Sarangadhara - Paperback

by Venkata Reddy Macha (Author)

Two years ago I completed it and it is ready to publish. My manuscript is a folk story of 13th century and there is a play in Telugu and movie on the same title and story in Telugu. Telugu play was written by Sri Vishnubhatla Subramanyeshwaram in1913, but by my manuscript is not exactly the imitation of it and most of it is a free translation. The Telugu play was written in 1913 and staged in July of 1913 by "Bejawada Natakasamity" in those days. It is suitable to read by all group of people. Plot: Raja Raja Narendra is the king of Ranmahendravaram, a part of South India of 13th century. He has only son Sarangadhara. The king is aged; he wanted to coronate his son soon. Due to a problem in his tribal region the king left the kingdom to his son for few days, he went to forests to save the Tribals. When the king returned from the forests unexpected incident took place. The king has two wives. His younger wife Chitrangi is a middle aged lady waiting for a chance to runaway with Sarangadhara, the prince who knows her as only his stepmother. But she was the first bride intended to marry him. She was passionate and fall in love with him without seeing him. Even the prince does not know all this. Sarangadhara's aged father was passionate to Chitrangi's beauty and married her as second wife. Since then she is leading an unhappy life with the king. She is waiting for the chance to remarry the prince or wanted to lead an illicit life with him. She trapped him and successful to bring him to her palace but failed in her effort. As her secrets are known to Sarangadhara she started blackmailing him though he did not accept her. So she intended to take revenge on the prince by telling con-coated story to the king. The angry king ordered the butchers to amputate his own son. The death news of the prince transformed dramatically the king and Chitrangi, but he is saved by a saint and brought to the palace. They were united and happy.