Swarabhishekam

{{Infobox film

| name = Swarabhishekam
స్వరాభిషేకం

| image = Swarabhishekam.JPG

| caption =

| director = K. Viswanath

| producer = H. Gopala Krishna Murthy

| writer = K. Viswanath
Ramesh Gopi (dialogues)

| narrator =

| starring = Srikanth
Sivaji
Laya
Urvashi
K. Viswanath
Amukta Malyada

| music = Vidyasagar

| cinematography = V. Durga Prasad

| editing = G. G. Krishna Rao

| studio = Rajarajeshwari Combines

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|2004|11|05|df=yes}}

| runtime =

| country = India

| language = Telugu

| budget =

}}

Swarabhishekam (Telugu :స్వరాభిషేకం) is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language musical drama film written and directed by K. Viswanath.{{Cite news |last=Ramana Rao |first=G.V. |date=7 October 2004 |title=Yet another 'suswarabhishekam' |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-life/yet-another-suswarabhishekam/article28674156.ece |access-date=31 January 2022 |archive-date=31 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131125417/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-life/yet-another-suswarabhishekam/article28674156.ece |url-status=live }} Viswanath also played the lead role, along with Srikanth, Sivaji, Urvashi, and Laya. Vidyasagar won the National Film Award for Best Music Direction. The film has garnered the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for that year.{{Cite web |title=52nd National Film Awards |url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/52nd_nff_2005.pdf |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |accessdate=28 January 2012 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193535/http://dff.nic.in/2011/52nd_nff_2005.pdf |url-status=live }}

Plot

Srirangam Brothers – Srinivasachari (K Viswanath) and Ranga (Srikanth) – are versatile Carnatic musicians. Srinivasachari is happily married but has no children. Ranga is a widower with two children. Srirangam Brothers are the biggest music directors in the Telugu film industry (Tollywood) and compose music for only traditional and classical genres. Srirangam Brothers always try to help aspiring singers in their music compositions. Surekha (Laya), a TV anchor, falls in love with Ranga and they get married.

After marriage, Surekha, who initially respects her brother-in-law, starts to develop ill feelings towards him and becomes envious that even though her husband Ranga is the main factor for the music duo's success and has equal contribution in Srirangam Brothers music scores, Srinivasachari is the one who gets all the credit.

When Srinivasachari is awarded the Padmasri by the Government of India, Surekha rejects her sister's gifted saree and shows no inclination to come along with her family to attend Srinivasachari's felicitation by the President. Also, Surekha starts to show her hostile and disrespectful behavior towards Srinivasachari.

This situation provokes Srinivasachari who starts behaving unpredictably and lashes out at a film producer about his brother's music compositions (during his music sitting) and also at the media. When Ranga in his office becomes aware of this situation through the film producer, he returns home only to get dispirited to see Ranga's sister-in-law getting slapped by her husband, which leads to a heated argument between the two brothers and the family gets separated.

Surekha slowly understands Srinivasachari's and Ranga's music calibre and realizes that the two brothers can only excel in their music when they stay united. This transformation in Surekha eventually leads to the unity of the family just like Srirangam Brothers' different blends excel when they compose their music together.

Cast

Srikanth as Ranga
Sivaji as Chandu
Urvashi as Rukminiamma
Laya as Surekha
K. Viswanath as Srinivasachari
Amukta Malyada as Bujji
Naresh
Sana as a beautician
M. S. Narayana
Dubbing Janaki as Chandu's blind mother
Rajiv Kanakala
Sridhar as a cobbler
Sakshi Ranga Rao
Jaya Lakshmi
Surekha Vani
Gundu Hanumantha Rao as an auto rickshaw driver
Jayalalita
Anant as a stainless steel container seller
Suma as a news reporter
Venu Madhav as a music director
Ashok Kumar
Junior Relangi

Soundtrack

The soundtrack composed by Vidyasagar was released through Aditya Music.{{cite web | url = https://open.spotify.com/album/0QBvxMP9uk8yPmicECPDvA | title = Swarabhishekam | website = Spotify | access-date = 10 July 2023 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190818032550/https://open.spotify.com/album/0QBvxMP9uk8yPmicECPDvA | archive-date = 18 August 2019}}

{{track listing

| headline = Track list

| total_length = 38:17

| extra_column = Singer(s)

| title1 = Shriman Manohara

| lyrics1 = -

| extra1 = K. S. Chithra, Sriram Parthasarathy

| length1 = 0:33

| title2 = Kasthuri Tilakam

| lyrics2 = Veturi

| extra2 = Shankar Mahadevan, Sujatha

| length2 = 6:06

| title3 = Okka Kshanam

| lyrics3 = Veturi

| extra3 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. P. Sailaja

| length3 = 5:38

| title4 = Idi Naadani Adi Needani

| lyrics4 = Veturi

| extra4 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra

| length4 = 4:32

| title5 = Nee Chenthe Oka

| lyrics5 = Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry

| extra5 = K. S. Chithra, Mano

| length5 = 5:01

| title6 = Kudi Kannu Adhirene

| lyrics6 = K. Vishwanath

| extra6 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sunitha

| length6 = 5:03

| title7 = Ramavinodhi Vallabha

| lyrics7 = Samavedham Shanmukha Sharma

| extra7 = K. S. Chithra, Madhu Balakrishnan, Mano, Sriram Parthasarathy

| length7 = 5:28

| title8 = Anujudai Lakshmanudu

| lyrics8 = Veturi

| extra8 = K. J. Yesudas, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

| length8 = 5:29

| title9 = Mangalam

| lyrics9 = -

| extra9 = K. S. Chithra, Sriram Parthasarathy

| length9 = 0:23

}}

Reception

A critic from The Hindu wrote that "Despite the seriousness of family feud, humour part runs through the film. The sequence built around the delivery of a child in a railway compartment is movingly handled. All artistes give fine performances".{{Cite news |last=Srihari |first=Gudipoodi |date=6 November 2004 |title=Viswanath's raga |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-life/viswanaths-raga/article28675518.ece |access-date=31 January 2022 |archive-date=31 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131125757/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-life/viswanaths-raga/article28675518.ece |url-status=live }} A critic from Sify wrote that "On the whole Swarabhishekam is a good classical fare and is definitely a breath of fresh air for Telugu cinema".{{Cite web |date=9 November 2004 |title=Swarabhishekam |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/swarabhishekam-review-telugu-pclvCsdafjbgh.html |website=Sify |access-date=31 January 2022 |archive-date=31 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131061118/https://www.sify.com/movies/swarabhishekam-review-telugu-pclvCsdafjbgh.html |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |title=Movie review – Swarabhishekam |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-swarabhishekam.html |website=Idlebrain.com |access-date=31 January 2022 |archive-date=8 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108065531/http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-swarabhishekam.html |url-status=live }}