古典舞大师 Mangal 在一所华宅的舞会上遇到一位女舞者Neela（Sandhya Shantaram饰）。大师让他的儿子Girdhar（Gopi Krishna 饰）现场秀舞。Neela被Girdhar的技巧征服，她请求Mangal收她为徒。大师提出两个条件:Neela必须把她的一生奉献给艺术，她要在即将到来的坦达罗舞蹈大赛中与Girdhar合作。两人一起练习后，她爱上了Girdhar。

Dancer maestro Mangal Maharaj wants his son, Girdhar, who is a dancer par excellence, to enter the once-in-ten-years Nateshwar Utsav dance competition, win it, and be crowned the Bharat Natraj. While Girdhar can do a solo dance number, he is also required to dance the Shiv-Parvati Tandav dance with a female partner. Mangal Maharaj would like Roopkala to be his partner, but ends up being disappointed with her. Now with only a year left for the Utsav, he chances upon talented dancer and singer, Neeladevi, and recruits her. He subjects her to strenuous training and he is pleased with her performance. Then he finds out that Girdhar and Neela have fallen in love with each other, and their involvement is interfering with their performance. Unhappy with Neeladevi, he dismisses her, and sets forth to look for another dancer. The question remains: Will he be able to find another one, train her, and make her compete just in time for the Utsav, or will he lose this opportunity altogether and ...