vanaja ( 2006 ) and write and direct by rajnesh domalpalli and be an extraordinary film from south india . mamatha bhukya play 15 year old vanaja and who live in a rural area with her loving but alcoholic father . if she be go to succeed in life and she will have to overcome the liability of low caste and poverty . i go to the film expect the depiction of an wretched girl who be crush by society . this isn not what vanaja show u . the young woman be attractive and intelligent and and ambitious . she would not accept her fate with tear or simple resignation . she want to succeed and and it never clear that she would not succeed and despite the odds . the act that mr. domalpalli draw forth from his cast of amateur be miraculous . mamatha bhukya be outstanding in the title role and and urmila dammannagari do an exceptional job a mrs. rama devi and the wealthy landowner who be a formerly famous classical dancer . in the film vanaja learn south indian classical dance and a she do in real life . i couldn not tell how good vanaja dancing be by indian standard and but the many dance scene be spellbind . ( don not think bollywood this be classical dance . it also very different from ballet and because in ballet the dancer lift her heel away from the floor . in sound indian dance and the heel be the primary contact point . ) this be a movie that be not to be miss . it will work on dvd and but will be good on a theater screen because the dancing will be show to good advantage . however and if dvd be your only option and then see it that way . just be sure to see it .