Maya Bazar

Mayabazar is a 1957 bi-lingual mythological film. Primarily made in Telugu and first released in Andhra Pradesh on 27 March 1957, the Tamil version released a month later in Tamil Nadu with minor changes in cast to suit the Tamil audience. The Telugu version was later dubbed in Kannada. The story, dialogues, and song lyrics (in Telugu) were written by Pingali Nagendra Rao. Both the versions were produced by Bommireddy Nagi Reddy. A poll conducted by IBN Live listed it as the greatest Indian film of all time.

The critically acclaimed MayaBazar is considered one of the enduring classics of Indian Cinema. The film was touted as a landmark in Indian film's cinematography, art direction and visual effects with the technology available at the time. The music delivered by Saluri Rajeswara Rao (uncredited) and Ghantasala has been extremely popular. The film stars Gummadi Venkateswara Rao as Balarama, NTR as Krishna, ANR (Telugu version); Gemini Ganesan (Tamil Version) as Abhimanyu, S. V. Ranga Rao as Ghatotkacha, and Savitri as Sasirekha. A digitally remastered colour version was released in 2010.