| Director | Kadiri Venkata Reddy, Kadri Venkata Reddy |
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Subhadra, the sister of Balarama and Krishna, is married to the Pandava prince Arjuna. Their son, Abhimanyu, falls in love with Balarama's daughter, Sasirekha, and the families formally consent to their eventual marriage upon reaching adulthood. Years later, after the children grow up, Krishna reintroduces the two to cement their bond. However, the political landscape shifts when the Pandavas are invited to a rigged game of dice by Duryodhana, the eldest of the Kauravas. Manipulated by Duryodhana's cunning uncle, Shakuni, the Pandavas lose their wealth, kingdom, and liberty. When Duryodhana's brother, Dushasana, attempts to publicly humiliate and disrobe Draupadi, the common wife of the five Pandava brothers, an enraged Krishna intervenes divinely to save her dignity.
Upon learning of the Kauravas' behavior, an outraged Balarama travels to their capital, Hastinapuram, to confront them. Exploiting Balarama's naive nature, Shakuni and Duryodhana feign immense respect and swiftly propose a marriage alliance between Sasirekha and Duryodhana's son, Lakshmana Kumara. Their true geopolitical strategy is to neutralize Balarama and Krishna, forcing them into an alliance should the exiled Pandavas ever wage war. Unaware of the conspiracy, Balarama readily agrees to the proposal.
Due to the Pandavas' sudden poverty, Balarama's status-conscious wife, Revati, refuses to honor the original commitment to Abhimanyu, eagerly backing the affluent Kaurava alliance instead. Recognizing the underlying deception, Krishna subtly instructs his charioteer, Daaruka, to escort Subhadra and Abhimanyu through the wilderness toward the hermitage of Ghatotkacha, Abhimanyu's powerful demon cousin. After a brief initial misunderstanding where he attacks them as intruders, Ghatotkacha learns of the broken marital pact and vows to launch a full-scale war against both the Kauravas and Balarama. Subhadra and his mother, Hidimbi, pacify him, convincing him to use magical deception instead of outright violence.
With the tacit approval of Krishna and the assistance of Sasirekha's loyal servant, Ghatotkacha uses his mystical powers to levitate the sleeping Sasirekha from her chambers in Dvārakā and transports her safely to his hermitage. He then transforms himself into an exact double of Sasirekha and returns to Dvaraka. Supported by his demonic assistants—Chinnamaya, Lambu, and Jambu—the disguised Ghatotkacha begins orchestrating supernatural disruptions to sabotage the impending wedding ceremonies, thoroughly terrifying Lakshmana Kumara.
To completely isolate and manipulate the wedding party, Ghatotkacha constructs an elaborate, illusory palace and marketplace outside Dvaraka, naming the magical town Mayabazar. He invites the Kauravas to lodge there, while his transformed henchmen masquerade as Balarama's handpicked attendants to trick Shakuni’s lackeys, Sarma and Sastry. Operating as the fake Sasirekha, Ghatotkacha relentlessly torments Lakshmana Kumara and manipulates Duryodhana's wife into doubting the union. Simultaneously, he coordinates the wedding of the authentic Sasirekha and Abhimanyu at his wilderness hermitage. Using his divine omnipresence, Krishna attends the real wedding in the forest while concurrently appearing as a guest at the fraudulent celebration in Mayabazar.
On the designated wedding day, the disguised Ghatotkacha continuously frightens and humiliates Lakshmana Kumara during the rituals, while the real Sasirekha successfully weds Abhimanyu in the forest. When an analytical Shakuni uncovers the absolute deception, he aggressively projects the blame onto Krishna. Satyaki, an ardent disciple of Arjuna, challenges Shakuni to speak while standing atop a magical container. Once Shakuni steps onto the box, the magic forces him to involuntarily confess the Kauravas' fraudulent political motives behind the marriage proposal.
His mission accomplished, Ghatotkacha sheds his disguise and reveals his true identity. After thoroughly routing and humiliating the Kaurava contingent, he banishes them back to Hastinapuram. Witnessing the absolute truth, Sasirekha’s parents gracefully accept her marriage to Abhimanyu. They express their deep gratitude to Ghatotkacha, who humbly credits Krishna as the divine mastermind behind the entire operation. As Ghatotkacha sings hymns of devotion, Krishna manifests his cosmic form as Lord Vishnu, leaving the assembled families unified in prayer.