Seetha Kalyanam
Directed byBapu
Written byMullapudi Venkata Ramana
Based onRamayanam
by Valmiki
Produced byPinjala Ananda Rao
P.Subba Rao
StarringRavikumar
Jaya Prada
Gummadi
Dhulipala
Mikkilineni
Kaikala Satyanarayana
Mukkamala
Jamuna
Hemalatha
CinematographyK. S. Prasad
Edited byKandaswamy
Music byK. V. Mahadevan
Production
company
Ananda Lakshmi Art Movies
Release date
  • 8 October 1976 (1976-10-08)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Seetha Kalyanam is a 1976 Indian Telugu-language Hindu mythological film directed by Bapu from a screenplay written by Mullapudi Venkata Ramana. Based on the Bala Kanda, the ensemble cast film relates events from the birth of Lord Rama, the seventh incarnation of Vishnu, up to his wedding to Seetha, incarnation of Lakshmi.

The film won the Filmfare Award for Best Direction (Telugu).[1] It 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]

Plot

Granted several boons by the gods Brahma and Shiva, Ravana, the demon king of Lanka, uses his many powers to plague all creation, notably molesting women, many of whom he kidnaps. At the appeal of the gods and the sages, Vishnu assures them that he shall take an incarnation as a mortal, as the arrogant Rakshasa had never sought protection from men (or apes).

The goddess Lakshmi chooses to accompany her divine consort, first as the ascetic Vedaavati (who is insulted by Ravana), then as a baby who appears from a golden lotus in Ravana’s own palace in Lanka, and finally as the child who is discovered when Janaka, king of Videha, is performing the ritual of ploughing the ground before a sacrifice.

The film then describes the events that reunite the divine couple, stringing along the way various tales, in song and dance form, from the Rāmāyana that are tangentially related to the main narrative, including the creation of Lord Shiva’s bow, Vishnu’s avatar as Vamana, and the descent of the Ganga.

The movie ends with Parasurama, Visvamitra, and Vasishta being granted a vision of Rama, Seetha, Lakshmana, Bharata, and Shatrughna in their true, celestial, forms.

Cast

Soundtrack

The film has music composed by K. V. Mahadevan with lyrics written by Thyagaraya Swamy, Bhakta Ramadasu, Arudra, and C. Narayana Reddy. Playback singers P. Susheela, S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, V. Ramakrishna, Vasantha, and P. B. Sreenivas gave vocals.

Release

The film was released in Hindi with the title Sita Swayamvar and Malayalam as Seetha Swayamvaram.

Awards

Filmfare Awards South

References

  1. "Seeta Kalyanam (1976) - IMDb".
  2. Arts / Cinema : Preview: Epic comes full circle. The Hindu (2011-11-12). Retrieved on 2013-01-25.
  3. m.l. narasimham (12 November 2011). "Arts / Cinema : Preview: Epic comes full circle". The Hindu (Press release). Retrieved 27 August 2012.
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