Jagadguru Adi Shankara

Jagadguru Adi Shankara^[3] is a 2013 ensemble cast Telugu biographical-devotional film produced by Nara Jaya Sri Devi on Global Peace Creators banner, directed by J. K. Bharavi. The film is based on the life of 8th century philosopher Adi Shankara. It stars Kaushik Babu in the lead role of Adi Shankaracharya, Nagarjuna Akkineni in a special appearance, Mohan Babu, Srihari, and Sai Kumar in other important roles, and features music composed by Nag Sri Vatsa.^[4]

Plot

Adi Shankara (Kaushik Babu) is born at Kaladi of Kerala state to a Brahmin family. Soon Adi Shankara is born Agni Deva (Tanikella Bharani) says to Rudraksha Rushi (Mohan Babu) that he has only 8 years of life. So Rudraksha Rushi gives 24 years of life to Shankara from his span, at a cycle of every 8 years whenever Shankara's life is in trouble. After his father's death, Shankara shows his remarkable power in acquiring mastery over four Vedas at the age of eight. When he is caught by a crocodile in Purna River, he seeks the permission of his mother to become Sanyasi and then only the crocodile leaves him. Reluctantly, his mother accepts his proposal and then the crocodile disappears. In search of a guru, he leaves for North India. Then he finds his guru, Govinda Bhagavatpada (Srihari). The guru teaches him 'Jala Stambhana', 'Agnisthambana','Vaayusthambana' and 'Parakaya Pravesha' (leaving one's own soul and entering others) etc. skills. Soon, Shankara decides to preach his Advaita Vedanta philosophy to the people who are quarreling among themselves in the name of castes and religions. Shankara teaches a lesson to one such person, Kapalikudu (Suman), who is responsible for the quarrels among the people. In another sequence, a Chandala (Nagarjuna Akkineni) proves to Shankara that all the people are equal before god. During his philosophical tour, Shankara gets a chance to debate with Mandana Misra (Sai Kumar). While Misra I about to give up, his wife Ubhaya Bharathi (Kamalinee Mukherjee) challenges Shankara by asking some question on sex and related questions. As he is a Sanyasi, he can't answer her questions. He then asks for a recess of 15 days. He later, do Parakaya Pravesha and enters the dead body of a king Amaraka Maharaju (Mynampati Sreerama Chandra) then he makes love with his wife (Kamna Jethmalani) and learns and gets the answers to the questions posed by Udaya Bharathi. Although being a Sage, he performs the rituals of his mother. This factor irks the elders of his religion. However, they repent for their act later. Finally, having occupied 'Sarvagnapeetha' of Kashmir, he gets salvation and disappears in Lord Shiva (Chiranjeevi).^[5]

Cast

Soundtrack

Jagadguru Adi Shankara
Film score by Nag Sri Vatsa
Released	11 March 2013 (2013-03-11)
Recorded	2013
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	45:31
Label	Aditya Music
Producer	Nag Sri Vatsa

Music composed by Nag Sri Vatsa. Music released on ADITYA Music Company. The soundtrack of fourteen tracks was released by Swamy Paripoorna Nanda Saraswati, on 11 March 2013.^[1]

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