Balaraju is a 1948 Indian Telugu-language swashbuckler fantasy film produced and directed by Ghantasala Balaramayya under the Pratibha Productions banner.

[citation needed] The film begins at Devaloka, where two turtle doves, Yaksha & Mohini, blossom their love.

Mohini is unearthed on a field by a peasant, Kammanaidu, who rears as Sita, and her arrival molds him wealthy.

At one point, tired & hungry Balaraju has a meal from a Shetty and absconds by mortgaging Sita instead of it.

The following day, agitated Balaraju moves on her quest, pleading her whereabouts from a sage, and he is cursed to be a snake due to his revolt for lack of response.

On the way back, they halt, and Balaraju walks to the grocery, where he encounters Shetty, who charges him as a thief.

Then, Ashvins appears and boons her with a garland, stating that upon its touch with best wishes, the dead soul awakes and, if discarded alive, is destined to die, and she retrieves Balaraju.