Govindha Govindha

Govinda Govinda
Directed by	Ram Gopal Varma
Produced by	C. Ashwini Dutt
Written by	Jandhyala (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Ram Gopal Varma
Story by	Ram Gopal Varma Kommanapalli
Starring	Akkineni Nagarjuna Sri Devi
Music by	Raj-Koti
Cinematography	S. Gopal Reddy
Edited by	Shankar
Production company	Vyjayanthi Movies
Release date	21 January 1994 (1994-01-21)
Running time	2:24:40
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Govinda Govinda (Telugu: గోవింద గోవింద) (English: Praise The Lord Praise The Lord) is a 1994 Telugu supernatural thriller film written and directed by Ram Gopal Varma. produced by C. Ashwini Dutt on Vyjayanthi Movies the heist film Starred Akkineni Nagarjuna, Sri Devi, and Paresh Rawal in pivotal roles. The music was composed by Raj-Koti, upon release the film grabbed positive reviews and became a sleeper hit.

Somewhere in time between Treta Yuga and Kali Yuga, sage Bhrigu (Gummadi) after performing Lok Kalyana Yaga visits Vaikuntha, and Lord Vishnu (Arun Govil) was reposing on Adisesha with Sri Mahalakshmi in service at his feet. Finding that Lord Vishnu did not notice him, the sage was infuriated and kicked the Lord on His chest, the place where Mahalakshmi (Yamuna) resides. Vishnu, in an attempt to pacify the sage, got hold of the legs of the sage and started to press them gently in a way that was comforting to the sage. During this act, he squeezed the extra eye that was present in the sole of Bhrigu's foot. The extra eye is believed to represent the sage's egotism. The sage then realized his grave mistake and apologized to Vishnu. Thereupon, the sage concluded that Lord Vishnu was supreme of the Trimurti and told the rishis the same. Sri Mahalakshmi was angered by the action of Her Lord in apologizing to Bhrigu who committed an offense. Out of anger and anguish, She left Vaikuntha. After the departure of Mahalakshmi, a forlorn Lord Vishnu left Vaikunta, came down to Earth, and took abode in an ant-hill under a tamarind tree, beside a Pushkarini on the Venkata hill, meditating for the return of Lakshmi, without food or sleep. Disturbed with this phenomenon, angels, and Devtas, appeal to Lord Vishnu to bring back goddess Lakshmi to help sustain the Universe, hence In Kali Yuga, Lord Vishnu takes the form of Venkateswara and incarnates on the Earth.