Director: K. Vishwanath; Writer: K. Vishwanath; Producer: Edida Nageswara Rao; Cinematographer: P.S. Nivas; Editor: G.G. Krishna Rao; Cast: Kamalahasan, Jayapradha, Sarathbabu, Arun Kumar, S.P. Sailaja, Sakshi Rangarao, Vankayala Satyanarayana, Bhimeswara Rao, G.V.G, Misro, Potti Prasad, Echuri, Raja Rajeswari, Dubbing Janaki, Dhum, Chakri Tholeti, Manju Bhargavi, Geetha (Actress), Edida Sriram, Dr Thambu, Mohan Sharma
Duration: 02:36:49; Aspect Ratio: 1.333:1; Hue: 104.598; Saturation: 0.040; Lightness: 0.372; Volume: 0.123; Cuts per Minute: 14.812
Summary: Vishwanath’s sequel to Shankarabharanam
(1979) concentrated on classical dance. The
drunken dance critic Balakrishna Bhagavatar
(Kamalahasan) writes a review denouncing a
mediocre but much-touted dancer (Sailaja). It
turns out, in a flashback, that the dancer is the
daughter of the reviewer’s old flame Madhavi
(Jayapradha). Madhavi persuades Balakrishna
to teach her daughter. He eventually dies of a
broken heart but his pupil achieves mastery in
classical dance so that the classical art (cf.
Shankarabharanam) will live on. The film is
dominated by Kamalahasan, who
demonstrated a remarkable, unexpected skill to
dance the Bharat Natyam, although the rest of
the film’s classicism is pure kitsch.
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