Siri Siri Muvva

1976 144’ col Telugu d/st/sc K. Vishwanath pc Geetha Krishna Combines co-dial Jandhyala co-dial/lyr Veturi Sundara Ramamurthy c V.S.R. Swamy m K.V. Mahadevan lp Chandramohan, Jayapradha, Devadas, ‘Sakshi’ Rangarao, Ramaprabha, Kavitha, Satyanarayana, Allu Ramalingaiah

The first of Vishwanath’s several ‘classical’ musicals (cf. Shankarabharanam, 1979) is a love story between Hema (Jayapradha), a pretty deaf-mute dancer, and Samba (Chandramohan), a talented drummer. Their love has to overcome the prejudices suffered by the disabled woman, esp. from her stepmother. The film has 10 songs and was a hit mainly for Mahadevan’s music. Remade by the director in Hindi as Sargam (1979) starring Rishi Kapoor and Jayapradha.

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