A Princess is tricked into marrying a naive and illiterate youth.
The Maharaja of Thejavathi has a snobbish daughter, Vidhyakumari, of marriageable age. One of his court ministers' would like her to be his daughter-in-law, but she refuses, and her wrath knows no end when she is tricked into marrying a lowly, naive, and illiterate youth. How will she adjust to life and continue being a Rajkumari constitutes the rest of the story.—rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
This tells the familiar tale of Kalidas, the legendary 3rd-C. Sanskrit poet and playwright. A minister at the court of King Vijayavarman of Thejavathi wants Princess Vidhyakumari (Rajalakshmi) to marry his son. She refuses and the minister tricks her into marrying a cowhand. The duped princess invokes the help of Kali, who appears to the couple and endows the cowhand with literary talent, allowing him to become Kalidas (Venkatesan).—Sujit R. Varma