![]() ![]() He breaks it and taunts her by saying that now she can become the old Sastri's mistress. The man sees a photo of Sastri in Tulasi's room. Tulasi's mother wants her to follow in her family's tradition of becoming a courtesan and one day she extracts a high price for Tulasi from a rich man. But he appreciates her sincerity and continues singing. Sastri sees her, and Tulasi also comes to her senses and abruptly stops. ![]() One morning Tulasi is so thrilled by Sastri's singing that she begins dancing on the riverbank, oblivious of her surroundings. She is also an admirer of Sastri, and goes to the riverbank in the early mornings when Sastri teaches music to his own daughter. Tulasi is a bonded woman's daughter who has a great interest in music and dance. He has mastered the raga Shankarabharanam and hence is eponymous with the same. People come in huge numbers to listen to his voice and consider him to be a great man. He is a widower with a daughter named Sarada. Sankara Sastri is a very popular Carnatic singer. It was later dubbed into Tamil and Malayalam under the same title. Released in Bangalore without dubbing it ran for a year, having won four National Film Awards including the Best Film with Mass Appeal, Wholesome Entertainment & Aesthetic Values, the first for a South-Indian film at the 27th National Film Awards, and seven state Nandi Awards. It had an extraordinary run, running for more than 25weeks in many centers. Sankarabharanam opened to near-empty halls and by the end of the first week, all theaters were houseful for every show. IBN Live included Sankarabharanam on its list of "100 greatest Indian films of all time". Somayajulu's performance in the film on its list of "25 Greatest Acting Performances of Indian Cinema". It was screened at the 8th International Film Festival of India, the Tashkent Film Festival, the Asia Pacific Film Festival, the Moscow International Film Festival held in May 1980, and the AISFM Film Festival. Sankarabharanam won the Prize of the Public at the " Besançon Film Festival of France" in the year 1981. ![]() The film throws light on the chasm between Classical and Western Music based on the perspective of people from two different generations. Somayajulu, Manju Bhargavi, Chandramohan, and Rajyalakshmi. Produced by Edida Nageswara Rao under the production company Poornodaya Movie Creations, Sankarabharanam starred J. The jewel of Sankara) is a 1980 Indian Telugu-language musical drama film written and directed by K. ![]()
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