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Cast

Sandhya Shantaram

Sandhya Shantaram

Neela

Gopi Krishna

Gopi Krishna

Girdhar

Keshavrao Date

Keshavrao Date

Mangal

Madan Puri

Madan Puri

Manilal

Manorama

Manorama

Bindya

Bhagwan Dada

Bhagwan Dada

Badlu

Mumtaz Begum

Mumtaz Begum

Roopkala's mom

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Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre

Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre

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Vasant Desai

Vasant Desai

Music

Dewan Sharar

Dewan Sharar

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G. Balakrishna

G. Balakrishna

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Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje

19556.0 / 10143 min
Romance, Drama

Overview

Dancer maestro Mangal Maharaj wants his son, Girdhar, who is a dancer par excellence, to enter the once-in-ten-years Nateshwar Utsav dance competition, win it, and be crowned the Bharat Natraj. While Girdhar can do a solo dance number, he is also required to dance the Shiv-Parvati Tandav dance with a female partner. Mangal Maharaj would like Roopkala to be his partner, but ends up being disappointed with her. Now with only a year left for the Utsav, he chances upon talented dancer and singer, Neeladevi, and recruits her. He subjects her to strenuous training and he is pleased with her performance. Then he finds out that Girdhar and Neela have fallen in love with each other, and their involvement is interfering with their performance. Unhappy with Neeladevi, he dismisses her, and sets forth to look for another dancer. The question remains: Will he be able to find another one, train her, and make her compete just in time for the Utsav, or will he lose this opportunity altogether and ...