Sita Kalyanam (1976 film)
Seetha Kalyanam | |
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Cinematography | K. S. Prasad |
Edited by | Kandaswamy |
Music by | K. V. Mahadevan |
Production company | Ananda Lakshmi Art Movies |
Release date |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Seetha Kalyanam is a 1976 Indian
The film won the
Plot
Granted several boons by the gods Brahma and Shiva, Ravana, the demon king of Lanka, uses his many powers to plague all creation, notably molesting women, many of whom he kidnaps. At the appeal of the gods and the sages, Vishnu assures them that he shall take an incarnation as a mortal, as the arrogant Rakshasa had never sought protection from men (or apes).
The goddess Lakshmi chooses to accompany her divine consort, first as the ascetic Vedaavati (who is insulted by Ravana), then as a baby who appears from a golden lotus in Ravana’s own palace in Lanka, and finally as the child who is discovered when Janaka, king of Videha, is performing the ritual of ploughing the ground before a sacrifice.
The film then describes the events that reunite the divine couple, stringing along the way various tales, in song and dance form, from the
The movie ends with Parasurama, Visvamitra, and Vasishta being granted a vision of Rama, Seetha, Lakshmana, Bharata, and Shatrughna in their true, celestial, forms.
Cast
- Ravi Kumar as Lord Rama
- Goddess Seetha
- Gummadi as Dasharatha
- Kanta Rao as Narada
- Mikkilineni as Janaka
- Vishwamitra
- Kaikala Satyanarayana as Ravana
- Vashistha
- Tyagaraju as Parashurama
- Hemalata as Kausalya
- Jamuna as Kaikeyi
- P. R. Varalakshmi as Sumitra
- Mamata as Mandodari
- P.J. Sarma as Sukracharya
- Bheemaraju as Bali Chakravarthi
Soundtrack
The film has music composed by
Release
The film was released in Hindi with the title Sita Swayamvar and Malayalam as Seetha Swayamvaram.
Awards
- 1976 - Filmfare Best Director Award (Telugu) – Bapu
- 1976 - Filmfare Special Award for Excellent Performance - Gummadi
References
- ^ "Seeta Kalyanam (1976) - IMDb".
- ^ Arts / Cinema : Preview: Epic comes full circle. The Hindu (2011-11-12). Retrieved on 2013-01-25.
- ^ m.l. narasimham (12 November 2011). "Arts / Cinema : Preview: Epic comes full circle". The Hindu (Press release). Retrieved 27 August 2012.
External links
- Sita Kalyanam at IMDb