Sankarabharanam

If one were to name the best movies ever made, " Shankarabharanam" would occupy the numero uno position... K Vishwanath(Director), Jandhayala(Dialogues), K V Mahadevan (Music), Veturi Sundara ram Murthy(Lyrics), S P Balasubramanyam (Singer), have together come up with a excellent masterpiece.... The movie has all the ingredients... The performance of the male protagonist "Shankara Sastry", played by J V Somayajulu, is one of the highlights. Equally important is the role of dancer played by Manju Bhargavi.The fact that Music, may it be Western or Eastern is a result of strong emotions is very well picturized,.... One of the all time bests.

This is the best Telugu movie ever made. If Maya Bazar showcases Great Indian Mythology in best form, this movie showcases immortal Indian music by flawless screenplay and direction. Normally Indian movies are considered as sub-standard in all the departments with rare exceptions. But this movie stands 10 out of 10 in all departments. This film had drawn the unparalleled standards to the south Indian films. When movies were being treated as mere commercial entertainers and when Telugu cinema was subjected to utter criticism of being subjugated by baser instincts, this is the only movie shut the world's criticism. Kudos to K. Viswanath, a true gem of Indian Cinema. All of his movies are poetic visuals.

Such wonder has never happened in the past and will never happen in future. A Sangamam of great Archaryas in their respective fields,KalaTapasvi K.Vishwanath,KV Mahadevan,SP Balasubraminam,Veturi etc in making a real jewel for shiva.These ragas melt our hearts while the lyrics enlighten our soul with explaining paths to the divine through music.Apart from being exceptional movie on classical music,this movie portrays the culture of Andhrites,the uniqueness of Telugu as a musical/classical language.Every actor/actress fit their role perfectly, and photography has been in tune with the subject and narration.Music itself is a ocean, K.Viswanath brought the great ratnas (ragas)out of the depths and carefully moulded them in an ornament, with the support of a great story,lyrics, and cast.Probably this would have been the best role Somaiyajulu would ever had in his career.. Anyway, every movie of KalaTapasvi is a masterpiece..

I watched it when i was a kid, and was bored to death. I always loved the music of this film, but i could never understand whats happening. After listening to all the praise from so many friends, I rented it again at the age of 22. I am glad I did, this is movie making at its best.

Its much more than classical music. It is about life ingeneral, relation ship between a Guru and his devoted pupil, a young couple who fell in love, a child who steps in to takes up his mothers place ... and many more stories beautifully woven into one wonderful ragamalika.

I would recommend this movie to all

One of the best telugu movies I have seen. It has really great music (unfortunately rather poorly recorded for the 70s), good acting and storyline. It is one of those movies with everything : comedy (Brochevaevaralu), tragedy (the overall story) and drama.