The snake charmers declare Prahlada their leader, further angering Hiranyakashipu. Shocked, the snake charmers beg Prahlada to bring the snakes back he prays to Srihari, who restores the snakes. The boy prays to Srihari, and the snakes become garlands of roses. Srihari rescues Prahlada the soldiers then summon a group of snake charmers and ask them to harm Prahlada with snakes. When he refuses to relent, Hiranyakashipu orders his soldiers to force elephants to trample Prahlada when that fails, they throw the boy off a steep cliff. Prahlada is starved, and imprisoned in a dark room. Hiranyakashipu then makes several attempts to kill his son, hoping that the fear of death would make Prahlada stop praying to Srihari. Hiranyakashipu explains to Prahlada that Srihari was responsible for Hiranyaksha's death (and is their enemy), and asks him to stop worshipping Srihari.
After returning from the hermitage, Hiranyakashipu learns that Prahlada has become a staunch devotee of Vishnu and calls the deity Srihari. The deities approach Vishnu, who promises to kill Hiranyakashipu at the appropriate time.įive years later, Prahlada is sent to the hermitage of Chanda-Amarka (the children of Hiranyakashipu's master) for his education. Proclaiming himself king of all the celestial worlds, he returns to Earth. Hiranyakashipu invades Vaikuntha, but cannot find Vishnu. The sage Narada intervenes and brings Leelavathi to his hermitage, where she gives birth to a boy named Prahlada. Indra, king of the deities, tries to kill Hiranyakashipu's wife Leelavathi and her unborn child. He becomes immune to being killed by various factors, including by man or beast. Seeking revenge for his brother's death, Hiranyakashipu prays to Brahma for immortality. Vishnu arrives as Varaha, a wild boar-faced avatar, kills Hiranyaksha and saves the Earth. Bhudevi, the Earth goddess, goes to Vaikuntha and seeks Vishnu's help. Hiranyaksha, in an attempt to win over the deities, torments the Earth and its inhabitants. In their first demonic lives, Jaya-Vijaya are born as Hiranyakashipu and Hiranyaksha to the sage Kashyapa and Earth goddess Diti at sunset during an inauspicious time. Jaya-Vijaya cannot bear separation from Vishnu for so long, and choose the latter. Vishnu fails to remove the curse, and offers two solutions: be Vishnu's devotees in seven human lives, or his enemies in three demonic lives. The Kumaras curse the pair, saying that they would have to give up divinity, be born and live as mortal beings on Earth. Jaya-Vijaya, the demigod gatekeepers of Vaikuntha, fail to recognise them and deny them entry. The Four Kumaras visit Vaikuntha, the abode of Vishnu. The film was dubbed into Tamil with the same title and into Hindi (as Bhakt Prahlad) that year, with small changes in the cast. It received the Nandi Award for Third Best Feature Film. Since Bhakta Prahlada and Ave Kallu were simultaneously produced by AVM Productions, principal photography and post-production were delayed and lasted for one-and-a-half years.īhakta Prahlada, released on 12 January 1967, was a commercial success and completed a hundred-day run in theatres. Unlike the earlier two, which were filmed in black-and-white, this version was shot in Eastman Color Negative film. The film is based on the legend of Prahlada, a character in Bhagavata Purana known for his devotion to the Hindu god Vishnu.īhakta Prahlada is the third Telugu film based on Prahlada, after the 19 films of the same name.
Bhakta Prahlada is produced on the AVM Productions banner by A. Roja Ramani, in her film debut, plays the title character. Prahlada, the Devotee) is a 1967 Indian Telugu-language Hindu mythological film directed by Chitrapu Narayana Rao based on a script by D.
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