Balaraju

Balaraju
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ghantasala Balaramaiah
Produced by	Ghantasala Balaramaiah
Written by	Samudrala Sr (screenplay / dialogues)
Story by	Prayaaga
Starring	Akkineni Nageswara Rao S. Varalakshmi Anjali Devi
Music by	Ghantasala Galipenchala Narasimha Rao C. R. Subbaraman (background score)
Cinematography	P. Sridhar
Edited by	L. M. Lal
Production company	Pratibha Productions
Distributed by	Poorna films
Release date	26 February 1948 (1948-02-26)
Running time	163 mins
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Balaraju (Telugu: బాలరాజు) is a 1948 Telugu fantacy film, produced and directed by Ghantasala Balaramaiah on Pratibha Productions banner. Starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Anjali Devi, S. Varalakshmi in the lead roles and music Jointly composed by Ghantasala, Galipenchala Narasimha Rao, C. R. Subbaraman. The film recorded as Industry Hit at the box office which was first Telugu Silver Jubilee film.

One Yakshini fell in love with another Yaksha. As a result, Indra curses them to be born as humans on the Earth. The Yaksha is born as Balaraju (Akkineni) and Yakshini as Sita (Varalakshmi). Balaraju does not remember the past love story. Sita follows him and tries to remind him of their past love history and finally succeeds after many twists.

Music composed by Galipenchala Narasimha Rao, Ghantasala. Lyrics were written by Samudrala Sr. Music released on Audio Company.