Sirivennela is a 1986 Telugu film based on Arts

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 and was released in India in 1986. The movie was directed by K. Viswanath who is known for his presentation in the classical arts in the current societal status of India

India

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Plot

The movie revolves around Pandit Hari Prasad, a blind flautist

Flautist

A flautist or flutist is a musician who plays an instrument in the flute family. See List of flautists.The choice of "flautist" versus "flutist" is the source of dispute among players of the instrument...

 (played by Sarvadaman Banerjee), and a painter (Suhasini) who is mute

Speech disorder

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Hari Prasad lives with his only sister in a village which has some tourist attraction. He earns money by playing flute and entertaining the tourists. His life changes dramatically once Jyothirmayi (Moon Moon Sen) comes there and hears his musical talent. She helps him reach high standards in classical music.

Years pass by and Hari Prasad becomes one of the greatest flutists in India; he develops ;a great love towards Jyothirmayi for whom he dedicates all his albums.

Music

Sirivennela (one of the most celebrated musical masterpieces in Telugu) abounds in classical music composed by K. V. Mahadevan

K. V. Mahadevan

Krishnankoil Venkatachalam Mahadevan was a South Indian music composer.-Career:K.V.Mahadevan was born in Tamil Iyer family in 1918 in Krishnancoil, Kanyakumari district. A contemporary of M. S. Viswanathan, T. K. Ramamoorthy, KVM has scored music for over 600 films, spanning four decades, after...

 with flute renditions by the renowned flautist

Flautist

A flautist or flutist is a musician who plays an instrument in the flute family. See List of flautists.The choice of "flautist" versus "flutist" is the source of dispute among players of the instrument...

 Hariprasad Chaurasia

Hariprasad Chaurasia

Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia is an Indian classical instrumentalist. He is a player of the bansuri, the North Indian bamboo flute. Chaurasia is a classicist who has made a conscious effort to reach out and expand the audience for classical music.-Early life:Hariprasad Chaurasia was born in...

. The movie saw the debut of Sirivennela Sitaramasastri

Sirivennela Sitaramasastri

Sirivennela Sitaramasastri is an Indian lyricist known for his works in Telugu Cinema.He is a multiple winner of Nandi Award for Best Lyricist and Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist – Telugu...

 as a lyricist

Lyricist

A lyricist is a songwriter who specializes in lyrics. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist. This differentiates from a singer-composer, who composes the song's melody.-Collaboration:...

, who wrote all of the songs. Because of "the wonderful songs," rich in meaning, he penned for the movie, Sitarama Sastry has taken the name Sirivennela as a prefix to his own name. Each of the songs is remembered to this day as a part of landmark Telugu film music.

A particular highlight of the movie is the song "Vidhata Thalapuna," sung by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam is a multilingual Indian playback singer, actor, music director, voice actor and a film producer. He is referred to as S. P. B. or Balu by the media. He has won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer six times closely following K. J. Yesudas...

 and P. Susheela

P. Susheela

Pulapaka Susheela is an Indian playback singer. In a career spanning more than four decades, she has recorded songs in many Indian languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, Oriya, Sanskrit, Tulu, Badaga and Sinhalese.-Personal life:She is the daughter of Pulapaka...

. The song is about Aum

Aum

Om or Aum Om or Aum Om or Aum (also , written in Devanāgari as and as , in Sanskrit known as (lit. "to sound out loudly"), ', or ' (also as ') (lit. "Auṃ form/syllable"), is a sacred/mystical syllable in the Dharmic or Indian religions, i.e...

, the most sacred syllable in Hinduism, from which the Veda

Vedas

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 traditions originated. Other notable songs include "Adibhikshuvu Vadinedi Koredhi" and "Ee gali Ee Nela."

Cast

• Sarvadaman Banerjee
  Sarvadaman D. Banerjee
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• Suhasini
  Suhasini Mani Ratnam
  Suhasini Maniratnam is an Indian actress. She made her film debut in 1980 with the Tamil film Nenjathai Killathe for which she won the Best Actress award. Suhasini has won a National Film Award for Best Actress for Sindhu Bhairavi in 1986...
  
  
• Moon Moon Sen
• J. V. Ramana Murthi
  J. V. Ramana Murthi
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• Meena
• S. K. Misro
  S. K. Misro
  S.K.Misro, popularly known as Misro, is a Telugu movie/theater actor whose contributions have been significant to the Andhra theater. He was born in 1945.- Filmography :*Needaleni Aadadi *Ainavallu *Maainti Devudu...
  
  
• Sakshi Ranga Rao
  Sakshi Ranga Rao
  Sakshi Ranga Rao was a Character actor in Theater arts and South Indian Cinema.He was born to Lakshmi Narayana and Ranganayakamma as Rangavajhula Ranga Rao of Kondiparru village near Gudivada. He began his career as a stenographer in Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. He showed passion for theater...
  
  
• Eashwara Rao
• Subhalekha Sudhakar
  Subhalekha Sudhakar
  Subhalekha Sudhakar is an Indian film actor in Telugu cinema. He has acted in over 96 films. He is brother-in-law of legendary singer S. P. Balasubramaniam. He has acted in a few Tamil films as well. He made his acting debut in K. Viswanath's film Subhalekha. This gave him the screen name...
  
  
• Varalakshmi
  Varalakshmi
  Varalakshmi or Varalaxmi might refer to:* Varalakshmi is another name for Goddess Lakshmi, especially on the day of Varalaksmi Vratam.Some people with this name include:*S. Varalakshmi, veteran South Indian film actress and singer....