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{{Infobox film
| name = Daiva Balam
| image = Daiva Balam.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| writer = Parasuram {{small|(dialogues)}}
| story = Ponnaluri Brothers Unit
| screenplay = Ponnaluru Vasanthakumar Reddy
| producer = Ponnaluru Vasanthakumar Reddy
| director = Ponnaluru Vasanthakumar Reddy
| starring = [[N. T. Rama Rao]]<br />Jayasri
| music = Ashwatthama
| cinematography = B. J. Reddy
| editing = Rajan
| studio = Ponnaluri Brothers Pvt Ltd
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1959|9|17}}
| runtime = 126 minutes
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Daiva Balam''''' ({{translation|''God's Grace''}}) is a 1959 [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[swashbuckler film]], produced and directed by Ponnaluru Vasanthakumar Reddy. It stars [[N. T. Rama Rao]], Jayasri and music composed by [[Ashwatthama]]. The film is the debut of [[Shobhan Babu]] in the film industry.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 March 2020 |title=TC.com Exclusive: Sobhan Babu’s last Interview |url=https://telugucinema.com/nostalgia/tc-com-exclusive-sobhan-babus-last-interview |access-date=26 August 2021 |website=Telugu Cinema |archive-date=26 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826050605/https://telugucinema.com/nostalgia/tc-com-exclusive-sobhan-babus-last-interview |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=21 March 2008 |title=Actor Sobhan Babu passes away |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/Actor-Sobhan-Babu-passes-away/article15188638.ece |access-date=26 August 2021 |archive-date=26 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826050606/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/Actor-Sobhan-Babu-passes-away/article15188638.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> The film is known to be one of the earliest Telugu film containing sequences in [[Eastmancolor]].

== Plot ==
Once upon a time, there was a kingdom ''Malwa'' ruled by Ugrasena, who dotes on his daughter, Rupa. According to her horoscope, she is going to knit a pleb. Ugrasena furiously affirms that he should change his daughter's fate, so he seeks the whereabouts of the boy Chandrasena via astrologers and edict to eliminate him. He flees and is sheltered in an ''ashram'' with his mother, Annapurna. Years roll by, and Rupa is acquainted with Chandrasena while hunting, and they crush. King Ugrasena announces tournaments in the capital in which Chandrasena prevails and is honored. That night, Chandrasena proceeds to meet Rupa covetously, but soldiers capture him. Annapurna pleads with Ugrasena when he detects Chandrasena is the same and commands to prey him for the demon, but he slaughters it, elopes with Rupa, and lands at a death house. Hence, Ugrasena announces a high reward for Rupa's retrieval when two callows, Takku & Tikku, move. In the death house, an enchanter seizes Rupa, and Gandharva Rani entrusts the challenge to Chandrasena to acquire a musical tree from "Chambala Island," ruled by wizard Kanakaksha. After an adventurous journey, Chandrasena gets therein when Kanakaksha's daughter Champa allures him, via whom he achieves the tree and relieves Rupa. Kanakaksha recoups Chandrasena by transforming into a garland, and helpless, Takku-Tikku catches Rupa. Parallelly, Kanakaksha insists Chandrasena wed Champa, which he denies. So, he torments him when Rupa, who skipped, moves to the island with the aid of the musical tree and sets her beloved free. Chandrasena slaughters Kanakaksha and blasts the island, and they return to Malava when Ugrasena realizes they cannot turn the fortune. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Chandrasena & Rupa.

== Cast ==
*[[N. T. Rama Rao]] as Chandrasenudu
*Jayasri as Rupa
*[[Shobhan Babu]] as Enchanter
*[[Gummadi (actor)|Gummadi]] as Ugrasena
*[[Relangi (actor)|Relangi]] as Takku
*[[Ramana Reddy]] as Tamaram
*[[Mukkamala (actor)|Mukkamala]] as Kankaksha
*[[Vangara Venkata Subbaiah|Vangara]] as astrologer Jaganatha Pandit
*[[Kasturi Siva Rao]] as Madhava
*[[Girija (actress)|Girija]] as Champa
*Malathi as Annapurna
*Mohana as Gandharva Rani

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Daiva Balam
| type = film
| artist = [[Ashwatthama]]
| cover =
| released = 1959
| recorded =
| genre = Soundtrack
| length =
| label =
| producer = [[Ashwatthama]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
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}}

Music composed by [[Ashwatthama]].
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!S. No.!!Song title !!Lyrics !!Singers !!length
|-
|1
|"Om Namo Bagavate"
|Parasuram
|[[P. B. Srinivas]]
|2:45
|-
|2
|"Nanda Kishora"
|Parasuram
|
|
|-
|3
|"Ae Talli Biddalanu"
|[[Samudrala Sr.]]
|Vaidehi
|3:18
|-
|4
|"Anandamvarinche"
|Anishetty
|
|
|-
|5
|"Andaala O Chandamama"
|Anishetty
|P. B. Srinivas, [[S. Janaki]]
|3:26
|-
|6
|"Ninu Variyinchi"
|Anishetty
|P. B. Srinivas, S. Janaki
|2:43
|-
|7
|"Chiru Chiru Navvula"
|Anishetty
|
|
|-
|8
|"Kodite Kottale Kottali"
|[[Kosaraju Raghavaiah|Kosaraju]]
|[[Ghantasala (musician)|Ghantasala]]
|2:07
|-
|9
|"Jeevitame Ento Hayi"
|Anishetty
|Vaidehi
|2:38
|-
|10
|"Dum Dum Dummak"
|Kosaraju
|[[K. Rani (singer)|K. Rani]]
|2:32
|-
|11
|"Raavamma Kaali"
|Parasuram
|
|
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:1959 Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:1959 Indian films]]

Daiva Balam - Revision history

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