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Bala Bharatam is a 1972 Indian Telugu film, directed by Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao and Produced by Mahija Prakasa Rao. The film stars S. V. Ranga Rao, Kantha Rao, Anjali, Sridevi, Haranath and S. Varalakshmi in lead roles. The music of the film was composed by S. Rajeswara Rao.

A comedy of errors involving a patriarch, his 3 sons and their respective wives. Their mundane lives become Topsy-turvy when a glamorous actress moves in next door. The women stumble over themselves trying to impress their new neighbour while each of their husbands have design of their own regarding the actress.

Dr. Krishna (S. V. Ranga Rao) is a noble person who is enriched with human values & norms and dedicated his life to his hospital. Krishna is making research on inventing an anti-polio medicine. Dr. Vijay (N. T. Rama Rao) the grandson of Zamindar Padmasri Sivaramakrishna Prasad (Relangi) is a medical graduate, he still enjoys the life in the frolic. Vijay & Parvati (Jamuna), only daughter of Dr. Krishna always get into petty quarrels. Once, Dr. Krishna visits a seaside resort for rest when he gets a severe breathing attack. At the same time, Vijay also meets with an accident and the oxygen cylinder which was brought for Dr. Krishna is utilized for Vijay. By which, Dr. Krishna dies and his hospital & patients become an orphan. After coming to consciousness, everybody starts blaming Vijay and Parvati sees him as a demon. Desperate Vijay feels that he is responsible for Dr. Krishna's death. On the advice of a nurse Sarada (Surabhi Balasaraswathi), Vijay decides to replace Dr. Krishna position by walking in his footsteps and joins as a doctor in his hospital. In the beginning, no one likes him but he endures all the insults and makes himself recognized as a good doctor. But he feels something else is lacking behind to follow the ideologies of Dr.Krishna. Then Sarada informs him regarding a diary of Dr.Krishna. Vijay requests Parvati to give it, but she refuses and hands it over to the hospital. As it is in code language, nobody can understand and throws it into the dustbin. Vijay acquires it after a great deal of dedication he decodes it. Now he wants to reveal it to Parvati, but she is not ready to listen, tries to run away and meets with an accident when she loses her eyesight. At present, the blames on Vijay increases but takes up with cheer and start serving Parvati by introducing himself as Shekar. Meanwhile, Vijay successfully completes Dr. Krishna's research which Parvati does not accept, she accompanies with remaining doctors, makes a complaint to the medical

An evil magician invokes a demon to gain great power and the demon advises the magician to reach Princess Chintamani of Adityapuram and get power by using her beauty as an instrument. By using three personal questions of the magician, the Princess asks any man who comes to marry her. If they fail to answer them, the Princess chops their head off. So all her suitors starting from Purandara, Chinthamani' s uncle, were beheaded by Chinthamani with their count reaching 999. Finally Pratap, Prince of Kaivalyapur knows that three questions and they are related to three kingdoms,namely Nandivardhanpuram, Sampangipuram, Nagisheelapuram, beforehand from the help of his lover, Kamalakshi, Princess of Avantipuram and a close friend of Chinthamani. So Pratap leaves for each kingdom to get the answers and brings the royal folk related to the questions and he successfully answers the questions before Chinthamani. King Mathimantha of Nagisheelapuram chops the magician's head off, after revealing that he is a wicked sage who has committed grave sin of adultery in all three kingdoms.By Goddess Kali's grace, Pratap brings to life all the suitors killed by Chinthamani. Atlast, Chinthamani repents her mistake and the story ends by the marriage of Pratap-Kamalakshi and Chinthamani-Purandara love couples. —Sunil Kumar Marella, Andhra Pradesh, India