Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes

Writer: Sri Malladi Venkata Krishna Sharma

Direction: R. Venu Gopal Rao

Story: Maya Bazar is regarded as the Master Piece of Sri Vinayaka Natya Mandali (Surabhi).

This production narrates the love story of Sashirekha (the daughter of Balarama) and Abhimanyu (the son of Subhadra). The king Balaram wants to marry his daughter to his nephew Abhimanyu. But Balaram’s wife Revathi, under Narada’s influence, plants her daughter’s marriage with Lakshmana Kumara (son of Dhuryodhana). Due to the pressure from his wife, Balaram rejects the proposal to marry his daughter to Abhimanyu.

By the influence of Sri Krishna, Abhimanyu along with Subhadra, went to Dwaitavanam Ghatotkacha Ashram.

While Abhimanyu and Subhadra is passing through a forest, they come across the demon king Gatothkasha (son of Bhima and Hidimba). Gatothkacha invites Abhimanyu for a fight, but through an intervention by Subhadra, he comes to know that Abhimanyu was his cousin and he takes them to his house. Ghatothkacha finds out about Abhimanyu and Sesirekha’s love and the reluctance of Balarama to the marriage. Ghatothkacha takes his oath to get them married. He goes to the city Dwaraka and requests Krishna for assistance. Now, with his magical powers, Gatothkacha kidnaps Sesirekha and disguising himself as Sesirekha, marries Lakshman Kumar.

Later, Balaram repents marrying his daughter to Lakshman Kumar instead of Abhimanyu. On Krishna’s suggestion, he goes to meet Ghatothkacha and apologizes to Abhimanyu, Subhadra and Ghatothkacha. Then he gets his daughter married to Abhimanyu.