Shanti Sandesham

Shanti Sandesham
Release dates	2003
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Shanti Sandesham (Telugu: శాంతి సందేశం, English: Message of Peace) is a 2003 Telugu-language film directed by P. Chandrasekhar Reddy. It was a biographical film about Jesus.^[1][2][3] The cast includes: Krishna, Suman, Vinod Kumar.

References

1. Freek L. Bakker, The Challenge of the Silver Screen: An Analysis of the Cinematic Portraits of Jesus, Rama, Buddha and Muhammad, Studies in Religion and the Arts, v. 1 (Leiden; Boston, MA: Brill, 2009), 13–77.
2. Freek L. Bakker, "Shanti Sandesham: A New Jesus Film Produced in India. Indian Christology in Pictures," Exchange 36 (2007): 41-64 Exchange Vol.36 2007 "Therefore the image of Jesus in Shanti Sandesham is in a certain sense akin to that of the dalit theology, the Indian liberation theology emerged among the untouchables."
3. Peter Malone Screen Jesus: Portrayals of Christ in Television and Film 2012 "Reports of numerous locally made films of Jesus' life circulate particularly in South India, but other than Karunamayudu, only the following are well documented: Jesus (directed by P. A. Thomas, 1973); Shanti Sandesham (Telugu for Gospel of Peace).. Mulla Kireetam" ముండ్ల కిరీటమును