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Swarabhishekam
స్వరాభిషేకం
Swarabhishekam; స్వరాభిషేకం
Directed by	K. Viswanath
Written by	K. Viswanath; Ramesh Gopi (dialogues)
Produced by	H. Gopala Krishna Murthy
Starring	Srikanth; Sivaji; Laya; Urvashi; K. Viswanath; Amukta Malyada
Cinematography	V. Durga Prasad
Edited by	G. G. Krishna Rao
Music by	Vidyasagar
Production; company	Rajarajeshwari Combines
Release date	5 November 2004;
Country	India
Language	Telugu

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Swarabhishekam (Telugu :స్వరాభిషేకం) is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language musical drama film written and directed by K. Viswanath.^[1] Viswanath also played the lead role, along with Srikanth, Sivaji, Urvashi, and Laya. Vidyasagar won the National Film Award for Best Music Direction. The film has garnered the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for that year.^[2]

Plot

Srirangam Brothers – Srinivasachari (K Viswanath) and Ranga (Srikanth) – are versatile Carnatic musicians. Srinivasachari is happily married but has no children. Ranga is a widower with two children. Srirangam Brothers are the biggest music directors in the Telugu film industry (Tollywood) and compose music for only traditional and classical genres. Srirangam Brothers always try to help aspiring singers in their music compositions. Surekha (Laya), a TV anchor, falls in love with Ranga and they get married.

After marriage, Surekha, who initially respects her brother-in-law, starts to develop ill feelings towards him and becomes envious that even though her husband Ranga is the main factor for the music duo's success and has equal contribution in Srirangam Brothers music scores, Srinivasachari is the one who gets all the credit.

When Srinivasachari is awarded the Padmasri by the Government of India, Surekha rejects her sister's gifted saree and shows no inclination to come along with her family to attend Srinivasachari's felicitation by the President. Also, Surekha starts to show her hostile and disrespectful behavior towards Srinivasachari.

This situation provokes Srinivasachari who starts behaving unpredictably and lashes out at a film producer about his brother's music compositions (during his music sitting) and also at the media. When Ranga in his office becomes aware of this situation through the film producer, he returns home only to get dispirited to see Ranga's sister-in-law getting slapped by her husband, which leads to a heated argument between the two brothers and the family gets separated.

Surekha slowly understands Srinivasachari's and Ranga's music calibre and realizes that the two brothers can only excel in their music when they stay united. This transformation in Surekha eventually leads to the unity of the family just like Srirangam Brothers' different blends excel when they compose their music together.

Cast

Srikanth as Ranga
Sivaji as Chandu
Urvashi as Rukminiamma
Laya as Surekha
K. Viswanath as Srinivasachari
Amukta Malyada as Bujji
Naresh
Sana as a beautician
M. S. Narayana
Dubbing Janaki as Chandu's blind mother
Rajiv Kanakala
Sridhar as a cobbler
Sakshi Ranga Rao
Jaya Lakshmi
Surekha Vani
Gundu Hanumantha Rao as an auto rickshaw driver
Jayalalita
Anant as a stainless steel container seller
Suma as a news reporter
Venu Madhav as a music director
Ashok Kumar
Junior Relangi

Soundtrack

The soundtrack composed by Vidyasagar was released through Aditya Music.^[3]

Track list^[3]
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Shriman Manohara"	-	K. S. Chithra, Sriram Parthasarathy	0:33
2.	"Kasthuri Tilakam"	Veturi	Shankar Mahadevan, Sujatha	6:06
3.	"Okka Kshanam"	Veturi	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. P. Sailaja	5:38
4.	"Idi Naadani Adi Needani"	Veturi	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra	4:32
5.	"Nee Chenthe Oka"	Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry	K. S. Chithra, Mano	5:01
6.	"Kudi Kannu Adhirene"	K. Vishwanath	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sunitha	5:03
7.	"Ramavinodhi Vallabha"	Samavedham Shanmukha Sharma	K. S. Chithra, Madhu Balakrishnan, Mano, Sriram Parthasarathy	5:28
8.	"Anujudai Lakshmanudu"	Veturi	K. J. Yesudas, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	5:29
9.	"Mangalam"	-	K. S. Chithra, Sriram Parthasarathy	0:23
Total length:				38:17

Reception

A critic from The Hindu wrote that "Despite the seriousness of family feud, humour part runs through the film. The sequence built around the delivery of a child in a railway compartment is movingly handled. All artistes give fine performances".^[4] A critic from Sify wrote that "On the whole Swarabhishekam is a good classical fare and is definitely a breath of fresh air for Telugu cinema".^[5]^[6]

Box office

The penultimate directional of K Vishwanath, it was his last hit as a director.

Awards

National Film Awards

Nandi Awards

Best Music Director – Vidyasagar

References

^ Ramana Rao, G.V. (7 October 2004). "Yet another 'suswarabhishekam'". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
^ "52nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Swarabhishekam". Spotify. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
^ Srihari, Gudipoodi (6 November 2004). "Viswanath's raga". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
^ "Swarabhishekam". Sify. 9 November 2004. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
^ "Movie review – Swarabhishekam". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

External links

Swarabhishekam at IMDb

[1] Ramana Rao, G.V. (7 October 2004). "Yet another 'suswarabhishekam'". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

[52ndawardPDF-2] "52nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2012.

[Swarabhishekam_Spotify-3] "Swarabhishekam". Spotify. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2023.

[4] Srihari, Gudipoodi (6 November 2004). "Viswanath's raga". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

[5] "Swarabhishekam". Sify. 9 November 2004. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

[6] "Movie review – Swarabhishekam". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

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+'''''Swarabhishekam''''' ([[Telugu language|Telugu]] :స్వరాభిషేకం) is a 2004 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[Musical film|musical]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] written and directed by [[K. Viswanath]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ramana Rao |first=G.V. |date=7 October 2004 |title=Yet another 'suswarabhishekam' |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-life/yet-another-suswarabhishekam/article28674156.ece |access-date=31 January 2022 |archive-date=31 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131125417/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-life/yet-another-suswarabhishekam/article28674156.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> Viswanath also played the lead role, along with [[Srikanth (Telugu actor)|Srikanth]], [[Sivaji (Telugu actor)|Sivaji]], [[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]], and [[Laya (actress)|Laya]]. [[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidyasagar]] won the [[National Film Award for Best Music Direction]]. The film has garnered the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu]] for that year.<ref name="52ndawardPDF">{{Cite web |title=52nd National Film Awards |url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/52nd_nff_2005.pdf |publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]] |accessdate=28 January 2012 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193535/http://dff.nic.in/2011/52nd_nff_2005.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
-==Plot==
+== Plot ==
-Srirangam Brothers - Srinivasachari (K Viswanath) and Ranga (Srikanth) - are versatile Carnatic musicians. Srinivasachari is happily married but has no children. Ranga is a widower with two children. Srirangam Brothers are the biggest music directors in the Telugu film industry (Tollywood) and compose music for only traditional and classical genres. Srirangam Brothers always try to help aspiring singers in their music compositions. Surekha (Laya),  a TV anchor, falls in love with Ranga and they get married.
+Srirangam Brothers&nbsp;– Srinivasachari (K Viswanath) and Ranga (Srikanth)&nbsp;– are versatile Carnatic musicians. Srinivasachari is happily married but has no children. Ranga is a widower with two children. Srirangam Brothers are the biggest music directors in the Telugu film industry (Tollywood) and compose music for only traditional and classical genres. Srirangam Brothers always try to help aspiring singers in their music compositions. Surekha (Laya),  a TV anchor, falls in love with Ranga and they get married.
 After marriage, Surekha, who initially respects her brother-in-law, starts to develop ill feelings towards him and becomes envious that even though her husband Ranga is the main factor for the music duo's success and has equal contribution in Srirangam Brothers music scores, Srinivasachari is the one who gets all the credit.
@@ Line 35: / Line 34: @@
 Surekha slowly understands Srinivasachari's and Ranga's music calibre and realizes that the two brothers can only excel in their music when they stay united. This transformation in Surekha eventually leads to the unity of the family just like Srirangam Brothers' different blends excel when they compose their music together.
-==Soundtrack==
+== Cast ==
+{{Colbegin}}
+* [[Meka Srikanth|Srikanth]] as Ranga
+*[[Sivaji (Telugu actor)|Sivaji]] as Chandu
+*[[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]] as Rukminiamma
+*[[Laya (actress)|Laya]] as Surekha
+*[[K. Viswanath]] as Srinivasachari
+*Amukta Malyada as Bujji
+*[[Naresh (actor)|Naresh]]
+*[[Shanoor Sana|Sana]] as a beautician
+*[[M. S. Narayana]]
+*[[Dubbing Janaki]] as Chandu's blind mother
+*[[Rajiv Kanakala]]
+*[[Sridhar (actor)|Sridhar]] as a cobbler
+* [[Sakshi Ranga Rao]]
+* Jaya Lakshmi
+* Surekha Vani
+*[[Gundu Hanumantha Rao]] as an [[auto rickshaw]] driver
+*[[Jayalalita]]
+* [[Ananth Babu|Anant]] as a stainless steel container seller
+* [[Suma Kanakala|Suma]] as a news reporter
+*[[Venu Madhav (actor)|Venu Madhav]] as a music director
+*Ashok Kumar
+*Junior Relangi
+{{colend}}
+== Soundtrack ==
-The audio soundtrack for ''Swarabhishekam'' was composed by [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]. The lyrics were written by [[Veturi Sundararama Murthy|Veturi]], [[Sirivennela Sitaramasastri|Sirivennela]] and Shanmukha Sharma.
+The soundtrack composed by [[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidyasagar]] was released through [[Aditya Music]].<ref name = "Swarabhishekam Spotify">{{cite web | url = https://open.spotify.com/album/0QBvxMP9uk8yPmicECPDvA | title = Swarabhishekam | website = [[Spotify]] | access-date = 10 July 2023 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190818032550/https://open.spotify.com/album/0QBvxMP9uk8yPmicECPDvA | archive-date = 18 August 2019}}</ref>
-{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
-|-
-! Song title !! Singers || Lyricist
-|-
-| "Shriman Manohara" || Chitra, Sriram Parthasarathy || [[Veturi Sundararama Murthy|Veturi]]
-|-
-| "Kasthuri Thilakam" || [[Shankar Mahadevan]], Radhika || Veturi
-|-
-| "Okka Kshanam" || [[S P Balasubramanyam]], [[S P Sailaja]] || Veturi
-|-
-| "Adhi Needhani Idhi Naadhani" || S P Balasubramanyam, [[K. S. Chithra]] || Veturi
-|-
-| "Nee Chentha Oka Chanchitha" || [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], K. S. Chithra || [[Sirivennela Sitaramasastri|Sirivennela]]
-|-
-| "Kudikannu Adhirene" || S P Balasubramanyam, [[Sunitha Upadrashta|Sunitha]] || K.Viswanath / Veturi (In Annamacharya Style)
-|-
-| "Ramaa Vinodhi Vallabha" || [[Madhu Balakrishnan]], [[Sriram Parthasarathy]], K. S. Chithra || Shanmukha Sharma
-|-
-| "Anujudai Lakshmanudu" || [[K. J. Yesudas]], S P Balasubramanyam || Veturi
-|-
-| "Mangalam" || Various || Traditional
-|-
-|}
+{{track listing
-==Awards==
+| headline = Track list<ref name = "Swarabhishekam Spotify" />
+| total_length = 38:17
+| extra_column = Singer(s)
+| title1    = Shriman Manohara
+| lyrics1  = -
+| extra1  = [[K. S. Chithra]], [[Sriram Parthasarathy]]
+| length1 = 0:33
+| title2    = Kasthuri Tilakam
+| lyrics2  = [[Veturi]]
+| extra2  = [[Shankar Mahadevan]], [[Sujatha Mohan|Sujatha]]
+| length2 = 6:06
+| title3    = Okka Kshanam
+| lyrics3  = Veturi
+| extra3  = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[S. P. Sailaja]]
+| length3 = 5:38
+| title4    = Idi Naadani Adi Needani
+| lyrics4  = Veturi
+| extra4  = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra
+| length4 = 4:32
+| title5    = Nee Chenthe Oka
+| lyrics5  = [[Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry]]
+| extra5  = K. S. Chithra, [[Mano (singer)|Mano]]
+| length5 = 5:01
+| title6    = Kudi Kannu Adhirene
+| lyrics6  = [[K. Vishwanath]]
+| extra6  = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, [[Sunitha (Telugu singer)|Sunitha]]
+| length6 = 5:03
+| title7    = Ramavinodhi Vallabha
+| lyrics7  = [[Samavedam Shanmukha Sarma|Samavedham Shanmukha Sharma]]
+| extra7  = K. S. Chithra, [[Madhu Balakrishnan]], Mano, Sriram Parthasarathy
+| length7 = 5:28
+| title8    = Anujudai Lakshmanudu
+| lyrics8  = Veturi
+| extra8  = [[K. J. Yesudas]], S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
+| length8 = 5:29
+| title9    = Mangalam
+| lyrics9  = -
+| extra9  = K. S. Chithra, Sriram Parthasarathy
+| length9 = 0:23
+}}
+== Reception ==
+A critic from ''[[The Hindu]]'' wrote that "Despite the seriousness of family feud, humour part runs through the film. The sequence built around the delivery of a child in a railway compartment is movingly handled. All artistes give fine performances".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Srihari |first=Gudipoodi |date=6 November 2004 |title=Viswanath's raga |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-life/viswanaths-raga/article28675518.ece |access-date=31 January 2022 |archive-date=31 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131125757/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-life/viswanaths-raga/article28675518.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>  A critic from ''[[Sify]]'' wrote that "On the whole ''Swarabhishekam'' is a good classical fare and is definitely a breath of fresh air for Telugu cinema".<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 November 2004 |title=Swarabhishekam |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/swarabhishekam-review-telugu-pclvCsdafjbgh.html |website=[[Sify]] |access-date=31 January 2022 |archive-date=31 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131061118/https://www.sify.com/movies/swarabhishekam-review-telugu-pclvCsdafjbgh.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Movie review&nbsp;– Swarabhishekam |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-swarabhishekam.html |website=[[Idlebrain.com]] |access-date=31 January 2022 |archive-date=8 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108065531/http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-swarabhishekam.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
+==Box office==
+The penultimate directional of [[K Vishwanath]], it was his last hit as a director.
+== Awards ==
 ;[[National Film Awards]]
-* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu|Best Feature Film in Telugu]]  - [[K. Viswanath]]
+* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu|Best Feature Film in Telugu]]&nbsp;– [[K. Viswanath]]
-* [[National Film Award for Best Music Direction|Best Music Direction]] - [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]
+* [[National Film Award for Best Music Direction|Best Music Direction]]&nbsp;– [[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidyasagar]]
 ;[[Nandi Awards]]
-* [[Nandi Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]] - Vidyasagar
+* [[Nandi Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]]&nbsp;– Vidyasagar
-==References==
+== References ==
 {{reflist}}
-==External links==
+== External links ==
+*{{IMDb title|0420230}}
 {{Kasinathuni Viswanath}}
 {{National Film Award Best Feature Film Telugu}}
-[[Category:Telugu-language films]]
+[[Category:2000s musical drama films]]
+[[Category:2000s Telugu-language films]]
 [[Category:2004 films]]
-[[Category:Indian films]]
+[[Category:Best Telugu Feature Film National Film Award winners]]
+[[Category:Films about classical music and musicians]]
 [[Category:Films about the arts]]
 [[Category:Films directed by K. Viswanath]]
-[[Category:Indian musical films]]
+[[Category:Films scored by Vidyasagar (composer)]]
-[[Category:Films about classical music and musicians]]
+[[Category:Indian musical drama films]]
-[[Category:Telugu films scored by Vidyasagar]]
+[[Category:2004 musical films]]
-[[Category:2000s Telugu-language films]]
-[[Category:Indian drama films]]
-[[Category:Best Telugu Feature Film National Film Award winners]]