Jai Dwarkadheesh (1977)

Jai Dwarkadheesh is a 1977 Hindi mythological film about Krishna in his role as Dwarkadheesh, the lord of the city of Dwarka. Ashish Kumar, who played gods in many devotional films of the 1970s, appears as Krishna, with Kanan Kaushal in the cast. Among the episodes it tells is the swayamvar of Rukmini, the princess who loved Krishna and whom he carried away from an unwanted marriage, along with other leelas from the Krishna legend. Made in the wake of the huge success of the devotional film Jai Santoshi Maa (1975), it is a traditional mythological with songs, divine miracles and colourful battles, intended for family audiences.