Swathi Muthyam

Swathi Muthyam
Directed by	K. Viswanath
Produced by	Edida Nageshwara Rao
Written by	K. Viswanath (screenplay), Sainath (dialogue)
Starring	Kamal Haasan Raadhika
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Release date(s)	May 1986
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Swathi Muthyam (Telugu: స్వాతిముత్యం) was a 1986 Telugu Film written and directed by K. Viswanath. The film stars Kamal Haasan and Raadhika in the lead roles. The movie won accolades at the International Asian Film Festival in both "Best Film" and "Best Actor" categories. The movie was later dubbed into Tamil. Upon its success, the movie was later remade in Hindi as Eeshwar with Anil Kapoor essaying the role portrayed by Kamal Hassan in the original.

The movie is about an autistic person who defies existing social customs and traditions for a good cause. The movie was sent by India as its official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film for the Academy Awards in 1986. The film was a musical blockbuster with soundtrack composed by Ilaiyaraaja including a Harikatha disposition. The film had a silver jubilee run in all major centers of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

Synopsis (Incomplete)

Kamal Haasan plays the role of an autistic person and all he is good at is obeying what his trusted grandmother says. In an attempt to do good to the life of a widow (with a 5-year old son), he marries her during an auspicious village festival much to the shock of villagers who in turn try to harm Kamal as this act of his stands against the traditional societal norms. The widow who is now married (played by Raadhika) tries to save her husband (Kamal) and moves to city for a better living. With an able support from few of their fellow villagers settled in the city and from Raadhika's erstwhile music guru, the family settles down and life for them from then on looks good and promising.

Credits

Cast

• Kamal Hassan ... Sivayya
• Raadhika ... Lalitha
• Deepa
• Edida SriRam
• Gollapudi Maruthi Rao
• Dubbing Janaki
• J. V. Somayajulu
• Mallikarjuna Rao
• Nirmalamma
• Sarath Babu
• Varalakshmi
• Suthi Veerabhadra Rao
• Vidyasagar
• Y. Vijaya

Crew

• Director: K. Vishwanath
• Story and Screenplay: K. Vishwanath
• Dialogues: Sainath
• Producers: Edida Nageshwara Rao and Edida Raja
• Production Company: Poornodaya Movie Creations
• Original Music: Ilayaraja
• Cinematography: M. V. Raghu
• Playback Singers: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki, S. P. Sailaja and P. Susheela
• Lyricists: Dr. C. Narayana Reddy, Athreya, Seetharama Shastry

Awards

• National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu.
• Nandi Award for Best Feature Film.

Soundtrack

Swathi Muthyam
Soundtrack album by Ilaiyaraaja
Released	1985
Language	Telugu
Producer	Edida Nageshwara Rao

• Chinnari Ponnari Kittayya! (Lyricist: Athreya; Singers: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki)
• Dharmam Saranam Gacchaami (Lyricist: Athreya; Singers: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki)
• Laali Laali (Lyricist: Dr. C. Narayana Reddy; Singer: P. Susheela)
• Manasu Palike (Lyricist: Sirivennela Seetarama Shastry; Singers: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki)
• Pattuseera Testanani (Lyricist: Athreya; Singers: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki)
• Raama, Kanavemiraa! (harikatha) (Lyricist: Athreya; Singers: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki)
• Suvvi Suvvi! (Lyricist: Dr. C. Narayana Reddy; Singers: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki)

External links

• Swathi Muthyam at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.raaga.com/channels/telugu/moviedetail.asp?mid=A0000060 Listen to Swathi Muthyam songs at Raaga.com
• http://www.bharatwaves.com/portal/modules/piCal/index.php?action=View&event_id=0000005609