The film is based on the 17th-century poet
Mahakavi Kshetrayya, a devotee of
Krishna in the village of
Muvva in present-day
Krishna district,
Andhra Pradesh. According to legend, bells from
Siva anklets plunge onto the earth. The first one forms a village, Muvva, and the second takes an avatar, Varadhayya. Though Varadhayya is born into a respectable scholar's family, he is illiterate till his teenage moves as a meander by intoning melody. Varadha loves his maternal uncle Sivaiah's daughter Rukmini. Besides, Bhama a
Devadasi allures Varadha's tunes and showers her love on him, and her brother Pichaiah is a bestie of Varadha. Due to circumstances, Varadha relinquishes Rukmini or Bhama. Then a saint Siddhendra Yogi divulges that his life is dedicated to the Lord. At that juncture, Krishna appears to provide enlightenment & entrusts him to scripture his divinity as vocals & lyrics. Now, Varadha's songs become chart-topping when religious authorities affirm nastiness and ostracize him. However, on the advice of Siddhendra Yogi, Varadha starts his journey to learn the life secret when he is as eminent as Kshetrayya. Eventually, Tanisha of Golconda honors him as his poet, which he refuses courteously. So, infuriated, Tanisha seizes him and is freed by Bhama & Pichaiah. Later, Kshetrayya tours
Kanchipuram,
Chidambaram,
Srirangam, etc. and lands at
Thanjavur. King Vijaya Raghava Nayaka felicitates him with great honor, defeats all the poets in the province, and proclaims Rangajamma, the second spouse of Vijaya Raghava, a great poet, as his analogous. During that time, Thanjavur has a rivalry with
Madhurai when Kshetrayya tries to resolve their conflicts but fails and ensures the destruction of Thanjavur. In that plight, Rangajamma requests Kshetrayya to safeguard their heritage and hand over Prince Changamala Dasu. Now, Kshetrayya moves to Golkonda and solicits Tanisha to establish Changamala Dasu as the empire of Thanjavur. In return, he starts working for him. The advent of Kshetrayya irks court poet Tulasi Murthy when he challenges him to write 1000 verses in 40 days. Kshetrayya accepts it, on the verge, when Tulasi Murthy allures dancer Taaramathi, who ploys by seducing him via syrup. Just in time, Bhama rescues him. Siddhendra Yogi spots the two misconstrues & curses Bhama that females cannot participate in
Kuchipudi. After coming into consciousness, Kshetrayya regrets his sin and is unfit to write the verses. Whereat, he seeks to endorse his duty when his aura is relieved, which successfully finishes the verses. Knowing it, Tulasi Murthy heists the verses, loses his eyesight as divine retribution, and bows his head down. At last, the Lord directs Kshetrayya to reach his native place, Muvva, as it is the time of his salvation. Finally, the movie ends with Kshetrayya transforming into a bell that conjoins with Siva's anklets at
Kailasam. ==Cast==