Ramnoth whose trick photography contributed much to the film's success and art director-cum-sound recordist A.K. Das produced and directed Mayabazaar – Sasirekhaparinayam in Telugu under Vel Pictures banner with the creative support of writer-director Murugadasa, cinematographer K. The third version- Vatsala Kalyanam (1935) in Tamil was directed by R. The first talkie – Mayabazaar – Surekhaharan (1932) was made by Nanubhai Vakil in Hindi. Lord Krishna was played by Santharam with Ganpat Bakre in a lead role. movie in six reels was produced by Maharashtra Film Company, Kolhapur and was directed by Baburao Painter who trained many later day stalwarts including V. The first film on the tale of Sasirekha's marriage with Abhimanyu and the precedent and subsequent events was made as a silent film – Surekha Abhimanyu – Vatsalaharan which was released on October 6, 1921. Somewhere down the ages, some very imaginative writer authored the fiction episode that was popularised through stage plays and later through cinema. Strangely, neither in the Puranic Encyclopedia nor in ‘Poorvagaadhalahari' one could find the character Sasirekha or Surekha or Vatsala as she is named in different languages. ‘Mayabazaar' is the only film that was made eleven times in various Indian languages and the two Telugu versions turned out to be super hits.
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