Sri Tirupati Venkateswara Kalyanam

Sri Tirupati Venkateswara Kalyanam
Theatrical release poster
Directed by N. T. Rama Rao
Produced by N. T. Rama Rao
Written by D. V. Narasa Raju (dialogues)
Screenplay by N. T. Rama Rao
Story by N. T. Rama Rao
Based on Avatar of Lord Venkateswara
Starring N. T. Rama Rao
Jayaprada
Jayasudha
Music by Pendyala Nageswara Rao
Cinematography M. A. Rehman
Edited by G. D. Joshi
N. S. Prasad
Production
company
Ramakrishna Cine Studios[1]
Release date
  • 28 September 1979 (1979-09-28)
Running time
 147 minutes
Country India
Language Telugu

Sri Tirupati Venkateswara Kalyanam is a 1979 Telugu, mythological film, based on Lord Venkateswara Avatar at Tirumala, produced & directed by N. T. Rama Rao on his Ramakrishna Cine Studios banner. Starring N. T. Rama Rao, Jayaprada, Jayasudha in the lead roles and music composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao.[2][3]

Plot

The film begins with the advent of Kaliyuga, evil forces dominate the world. Goddess Bhudevi (Sangeetha) sends a request to Lord Vishnu (N. T. Rama Rao) through Narada Maharashi (Nandamuri Balakrishna) to keep his foot on her but Goddess Lakshmi (Jayasudha) obstructs his way then Narada promises Bhudevi that he will definitely make it possible. At the same time, Saptharishis helmed by Kasyapa Muni perform a Yagna, Sage Narada arrives their and asks who is the patron deity of the sacrifice. Unable to answer, the sages sends Bhrigu Maharshi (Dhulipala) to test Trimurthi's. After testing Lord Siva & Brahma Bhrigu reaches Vaikuntha, when the Lord and his consort Lakshmi are in a playful mood and ignore Bhrigu. Angered by this, Bhrigu kicks Vishnu on his chest. To pacify the sage, Vishnu held his legs and pressed the extra eye in his foot the symbol of his egotism where sage realized his folly and apologized to Vishnu. But Lakshmi gets upsets. In that anger, she leaves to earth, Vishnu also follows her and keeps his feet on earth then she trembles.Vishnu reaches to his ardent devotee Vakulamatha’s (Anjali Devi) ashram calls her as the mother, She names him as Srinivasa and starts staying with her.

Once Srinivasa on hunting chases a wild elephant. In its pursuit, he was led into a garden, where he meets Padmavati (Jayaprada), daughter of Aakasa Raju (Mikkilineni) and both of them fall in love. After initial hesitation, Aakasa Raju agrees to their marriage. For the marriage expenses, Srinivasa takes debt from Kubera and promises to repay the loan with interest till the end of Kaliyuga. After the marriage, Sage Narada informed Lakshmi about the wedding, then fuming Lakshmi confronts with Vishnu and Padmavathi. The clash between his two consorts leads Vishnu, Srinivasa, to turn his self into a stone statue. Depressed Padmavathi also becomes stone and Vakula Devi as garland. Now Lakshmi realizes her mistake and she decides to take a new life to reach the deity with the pure heart. So, she takes incarnation in a lotus flower, brought up by a Mulsim King and named as Bibi Nanchari. Bibi Nanchari is a great devotee of Lord Venkateswara and starts loving the idol from childhood. Muslim Priests & Chief Commander Uggla Khan (Satyanarayana) obstructs her and locks in a room. She dies at the feet of the idol, the Lord appears and keeps her back in his heart.

Generations Pass, Once a devotee called Bhavaji (Gummadi), arrives from North India and starts calling the Lord as Balaji. But he is not allowed to see the god and thrown out of the temple. From that time the god visits every day to spend some time with him by playing dice. One day, in the game Balaji Lord loses his ornament in the bet. Next day, when the temple doors are opened, the ornament is missing. The King arrives to conduct interrogation and Bhavaji says the truth that God himself has given to him. Everybody says that it's a cock & bull story, so King keeps a test to him to prove his innocence keeping him in a prison with full of sugar cane inside, and asks him to eat every bit of it before dawn. Lord Venkateswara arrives in a form of an elephant and finishes the sugar cane within moments, and disappears. In the morning, the king was surprised to see all the sugar cane eaten. From that day he becomes famous in the name of Hathiram Bhavaji and the entire authority of the temple is given to him. Finally, the movie ends with Hathiram Bhavaji praises the deity with Suprabhatam.

Cast

Crew

Soundtrack

Sri Tirupati Venkateswara Kalyanam
Film score by Pendyala Nageswara Rao
Released 1979
Genre Soundtrack
Length 33:41
Label EMI Columbia Audio
Producer Pendyala Nageswara Rao

Music composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao. Music released on EMI Columbia Audio Company.

S.NoSong TitleLyricsSingerslength
1 Idhi Naa Hrudayam Devulapalli SP Balu, P. Susheela 3:07
2 Entha Maduram C. Narayana Reddy SP Balu 3:19
3 Ee Palle Repalli Devulapalli P. Susheela 6:17
4 Devudu Okade C. Narayana Reddy Mohammed Rafi 3:08
5 Narayana Srimannarayana C. Narayana Reddy Madhavapeddi Ramesh 3:28
6 Poyi Raave C. Narayana Reddy P. Susheela 3:22
7 Prabu Raanaina Devulapalli P. Susheela 3:14
8 Vesindi Gunnamami Kosaraju P. Susheela,Vijayalakshmi Sarma 3:18
9 Suprabhatham C. Narayana Reddy SP Balu, V. Ramakrishna, P. B. Sreenivas 4:28

Others

  • VCDs and DVDs on - Universal Videos, SHALIMAR Video Company, Hyderabad

References

  1. ↑ "Titles". Chithr.com.
  2. ↑ "Heading". IMDb.
  3. ↑ "Heading-2". gomolo.


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