[2] A swamy (hermit) teaches fine arts like music and dance from his Ashram in a village to students.

May be due to her seeing students training in music and dance in the ashram, Shanthala had a strange dream in which she becomes very famous.

But Shanthala believes in her dream and starts worshipping Lord Shiva in a temple located outside the village.

Shanthala starts dancing to the tune of the song exhibiting the correct mudhras perfectly.

It so happened when production began, Vasundhara Devi was acting the role of Shanthala.

He and the screenplay writer came upon a brilliant idea to change the person without losing the earlier shots.

The story was re-written to say that the original Shathala died in a fire accident but her spirit entered another body and continued to live as Shanthala, though the physical features have changed.