Swathi Muthyam (1985) is a Telugu film directed by K. Viswanath,dubbed and released in tamil as Sippikul Muthu. starring Tamil actor Kamal Haasan and Raadhika. The movie won accolades at the International Asian Film Festival in both "Best Film" and "Best Actor" categories.[1] The movie is about an autistic person who defies existing social customs and traditions for a good cause. The movie was the first and only Telugu movie till date which was submitted to the Oscars in 1986.[2]
The film is musical hit with soundtrack composed by Ilaiyaraaja including a Harikatha disposition. film had silver jubilee run in all major centers of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
Synopsis
Kamal Haasan plays the role of an autistic person and all he is good at is obeying what his trusted grandmother says. In an attempt to do good to the life of a widow (with a 5-year old son), he marries her during an auspicious village festival much to the shock of villagers who in turn try to harm Kamal as this act of his stands against the traditional societal norms. The widow who is now married (played by Raadhika) tries to save her husband (Kamal) and moves to city for a better living. With an able support from few of their fellow villagers settled in the city and from Raadhika's erstwhile music guru, the family settles down and life for them from then on looks good and promising.
The director takes the course of this story in a very touching and matured way. He takes every care not to over indulge in any of the human emotions and feelings and at the same time puts in everything that is needed for the story's success. Each and every sequence is a very fine mix of human emotion with a touch of humor.
The movie is remembered for some stellar performances from male and female protagonists i.e., Kamal Haasan & Raadhika and also for the great work done by the director K.Vishwanath. Other actors in their respective roles lend their hand quite efficiently in making this movie a success.
The music director Ilaiyaraaja provided music.
The film was later remade in Hindi as Eeshwar with Anil Kapoor essaying the role portrayed by Kamal Hassan in the original.[3]
Credits
Cast
Kamal Hassan ... Sivayya
Raadhika ... Lalitha
Deepa
Edida SriRam
Gollapudi Maruthi Rao
Dubbing Janaki
J. V. Somayajulu
Mallikarjuna Rao
Nirmalamma
Sarath Babu
Varalakshmi[disambiguation needed]
Suthi Veerabhadra Rao
Vidyasagar
Y. Vijaya
Crew
Director: K. Vishwanath
Story and Screenplay: K. Vishwanath
Dialogues: Sainath
Producers: Edida Nageshwara Rao and Edida Raja
Production Company: Poornodaya Movie Creations
Original Music: Ilayaraja
Cinematography: M. V. Raghu
Playback Singers: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki, S. P. Sailaja and P. Susheela
Lyricists: Dr. C. Narayana Reddy, Athreya, Seetharama Shastry
Awards
The film won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu.
The film won Nandi Award for Best Feature Film.
Soundtrack
Swathi Muthyam
Soundtrack album by Ilaiyaraaja
Released 1985
Language Telugu
Producer Edida Nageshwara Rao
Chinnari Ponnari Kittayya! (Lyricist: Athreya; Singers: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki)
Dharmam Saranam Gacchaami (Lyricist: Athreya; Singers: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki)
Laali Laali (Lyricist: Dr. C. Narayana Reddy; Singer: P. Susheela)
Manasu Palike (Lyricist: Sirivennela Seetarama Shastry; Singers: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki)
Pattuseera Testanani (Lyricist: Athreya; Singers: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki)
Raama, Kanavemiraa! (harikatha) (Lyricist: Athreya; Singers: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki)
Suvvi Suvvi! (Lyricist: Dr. C. Narayana Reddy; Singers: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki)
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