na ' s ▁son ▁Mik kil inen i ▁as ▁Kan ak ar aju ▁K amar aju ▁as ▁Bab ur ▁ ▁Fem ale ▁actors ▁B han um ath i ▁Ram ak r ish na ▁as ▁Kr ish nas ani ▁Jam una ▁as ▁Kam ala , ▁Ram ak r ish na ' s ▁wife ▁Ra av u ▁Bal as ar as w ath i ▁as ▁Rad ha ▁Sand h ya ▁as ▁Tir um ala ▁De vi ▁Lak sh m ikan tha ▁as ▁a ▁street ▁dan cer ▁V enk um amba ▁as ▁Ram ak r ish na ' s ▁mother ▁ ▁Production ▁ ▁Development ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁success ▁of ▁his ▁first ▁production ▁vent ure ▁Ma a ▁G op i ▁( 1 9 5 4 ), ▁B . ▁S . ▁R anga ▁wished ▁to ▁produce ▁and ▁direct ▁a ▁historical ▁film ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁life ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 4 th ▁century ▁Tel ug u ▁poet ▁and ▁scholar ▁Ten ali ▁Ram ak r ish na , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁As ht ad igg aj as ▁( a ▁collect ive ▁title ▁given ▁to ▁the ▁eight ▁Tel ug u ▁po ets ▁in ▁the ▁court ▁of ▁Kr ish na de var aya , ▁which ▁literally ▁transl ates ▁as ▁" e ight ▁great ▁ele ph ants "). ▁He ▁planned ▁it ▁as ▁a ▁mult iling ual ▁film ▁to ▁be ▁fil med ▁simultaneously ▁in ▁the ▁Tel ug u ▁and ▁T amil ▁languages ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁K ann ada ▁but ▁with ▁a ▁slightly ▁alter ed ▁cast . ▁R anga ▁collabor ated ▁with ▁Sam ud ral