Krishna Jarasandha (1938)

Synopsis: King Brihadradha praying to sage Danda Kaushika to bless him with a child. The sage gave him a fruit that Brihadradha cuts into two pieces and gives to his two wives. They gave birth to two dead pieces of a child. Aghast, the King throws the pieces outside his fort. Deman Jara (Kanchi Narasimha Rao)  finds them and joins the two pieces. The child breathes life and is named Jarasandha.
He grows to become a despot emperor and develops hostility towards Lord Krishna. He had a son, Sahadeva (B. Brahmaiah) and a daughter Kalyani both devotees of Krishna. Jarasandha had two nephews - Durjaya (Kothuri Satyanarayana) and Karthikeya (T. Ramakrishna Sastry). The later is devotee of Krishna and the former as cruel as Jarasandha. Kalyani and Karthikeya were in love and this irks Jarasandha who wishes to perform her marriage with Durjaya. Unable to turn his son and daughter to follow the family tradition of Vamachara, Jarasandha decides to wage a war against Krishna and Balarama (Jonnalagadda Seetharama Sastry).
He loses the war and returns to his kingdom only to find that Karthikeya and Kalyani, with the help of Sahadeva, have set all the prisoners free. A furious Jarasandha jails Kalyani and Karthikeya. Kalyani prays for the intervention of Lord Krishna. He appears along with Bheemasena (Dasari Lakshmaiah Chowdary) and Arjuna (Dittakavi Ramachandra Rao). Bheema vanquishes Jarasandha. The marriage of Karthikeya and Kalyani was performed in the presence of Lord Krishna and Pandavas.
Cast: Vemuri Gaggaiah (Jarasandha), Kochcharlakota Satyanarayana (Krishna), M.V. Rajamma (Kalyani), Kanchi Narasimha Rao (Jara), B. Brahmaiah (Sahadeva), Kothuri Satyanarayana (Durjaya), T. Ramakrishna Sastry (Karthikeya), Jonnalagadda Seetharama Sastry (Balarama), Dasari Lakshmaiah Chowdary (Bheema), Dittakavi Ramachandra Rao (Arjuna)
Dialogues: Veluri Sivarama Sastry
Lyrics: Balijepalli Lakshmikantha Kavi
Music: Gali Penchala Narasimha Rao
Cinematography: DB Chawan
Trick Photography: Telang
Audiography: AG Taylor
Editing: Chitrapu Narayana Murthy
Director: Chitrapu Narasimha Rao
Producer: Mirjapuram Raja
Banner: Jaya Films
Trivia: This was first Telugu film of MV Rajamma, who became more familiar with the movie 'Yogi Vemana' (1947).