AthimKamalli, an eleven-year-old girl, the only daughter of a hunter, gets to have an elephant named Athim as her pet. Local rich man Moodan is denied to buy the elephant for himself. By a scheme of revenge, Moodan induces the king to issue a decree that only the king could have elephants. Kamalli is deprived of the elephant, the love of her life; after a long period amid great confusion, she manages to meet the elephant at a royal parade, where, by the favor of one of the princesses, she is invited to the palace. Seeing the horrors of captivity at the palace, the girl determines to free the elephant. Against the royal power and fortress, the only way to free the elephant was to make him realize his own strength and display it. Knowledge brought freedom to Athim the elephant and his clan |
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