Sankarabharanam
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Sankarabharanam
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Directed by
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Produced by
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Edida Nageswara Rao
Aakasam Sriramulu |
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Written by
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K. Viswanath
Jandhyala (dialogues ) |
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Starring
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Music by
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Cinematography
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Edited by
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G. G. Krishna Rao
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Distributed by
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Release dates
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January 15, 1980
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Running time
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137 minutes
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Country
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India
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Language
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Telugu
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Sankarabharanam (English: The Jewel of Shankara) is a 1980 Telugu musical drama film directed by K. Viswanath
and produced by Poornodaya Movie
Creations. The soundtrack was composed by K. V. Mahadevan, and remained a chartbuster. The
film is listed among CNN-IBN's list of hundred
greatest Indian films of all time.[1]
Released 15
January 1980, the blockbuster film has received four National Film
Awards including the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing
Wholesome Entertainment, and five state Nandi Awards. [2] The film was premiered at the 8th International
Film Festival of India,[3][4] the Tashkent Film Festival, and the Moscow
International Film Festival held in May 1980.[5] The film has also won the Prize of the
Public at the Besançon Film Festival of France in the year 1981.[6]
Film critic
Gudipoodi Srihari called it as the best Telugu film he has seen after Mayabazar.[7] On the centenary of Indian cinema in
April 2013, Forbes included
J. V. Somayajulu's performance in the film on its list, "25 Greatest
Acting Performances of Indian Cinema".[8]
Contents
Plot
The film begins with an introduction
by Viswanath in the form of a Sanskrit Subhashita शिशुर्वेत्ति पशुर्वेत्ति वेत्ति गानरसं फणिः (Music is enjoyed equally well by babies, animals and even
snakes). We hope you appreciate our effort in bringing you the 'Jeeva Dhara'
(Lifestream) of Indian classical music."
"Sankarabharanam" Sankara
Sastri is a very popular Carnatic singer and
a widower. People come in huge numbers to listen to his voice and consider him
a great man. He has mastered the raga Sankarabharanam and hence is
eponymous with the same. Tulasi, (Manju Bhargavi) is a prostitute's daughter who
has great interest in music and dance. She is also an admirer of Sastri, and
goes to the riverbank in the early mornings when Sastri typically taught his
own daughter.
In a scene that speaks volumes, one
morning Tulasi is so thrilled by Sastri's singing that she begins dancing on
the riverbank, oblivious of her surroundings. Sastri sees her, and Tulasi also
comes to her senses - and abruptly stops, expecting Sastri's rebuke. But Sastri
reciprocates her sincerity and continues singing - Thus is born an unspoken,
platonic teacher-student relationship between the young dancer and the veteran
singer. This bond, bound bound to be misunderstood by a callous world, forms
the crux of the story.
Tulasi's mother, of course, wants
her to follow in the family profession by servicing rich clients. The mother is
waiting for the opportune time to introduce her daughter to prostitution, and
one day she extracts a high price from a rich hedonist who's eager to be
Tulasi's "first". That man forces himself on Tulasi. The foul deed
done, the man sees a photo of Sastri in Tulasi's room and flings it to the
ground while telling her that she's free to become the old Sastri's girlfriend
now since he's done with her. Tulasi, quiet until then, is ostensibly more hurt
by the insult to Sastri, her guru, than the crime perpetrated
on herself. She takes a shard of glass from the broken frame of Sastri's photo,
and stabs the client.
A murder trial ensues, and Sastri
tries to save Tulasi by consulting his lawyer brother (Allu Ramalingaiah), who wins the case in Tulasi's
favour. Justice comes through as Tulasi's mother is sent to jail for unlawful
flesh trade, while Tulasi is a free but homeless woman. Sastri brings Tulasi to
his home - precipitating changes in his own life. The public, of course, assume
that Sastri is keeping Tulasi at home as a mistress - and avoid him as a
debauchee. Even Sastri's maid and musical accompanists, who until then
grudgingly bore the maestro's mentoring of "that prostitute's daughter",
openly rebel and leave. Tulasi feels responsible for Sastri's troubles, and
eventually moves out of his house.
Sastri's problems are not all due to
Tulasi, however. The winds of change have made classical music wane in
popularity, while pop music is on the
ascendant. Sastri loses his loyal audience and, with it, his comfortable
lifestyle. Ten years pass, and Sastri is living in a small house with his grown
up daughter. Meanwhile, by a quirk of fate, Tulasi has inherited her mother's
ill-gotten property that was under litigation until then. She wants to help the
struggling Sastri anonymously. Tulasi has a ten-year old son by then,
ostensibly from her one-&-only conjugal encounter, and wishes that her son
redeems his life by becoming Sastri's student - A chance she desperately wanted
for herself but was denied by Fate. So Tulasi gets her son to pretend to be
homeless, and enter Sastri's household as a servant boy - and to earn his trust.
Things go according to plan, and Tulasi is content to watch from a distance as
her son gradually becomes a part of Sastri's household, and then his musical
protege.
Chandra Mohan,
a dilettante, falls in love with Sastri's daughter.
Although Sastri rejects the alliance at first, he later agrees after learning
of the man's interest in classical music. Tulasi then arranges for a concert on
the day of Sastri's daughter's wedding, where Sastri finds his lost audience
return to hear his voice. Sastri sings at the concert, but suffers a heart
attack part-way through it. Then his disciple, Tulasi's son, takes over from
the sidelines and continues singing the song.. As Sastri watches his student
with pride, he also sees Tulasi at the side of the hall, and realizes (via eye
contact with his lawyer brother) that the boy is Tulasi's son. A doctor is brought
to attend to Sastri, who is on stage clutching his chest with pain, but Sastri
waves off the physician, knowing that his end is near. As Tulasi's son
completes the song, Sastri symbolically anoints the boy as heir to his music,
then dies - Tulasi comes running to her guru at that moment, and falls down at
his feet - Moments later we realize that she too has died with the shock of
Sastri's death. The film ends in this tragic but uplifting note, as the
newly-weds Chandra Mohan & Sastri's daughter take charge of Tulasi's son.
Cast
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Reception
Box
office performance
- The film released in only one theatre and opened to empty hall.[7] But it later turned out to be the biggest hit of 1980 and also one of the legends of Telugu industry owing to the positive feedback from the audience.
- The film had a 216-day run at Royal theatre, Hyderabad.[9]
- The success of this film triggered a sequence of classical films in Telugu, including Saptapadi, Tyagayya (by Bapu), Meghasandesam (by Dasari N. Rao), and Viswanath's own follow-ups: Saagara Sangamam, Sruthi Layalu, Swarna Kamalam, Sirivennela, and Swati Kiranam.[10]
- The original Telugu version was dubbed into Malayalam which released across Kerala with overwhelming response.[citation needed]
- It was remade in Hindi as Sur Sangam (1986) with Jayaprada, and with noted Kannada actor Girish Karnad playing Sastri's role.[10]
- The film was also dubbed in Tamil.
- S.P. Balasubramaniam, the Telugu playback singer who rendered all the songs of Sastri's character, has often said this movie was the highlight of his career. It got 'SPB' his first National Award, and made him a household name across all of south India.
Awards
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Award
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Result
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1980
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National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing
Wholesome Entertainment - 'Golden Lotus Award'
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S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
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Vani Jayaram
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K. V. Mahadevan
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Veturi Sundararama
Murthy
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Soundtrack
The music, largely Carnatic based, was composed by K.V. Mahadevan. M. Balamuralikrishna
was the original choice for the male playback singer, due to the heavy
classical content of the compositions. But K.V. Mahadevan, having faith in the
mettle of S. P. Balasubrahmanyam,
insisted on him taking up this challenge.
Shankaraabharanam (2015 film)
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2015)
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Shankarabaranam
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శంకరాభరణం
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Directed by
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Uday Nandanavanam
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Produced by
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M.V.V. Sathyanarayana
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Written by
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Story by
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Kona Venkat
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Starring
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Music by
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Praveen Lakkaraju
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Cinematography
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Richard Prasad
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MVV Cinema
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India
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Language
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Telugu
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Shankarabaranam is an upcoming 2015 Indian
Telugu-language action-crime-comedy film written
by Kona Venkat and the directorial debut of Uday
Nandanavanam.[1] It is produced by MVV Sathyanarayana
under the Banner MVV Cinema. The music is composed by Praveen Lakkaraju and
cinematography is by Richard Prasad and the film editing by A. Sreekar Prasad.
Production
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Filming began in early June 2015 on
locations in Maharashtra before moving
to Bihar and before then shifting to Hyderabad,[1] and in late June, production was
reported as going very well.[2] Filming wrapped on October 15, 2015.[3]
References
1.
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Kavirayani, Suresh (June 18, 2015). "Shankarabharanam goes on the floors". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
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staff (June 25, 2015). "'Shankarabharanam' coming out well". Sify
Movies. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
3.
· TNN staff (October 10, 2015). "Nikhil warps up shoot of Shankarabharanam".
Times of India. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
