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Vanaja rests after a dance
Vanaja rests after a Kuchipudi Tillana dance

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Yadigi and Vanaja
Yadigiri confronts Vanaja when she hangs her clothes on the landlady's line.

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Vanaja mends clothes
Vanaja sews by lamplight in the servant's quarters.

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Vanaja learns a Jati
Vanaja dances a Kuchipudi Jati (short sequence set to a staccatto beat) from Rama Devi.

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Vanaja in a Kuchipudi costume
Vanaja rests on the set after performing a Kuchipudi dance Tillana.

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Rama Devi and Shekhar
Rama Devi forces her son, Shekhar, to acknowledge his crime.

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Vanaja with her child
Vanaja, a young teenage mother, with her child

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Vanaja dances a Kuchipudi item
Vanaja invokes Goddess Durga during a Kuchipudi dance called “Igiri Nandini”. In the dance, she narrates how the Gods combined powers to create Goddess Durga to kill the demon Mahishasura. This dance appears close to the end of the film.

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Vanaja and Radhamma in Kitchen
Vanaja is seen slicing a coconut, while the cook, Radhamma, stokes a coal fire.

01
Vanaja rests after a dance
Vanaja rests after a Kuchipudi Tillana dance

02
Yadigi and Vanaja
Yadigiri confronts Vanaja when she hangs her clothes on the landlady's line.

03
Vanaja mends clothes
Vanaja sews by lamplight in the servant's quarters.

04
Vanaja learns a Jati
Vanaja dances a Kuchipudi Jati (short sequence set to a staccatto beat) from Rama Devi.

05
Vanaja in a Kuchipudi costume
Vanaja rests on the set after performing a Kuchipudi dance Tillana.

06
Rama Devi and Shekhar
Rama Devi forces her son, Shekhar, to acknowledge his crime.

07
Vanaja with her child
Vanaja, a young teenage mother, with her child

08
Vanaja dances a Kuchipudi item
Vanaja invokes Goddess Durga during a Kuchipudi dance called “Igiri Nandini”. In the dance, she narrates how the Gods combined powers to create Goddess Durga to kill the demon Mahishasura. This dance appears close to the end of the film.

09
Vanaja and Radhamma in Kitchen
Vanaja is seen slicing a coconut, while the cook, Radhamma, stokes a coal fire.
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