It stars Honnappa Bhagavatar as Kālidāsa, a Sanskrit poet who lived during the 4th and 5th Century CE.

It tells the story of how he, an aristocratic young man cursed by his guru with ignorance, goes on to become a great poet.

B. Raghavendra Rao, Narasimharaju and B. Saroja Devi (in her film debut) features supporting roles.

This Kannada film was dubbed into Tamil and released in 1956 as Mahakavi Kalidas.

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