommeti Suryanarayana (Bheema), Dommeti Satyanarayana (Arjuna), BV Anjaneyulu (Nakula), Kochcherlakota Satyanarayana (Sahadeva), Kumpatla Subba Rao (Dhrutarashtra), Nagabhushanam (Gandhari), Lanka Krishna Murthy (Dussasana), Vellanki Venkateswarlu (Karna),
Nelloore Nagaraja Rao (Sakuni), Vemuri Gaggaiah (Sishupala), Maddipatla Suryanarayana (Bheeshma), Kruttiventi Subba Rao (Drona), Master Mohan (Krupacharya), Kadari Nagabhushanam (Ashwatthama), Arani Satyanarayana (Vidura), Koti Suryam (Vikarna), P. Suribabu (Narada), MC Raghavan (Vidushaka)
Dialogues: Malladi Achyuta Ramana Sastry
Lyrics: Pasumarthi Yagna Narayana Sastry
Music: G. Madhava Tambe
Cinematography: SP Sindhe
Editing: Baburao Bhadorkar
Art: SV Rama Rao and Sankara Rao
Sound Recordist: AG Taylor
Supervising Director: HM Reddy
Producer: Parupalli Seshaiah
Director: Hanumappa Viswanath Babu
Banner: Saraswati Talkies Ltd.
Budget: Rs. 1.20 lakhs
Release Date: 29 February
Box-office: Hit
Trivia: This was based on Malladi Achyuta Rama Sastry's stage play 'Draupadi Vastrapaharanam'.
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