Sita Kalyanam (1976 film)

Seeta Kalyanam
Directed by	Bapu
Produced by	Pinjala Ananda Rao P.Subba Rao
Written by	Mullapudi Venkata Ramana
Starring	Ravikumar Jayaprada Gummadi Venkateswara Rao Dhulipala Mikkilineni Kaikala Satyanarayana Mukkamala Jamuna Hemalatha
Music by	K. V. Mahadevan
Cinematography	Ravikant Nagaich K.S. Prasad
Distributed by	Ananda Lakshmi Art Movies
Release dates	8 October 1976
Running time	125 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Seeta Kalyanam (known in Hindi as Sita Swayamvar) (known in Malayalam as Seetha Swayamvaram) is a 1976 Telugu epic, mythological, drama film directed by Bapu, and scripted by Mullapudi Venkata Ramana. The film has garnered the Filmfare Award for Best Direction (Telugu).^[1] The ensemble cast film deals with the wedding epic Seeta Kalyanam and Lord Rama's ten incarnations of Vishnu. The film was screened at the BFI London Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, San Reno and Denver International Film Festivals in 1978, and is part of the course work at the British Film Institute.^[2][3]

Cast

• Ravi Kumar as Lord Vishnu / Lord Rama
• Jayaprada as Goddess Lakshmi / Goddess Sita
• Gummadi Venkateswara Rao as Dasharatha
• Kanta Rao as Narada
• Mikkilineni as Janaka
• Mukkamala as Vishwamitra
• Kaikala Satyanarayana as Ravana
• Dhulipala as Vashistha
• Tyagaraju as Parashurama
• Hemalata as Kausalya
• Jamuna as Kaikeyi
• P. R. Varalakshmi as Sumitra
• Mamata as Mandodari

Awards

Filmfare Awards South

• 1976 - Filmfare Best Director Award (Telugu) – Bapu

References

1. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156082/
2. Arts / Cinema : Preview: Epic comes full circle. The Hindu (2011-11-12). Retrieved on 2013-01-25.
3. m.l. narasimham (2011-11-12). "Arts / Cinema : Preview: Epic comes full circle" (Press release). The Hindu. Retrieved 2012-08-27.