Swati (1984 film)
Swati | |
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Directed by | Kranthi Kumar |
Produced by | Kranthi Kumar |
Written by | Kranthi Kumar |
Starring |
Suhasini Bhanu Chander Sharada |
Music by | Chakravarthy |
Cinematography | Hari Anumolu |
Edited by | Krishnam Raju |
Distributed by | Sri Kranthi Chitra |
Release date | 1984 |
Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Swati is a 1984 Telugu language drama film, written, produced and directed by Kranthi Kumar. The film starred Suhasini, Bhanu Chander and Sharada in lead roles. Upon release the film received positive reviews and became instant hit at the box office. The film has received state Nandi Award for Best Feature film, two Filmfare Awards South, and was premiered at International Film Festival of India.[1] The film was remade in Hindi with same name and in Kannada as Usha.[2][3]
Plot
Swati (Suhasini) lives with her mother who brought her up as a single mother and doesn't reveal about her husband.and so swathi thinks that her father is a cheater who has cheated her mother Saraswathi. Saraswathi works as a nurse under doctor jaggaiah who is also a widower with a daughter. Swati gets closer to chakro who is an unemployed graduate, upon chakro's suggestion Swati gets her mother married to doctor jaggaiah but observesthe change in her mother's behaviour who feels embarrassed to introduce swathi as her daughter. so she leaves that house in the mean while she meets her biological father who is actually a very nice person but was a victim of ill fate. Finally, Swathi's step sister gets married during which her biological father Satyam dies.
Cast
- Suhasini as Swati
- Bhanu Chander as Chako
- Jaggaiah
- Sarath Babu as Satyam
- Rajendra Prasad as Subba Rao
- Subhalekha Sudhakar as Hapil Dev
- P. L. Narayana
- Sharada as Saraswathi
- Rama Prabha
- Mucherla Aruna as Lakshmi
- Samyuktha as Prasunna
Awards
- Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu) – Kranthi Kumar
- Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actress – Suhasini
- Nandi Award Best Feature Film
References
- ↑ http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/FrmIP1984Award.aspx?PdfName=IP1984.pdf
- ↑ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1998) [1994]. Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). Oxford University Press. p. 468. ISBN 0-19-563579-5.
- ↑ https://kannadamoviesinfo.wordpress.com/2013/03/24/usha-1986/
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