Suryavamsam
Theatrical poster
Directed byBhimaneni Srinivasa Rao
Written byMarudhuri Raja (dialogues)
Screenplay byBhimaneni Srinivasa Rao
Story byVikraman
Based onSuryavamsam (Tamil)
Produced byR. B. Choudary
StarringVenkatesh
Meena
CinematographyY. Mahendra
Edited byGautham Raju
Music byS. A. Rajkumar
Production
company
Release date
  • 25 February 1998 (1998-02-25)
Running time
163 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Box office11.75 crores

Suryavamsam (transl.โ€‰Solar dynasty) is a 1998 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao and produced by R. B. Choudary under Super Good Films. It stars Venkatesh and Meena , with soundtrack composed by S. A. Rajkumar. The film is the Telugu remake of the Tamil film Surya Vamsam (1997).[1]

Plot

Harischandra Prasad (Venkatesh), the arbitrator and most respected person in a village, sees to it that all the people live happily. He has a strong enmity to Singaraju Lingaraju (Anand Raj) and vice versa. He is the only opponent to him in the village. Harischandra has a big family with his wife Vasundhara (Radhika), three sons Ravi Prasad (Vinod), Divakar Prasad (Maharshi Raghava) and Bhanu Prasad (Venkatesh), a daughter Shanti, two daughters-in-law, and two granddaughters. Harischandra dislikes his third son Bhanu because of him being illiterate, but Bhanu is a devoted and benevolent son to his father. Bhanu has to do menial household work and has virtually no relationships with his family, with the exception of his mother.

Swapna (Meena) arrives for her brother's wedding to Bhanu's sister. In the beginning, she thinks Bhanu is a servant and looks down on him. After some time, she knows the fact and asks Bhanu's friend Nukaraju (Sudhakar) what actually happened. Then he reveals Bhanu's past. Bhanu's childhood love Madhavi (Sanghavi) turns him down and attempts to commit suicide to escape from being married to him, as she did not want to unite with an illiterate man. To prevent any misunderstandings, Bhanu declared that he was not interested in Madhavi and earned his father's wrath. After listening to Bhanu's story, Swapna falls in love with him. Even though Bhanu isn't interested initially, eventually he accepts her love.

Meanwhile, Singaraju makes a plan to have Swapna marry his son. Bhanu breaks his plan, marries Swapna, and enrages both of their parents. They start living in the village outskirts. An event occurs in which Madhavi insults them, so Bhanu decides to grow up and prove himself. Swapna teaches him reading, writing, and some arithmetic, while she pursues her own, I.A.S. studies. In due of time with hard work, Bhanu Prasad gradually becomes one of the biggest businessmen in town and Swapna the District Collector. They have a fine young son, Junior Harischandra Prasad (Master Anand Vardhan). At one point, Madhavi requests Bhanu to allow her husband to work in his factory, as his business is under loss.

Harischandra incidentally comes across his grandson, develops a secret friendly relation with him. Knowing this, Bhanu and Swapna also feel very happy. One day, Bhanu gives his son some canned Payasam (rice pudding) to be offered to his father. Eventually, Singaraju mixes up poison in it. Vasundhara learns of the secret meeting of Harischandra with his grandson and urges him to accept Bhanu back into their family. She praises Bhanu to be as valuable as a diamond. At the same time, Surya as Swathi's father has a serious malady apparently because of consuming the "Payasam" to Harischandra, he is hospitalized and Bhanu is suspected of making an attempt on his father's life.

At the hospital, when Singaraju and his men badly beat Bhanu, Harischandra arrives to his son's rescue. It is then when Harischandra declares that Singaraju had poisoned the "Payasam". A combat ensues between Harischandra and Singaraju until the latter confesses his guilt. Finally, Harischandra accepts Bhanu as his son, and the entire family is happily united.[2]

Cast

  • Venkatesh as Sr. Harischandra Prasad, Vasundhara husband, Bhanuprasad father, Jr. Harichandra Prasad grand father &
  • Bhanu Prasad : Sr. Harischandra Prasad & Vasundhara's son, Swapna's husband, Jr.Harischandra Prasad father (Dual role)
  • Meena as Swapna, Bhanuprasad wife, Jr. Harichandra Prasad mother, Sr.Harischandra Prasad and Vasundhara's daughter-in-law
  • Master Aanand Vardhan as Jr. Harichandra Prasad, Bhanu Prasad and Swapna's son, Sr.Harischandra Prasad and Vasundhara's Grandson
  • Radhika as Vasundhara, Sr.Harischandra Prasad's wife, Bhanuprasad's mother
  • Sanghavi as Madhavi (Voice dubbed by Shilpa) Bhanu Prasad ex-fiance
  • Satyanarayana as Justice Dakshana Murthy: Swapna's father; Bhanuprasad father-in-law; Jr.Harischandra Prasad' maternal grand-father
  • Anandaraj as Singaraju Lingaraju
  • Kota Srinivasa Rao as Major Yeddulayya
  • Sudhakar as Gudimetla Nukaraju
  • Ali as Devadasu
  • Mallikarjuna Rao as Dr. Neecham
  • Nutan Prasad as Judge
  • P. L. Narayana as Narayana
  • Raja Ravindra as Venu Gopal
  • Maharshi Raghava as Diwakar Prasad
  • Ashok Kumar as Drama director
  • Banerjee as Inspector
  • Varsha
  • Kallu Chidambaram
  • Bandla Ganesh
  • Tirupathi Prakash
  • Vinod as Ravi Prasad: Sr. Harischandra Prasad & Vasundhara's elder son, Bhanu Prasad's elder brother, Jr.Harischandra Prasad' uncle
  • Jaya Bhaskar as SP
  • Prasanna Kumar as Paidibabu
  • Satti Babu
  • Junior Relangi
  • Gadiraju Subba Rao
  • Chandra Mouli
  • Sathyapriya as Justice Dakshana Murthy's wife
  • Sana as Ravi Prasad's wife, Sr. Harischandra Prasad & Vasundhara's elder daughter-in-law, Ravi Prasad wife, Bhanu Prasad's sister-in-law, Jr.Harischandra Prasad' aunt
  • Rajitha as Devakar Prasad's wife, Sr. Harischandra Prasad & Vasundhara's 2nd daughter-in-law, Devakar Prasad wife, Bhanu Prasad's sister-in-law, Jr.Harischandra Prasad' aunt
  • Annuja as Bus conductor

Soundtrack

Music composed by S. A. Rajkumar. Music released on ADITYA Music Company. Except for the song "Kadhala" which was replaced with a new tune "Kila Kila Navve", which is set in Shuddha Dhanyasi raga, other songs from the original were retained. "Kila Kila Navve" would later be reused as "Thodu Thodu Enavae Vanavil" in the 1999 Tamil film Thulladha Manamum Thullum.

Suryavamsham
Film score by
Released1998
GenreSoundtrack
Length26:17
LabelAditya Music
ProducerS. A. Rajkumar
S. A. Rajkumar chronology
Suswagatham
(1998)
Suryavamsham
(1998)
Sneham Kosam
(1999)
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Rojave Chinni (M)"Shanmukha SharmaHariharan4:14
2."Kila Kila Navve"E.S. MurthyK.S. Chithra, S.P. Balu4:44
3."Adugo Maharaju"Sirivennela Sitarama SastryS.P. Balu4:22
4."Chukkalanni"Sirivennela Sitarama SastryS.P. Balu, Sujatha4:53
5."Jhalaku Jhalaku"BhuvanachandraS.P. Balu, Swarnalatha4:01
6."Rojave Chinni (F)"Shanmukha SharmaK.S. Chithra3:55
7."Rojave Chinni (Sad)"Shanmukha SharmaJayachandran 
8."Chukkalanni (Bit)"SitaramasastriMano, Sujatha 
Total length:26:17

Home Media

The broadcasting rights of films acquired by ETV. Currently film available on YouTube and JioCinema.

Reception

The film received an approval rating of 89% from Rotten Tomatoes. 123 Telugu rated 4/5 and it's a complete family entertaining movie.

References

  1. โ†‘ "A victorious innings". Deccan Herald. 27 October 2012. Archived from the original on 4 November 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. โ†‘ "Suryavamsam". Movieken.com. 25 February 1998. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
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