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Bhookailas is a 1958 Indian Telugu-language Hindu film directed by K. Shankar. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Jamuna with music composed by R. Sudarsanam and R. Govardhanam. It was produced by A. V. Meiyappan under the AVM Productions banner.

The story is based on the Sthala Purana of Gokarna Kshetram in Karnataka. Previously, a film was made with the same story casting in Telugu in 1940 with the same title which was an adaptation of the famous Kannada stage play Bhookailasa by Sri Sahitya Samrajya Nataka Mandali of Mysore. A. V. Meiyappan also shot the movie simultaneously in Kannada as Bhookailasa starring Rajkumar.

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