Swathi Kiranam

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Swathi Kiranam
Directed by	Dr.K.Viswanath
Produced by	[[]]
Written by	Dr.K.Viswanath
Starring	Mammootty Radhika Manjunath
Music by	KV Mahadevan
Cinematography	[[]]
Release date(s)	1990
Running time	130 min
Language	Telugu
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Swathi Kiranam is a 1990 Telugu film directed by Dr.K.Viswanath. The movie starred Mammootty, Manjunath, and Radhika.

The movie is about an egoistic music teacher unable to tolerate extraordinary talent of his |prodigious young disciple.

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The film starts with Mammootty shown living like a recluse near a famous temple.When he ventures out to a farm place;he is beaten by the farmers thinking he has come to steal the goats.When they hand him over to the police;the officer identifies him to be Anantha Sharma;who was a great musician(Sangeeta Samrat-Emperor of music);who used to live in his native village and that he was not found for 4 years.Now;he informs his aunt(Who lives in that village) of this fact.She and one of her brothers do not want him(Anantha Sharma)to come back.What is the reason for their hatred and the past of Anantha Sharma is told through a flashback.

Anantha Sharma was widely respected by all as a great Carnatic singer;but he has one bad quality-ego;of which only his wife(Radhika) knows.So much that when the Government of India awards him Padma Sri(4th highest civilian award in India);he rejects it as he is given this award along with some other singers whom he considers to be not as great as him!There;in the same village lives a boy Gangadhar(Master Manjunath);who bunks music classes and school; because he wants to sit by the riverside;which inspires him to sing many songs in different tunes!Hence;he is liked by the music teacher(The polioce officers' aunt) and also the school teacher(Music teacher's brother).Gangadhar wants to become a great singer like Anantha Sharma and his father(Dharmavarupu Subrahmanyam) too expects the same from his son.His day comes when Anantha Sharma was honoured in an auditorium;Gangadhar sings a song(Aa Nathi Neeyara) in honour of Anantha Sharma which many considered to be much better than any of Anantha Sharma's 4-decades of work!Now;this boy is hailed as a child prodigy by one and all;including his wife;who feels sad for the fact that she does not have a son or daughter.Anantha Sharma wants to imprison Gangadhar's talents.So he asks Gangadhar to stay in his house and learn music;as one must be well-experienced to sing on stage.He goes to the extent of copying one of his tunes and he sings it on stage to get back his lost glory!But Gangadhara and Anantha's wife comes to know of it.Now;he feels guilty of it and shouts that he has done it as he was afraid this child will destroy his name;fame etc. and in this emotional moment;he gets affected by heart-attack.Now;Gangadhar has 2 options-Run away to get the external fame or satisfy his adopted mother(Radhika);who wants her husband Anantha Sharma alive.He does the latter by killing himself.For this will mean there will be no challenge to Anantha Sharma's title of Sangeet Samrat.But this comes as a rude shock to Anantha Sharma as people will call him a murderer.To escape this public anger and insult;he runs away like a recluse.(Fashback ends.)

When Anantha Sharma wakes up(He fell unconscious while in police station.);he finds himself in the house of Gangadhar's music teacher's house.The elder brother of music teacher tells him that they have forgiven him and asks him to go back to his house.There;he finds his wife(Radhika) conducting music classes in his house(Institute named as Gangadhar Music Academy.).He will sit down and learn the basics of music from his wife along with other students(Kids mostly);with utmost humility;so much that he does not mind taking a piece of advice given by a small girl on how to sing.