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Sankarabharanam
Directed by Dr.K.Viswanath
Produced by Poornodaya film creations
Written by Dr.K.Viswanath
Starring J.V.Somayajulu
Manju Bhargavi
Chandra Mohan
Music by KV Mahadevan
Cinematography Balu Mahendra
Release date(s) 1979
Running time 143 min
Language Telugu
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This is an article about the movie titled Shankarabharanam, for the Carnatic Raga named as such, go here.

Sankarabharanam ("The Jewel of Shiva") (1979) is a musical film in the Telugu language, directed by Dr. K. Vishwanath and produced by Poornodaya Art Creations. It led to the revival of Indian classical music in Andhra Pradesh.The movie deals with 2 relevant topics-Decline in popularity of Carnatic music and the teacher-student relationship.The movie is considered to be one of the best to have ever emerged from Telugu film industry. When the movie was dubbed into other south Indian languages, the lyrics of the songs were not translated into those languages.

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Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The movie starts with an introduction by Viswanath,

"'Sisurvetti pasurvetti, vetti gana rasam phanihi' (Music is enjoyed equally by babies, animals and even snakes) We hope you appreciate our effort in bringing you the Jeeva Dhara of the Indian classical music."

"Shankarabharanam" Sankara Shastri is a very popular Carnatic singer. He is immersed in the Sangeetha Rasaamrutham (Nectar of Music) with his nirantara saadhana (uninterrupted practice - riyaaz). People come in huge numbers to listen his voice and considered him to be a great man. He has mastered the raga Sankaraabharanam. Tulsi(Manju) is a prostitute's daughter who has great interest in music and dance. She is also an admirer of Shastri and also learns music from him when he used to teach his daughter along the riverside. But her mother wants her to become a prostitute to earn money. One day a rich client of her mother's behaves in a dishonourable manner towards Tulsi and in order to save her honour, she kills him. But due to that incident she becomes pregnant. She is sent to jail and no one tries to help her. But Shastri tries to save her by consulting a lawyer who wins the case in Tulsi's favour.

Now Shastri brings her to his home where other people insult him as Tulsi is a murderer and of a low caste while Shastri is a devout Brahmin. Tulsi moves out of his house as she does not want him to face insults because of her but hopes to show her gratitude towards him.

Ten years pass by. Western music now dominates in India and Shastri has lost his audience. He now lives in a small house with his grown up daughter. When Tulsi comes to know of Shastri's plight she tries to help him monetarily but gives the money through someone else. Now that Tulsi inherits all of her mother's property and utilises all of it to help him. She also asks her son to go to Shastri's home and learn classical music from him. After managing to get an entry to Shastri's home, he starts learning the Indian classical music from the maestro. Then Chandramohan a musician falls in love with Shastri's daughter. Although Shastri rejects the marriage proposal at first, he later agrees after knowing the man's interest in classical music. Now, Shastri comes across Tulsi after a long time and comes to know that the boy in his house is her son. She arranges a concert where Shastri once again finds his lost audience come back to see hear his voice. Shastri sings at the concert and after finishing his performance, he dies along with Tulsi (who has a heart attack from the shock of his passing). The mantle has now been passed to Tulsi's son and thus his legacy of classical Indian music is preserved.

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  • The film released in only one theatre and opened to empty hall.[1] But it later turned out to be the biggest hit of 1979 owing to the positive feedback from the audience.
  • The success of this film triggered a sequence of other art movies in Telugu, including Thyagayya (by Bapu), Meghasandesam (by Dasari N. Rao), and Viswanath's own follow-ups to Sankaraabharanam: Saagara Sangamam, Sruthi Layalu, Swarna Kamalam, Sirivennela, and Swathi Kiranam[2].
  • It was remade in Hindi as Sur Sangam [3].

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