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Srimadvirat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra
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Wikipedia article
'Sri Madvirat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra' is a 1984 Indian Telugu-language biographical film, based on life of Pothuluri Veerabrahmam, produced and directed by N. T. Rama Rao under his Ramakrishna Cine Studios banner. N. T. Rama Rao portrayed the characters of Gautama Buddha, Vemana, Ramanuja, Adi Shankara along with the title role. It stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Rati Agnihotri and Kanchana with music composed by Susarla Dakshinamurthi. Actually, shooting of the film was completed by 1981, but the release got delayed due to objection from the censor board asking to delete a few scenes from the movie, to which NTR did not agree and immediately took the matter to court and finally got it released in November 1984.
Plot
The story is based on the life of Pothuluri Veerabrahmam (N. T. Rama Rao), a well-known saint and astrologer of the 17th century. A brief life of Gautama Buddha, Ramanuja, Adi Shankara and Vemana (all essayed by NTR) are shown at the beginning of the film.
Cast
* N. T. Rama Rao as Sri Potuluri Veerabrahmendra Swamy, Gautama Buddha, Aadi Shankaracharya, Ramanujacharya & Yogi Vemana (Five roles)
* Nandamuri Balakrishna as Sayyad/ Siddayya
* Satyanarayana as Kakkadu
* Allu Ramalingaiah as Karanam
* Mikkilineni as Siva Kotaiah
* Mukkamala as Siddayya's father-in-law
* Rallapalli as Bhooshaiah
* P. J. Sarma as Munsab
* Chalapathi Rao as Sultan
* Chitti Babu
* Madan Mohan
* Rati Agnihotri as Raziya
* Rushyendramani as Veerapapamanba
* Kanchana as Govindamma
* Devika as Gollalu
* Prabha as Vishwada
* Annapurna as Siddayya's mother
* Kavita as Polamma
* Dubbing Janaki as Yekukalasani
* Rajyalakshmi
* Krishnaveni as Veeranarayanamma
* Master Harish as Child Veerabrahmendra Swamy
Soundtrack
Music composed by Susarla Dakshinamurthi. Lyrics written by C. Narayana Reddy. Music released on Saregama Audio Company.
Box office
This movie was an all time blockbuster movie, which was the first Telugu film collected above 1cr gross collection in its first week, it collected Rs.6 cr in its full run, and ran for 300 days in Hyderabad.
References
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