Sirivennela

Infobox Film | name = Sirivennela


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director = K. Viswanath
producer = Ch. Ramakrishna Reddy, N. Bhaskara Reddy and U. Chinaveerraju
writer = K. Viswanath
starring = Sarvadaman Banerjee,
Suhasini,
Moon Moon Sen,
Samyukta
music = K. V. Mahadevan
cinematography =
editing =
released = 1986
runtime = 181 min.
language = Telugu
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imdb_id = 0249964

"Sirivennela" is a Telugu movie based on Indian Classical Music and was released in India in 1986. The movie was directed by Kasinadhuni Viswanath who is known for his presentation in the Classical Arts of the current societal status of India.it is rated as the 7th best film of K.Vishwanth by telugu movie website [http://www.freshandrotten.com/2008/03/top-10-films-of-kvishwanath.html Fresh and Rotten]

Plot

The movie revolves around the role of Pandit Hari Prasad, a blind flautist (played by Sarvadaman Banerjee) and a painter who is mute. The casting includes Suhasini and Moon Moon Sen as "Jyotirmayi".

The movie (one of the most celebrated musical masterpieces in Telugu) abounds in classical music composed by K. V. Mahadevan with flute renditions by the renowned flautist Hariprasad Chaurasia. The movie saw the debut of Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry as a lyricist,who wrote all of the songs. Because of "the wonderful songs" he penned for the movie, Sitarama Sastry has taken the name of the movie, Sirivennela, as his own. Each of the songs is remembered to this day as land-marks in Telugu film-music.

A particular highlight of the movie is the song "Vidhata Talapuna", sung by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and P. Susheela. The song is about Aum, the most sacred syllable in Hinduism, from which the Veda traditions originated. Other notable songs include "Adibhikshuvu Vadinedi Koredi" and "Ee gali Ee Nela".

Cast

*Sarvadaman Banerjee
*Suhasini
*Moon Moon Sen
*Ramana Murthi J.V.
*Meena
*S.K.Misro
*Sakshi Ranga Rao
*Eashwara Rao
*Subhalekha Sudhakar
*Varalakshmi

External links

*imdb title|id=0249964|title=Sirivennela