▁Ch . ▁V enk atar ama iah ' s ▁stage ▁play ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name . ▁Produ ced ▁for ▁the ▁b anner ▁Vik ram ▁Produ ctions , ▁it ▁stars ▁N . ▁T . ▁R ama ▁R ao , ▁A kk inen i ▁N ages w ara ▁R ao , ▁Ch itt or ▁V . ▁N aga iah , ▁B han um ath i ▁Ram ak r ish na ▁and ▁Jam una ▁in ▁key ▁roles . ▁R anga ▁handled ▁the ▁cinemat ography ▁with ▁his ▁brother - in - law ▁B . ▁N . ▁Har idas ▁while ▁P . ▁G . ▁Moh an ▁edited ▁the ▁film . ▁Vis wan athan – R am amo orth y ▁composed ▁the ▁sound track ▁and ▁background ▁score . ▁ ▁Writ ten ▁by ▁Sam ud ral a ▁R ag hav ach ary a , ▁K ann adas an ▁and ▁Mur ug adas a , ▁Ten ali ▁Ram ak r ish na ▁narr ates ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 4 th ▁century ▁Tel ug u ▁and ▁S ansk rit ▁poet ▁and ▁scholar ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name , ▁and ▁his ▁life ▁as ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁court ▁of ▁Kr ish na de var aya , ▁the ▁king ▁of ▁the ▁V ij ay an ag ara ▁Empire . ▁Using ▁his ▁w its , ▁Ram ak r ish na ▁man ages ▁to ▁save ▁Kr ish na de var aya ▁from ▁attacks ▁by ▁the ▁Bah man i ▁Sultan ate , ▁which ▁tries ▁to ▁in va de ▁the ▁V ij ay an ag ara ▁Empire