Bhookailas - 1958 DVD $14.99

Ravana, the king of Lanka gets tricked by various people in the process of attaining ' Athmalinga ' from Shiva. Demon king Raavana is on his way back after attaining Lord Shiva's 'Atma Lingam'. Midway he is tricked by Lord Ganesha to ground the idol, which later on becomes 'Gokarna Kshetram'.

Movie : Bhookailas
Year : 1958
Banner : AVM Productions
Cast : ‎Taraka Rama Rao Nandamuri (N.T. Rama Rao), Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Jamuna, S. V. Ranga Rao, Nagabhushanam, B. Saroja Devi, Helen, Hemalatha, Vijaya Nirmala, Kumari Kamala
Music : R. Sudarsanam, R. Govardhanam
Lyrics : Samudrala Sr
Story : Based on the Sthala Purana of Gokarna Kshetram
Screenplay : Samudrala Raghavacharya, K. Shankar
Dialogues : Pingali Nagendra Rao
Direction : K. Shankar
Producer : A. V. Meiyappan
Genre : Devotional, History, Mythological, Period Drama, Hindu
Runtime : 174 min
Release Date : 20 March 1958

DVD Features:

• Black & White
• Anamorphic Widescreen Enhanced (16:9) DVD
• English Subtitles
• Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
• DVD Text
• Jacket Picture
• NTSC - All Regions
• Interactive Menus of Songs & Scenes for Easy Access

Plot

Ravana, the great asura lord of Lanka and a devotee of Siva, is asked by his mother to bring her the sacred "Atmalinga" from Kailash so that she may pray to it daily. Ravana does extreme penance to Siva in order to obtain it. The demigod Indra is scared that the asura king will obtain supreme power along with the Atmalinga and he asks the itinerant sage Narada to ruin Ravana's plan. Ravana is tricked into asking for Siva's consort the goddess Parvati. In the meantime, Mandodari the beautiful princess of the underworld falls in love with Ravana and woos him. When Ravana realises the trick played upon him and the great sin he had committed in lusting after the mother-goddess Parvati, he does penance again and cuts off his own head in repentance. Pleased, Lord Siva expiates his sin and grants him the Atmalinga. Ravana also gets to marry his true love Mandodari and all seems well. But there is a fiat that the Atmalinga should never rest on the earth until it reaches Lanka or else it will..