Avatharam (2014 Telugu film)
Avatharam (English: Incarnation) is a 2014 Telugu-language devotional film written and directed by Kodi Ramakrishna in his last Telugu film before his death in 2019. Produced by M. Yugander Reddy, the film stars Radhika Kumaraswamy, Bhanupriya, and Satya Prakash in the lead roles, while Richard Rishi, Pruthviraj Balireddy, and Annapoorna play supporting roles. The music was composed by Ghantadi Krishna with cinematography by Sri Venkat and editing by Hari Nandamuri.
| Avatharam | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Kodi Ramakrishna |
| Produced by | M. Yugander Reddy |
| Written by | Kodi Ramakrishna |
| Starring | Radhika Kumaraswamy Bhanupriya Satya Prakash Richard Rishi Pruthviraj Balireddy Annapoorna |
| Music by | Ghantadi Krishna |
| Cinematography | Sri Venkat |
| Edited by | Hari Nandamuri |
Release date | 18 April 2014 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Budget | INR 80,000,000 (estimated) |
The film is about the Simharashi people and how Goddess Akkamma defeated a monster from another world.[1][2] The movie released on 18 April 2014. It released in Tamil under the name Meendum Amman and in Hindi as The Power Avatharam.
Plot
The story revolves around a girl rajeshwari, a singhah rashi girl,(Radhika kumarswamy) who has divine faith in mother goddess. On the other hand, an asur korkotakodu lands on earth to destroy it. Also, the back story of the film shows that to protect the world, mother godess must herself go under the arrest of a supernatural element, which can only be uplifted when a sighah rashi living organism sacrifices in the fire. It is revealed that the asur can be killed by Rajeshwari. So the asur tries multiple attempts to kill Rajeshwari. In the process Rajeshwari marries Prasad, the heir of a wealthy family, who treats him bad and drug him to make him mentally unstable in order to capture his wealth. Rajeshwari divinity increases and also she saves his husband from evil deeds of his family. After some time, a baby is also born. Now the asur, with all his force tries to kill Rajeshwari one last time. Mother goddess comes in human form in rescue of Rajeshwari. In a series of events, her husband wrongly suffers from sarp-matsya dosh, which Rajeshwari finally finishes with help of mother goddess. After that, her child is sacrificed, which the evil family misleads the villagers that Rajeshwari herself killed the child and. The asur influence the evil family members of Prasad that Rajeshwari is bad luck and must be thrown out. The evil family throws Rajeshwari out of house. Meanwhile, that time arrives when Mother goddess must go under arrest under supernatural powers in order to maintain balance of universe. Then the asur attacks on Prasad's soul, but Rajeshwari's pure faith and the power of wife's love (through haldi and kumkum) saves Prasad. But the evil family members of Prasad's, in the influence of asur removes the sindor and managal sutra away from her and makes her wear white clothes. This makes Rajeshwari symbolise a widow, although his husband is not dead. Finally, Rajeshwari, heartbroken, falsely ill-reputed and nowhere to go takes shelter in mother goddess temple. The asur arrives to kill Rajeshwari final time. But the mother goddess, being under arrest could not help her this time, she could only be free when a singhah rashi sacrifices itself. Rajeshwari, tired of all bad things happening to her, jumps into the fire before mother goddess to commit suicide. As Rajeshwari was a sighah rashi, the asur thinks that this might free mother godess and she might kill him. The asur with his powers collects the knowledge that the supernatural powers don't accept a widow's sacrifice and Rajeshwari at that time was symbolised as widow. So in order to symbolise Rajeshwari back as a married woman, other gods and goddesses donate the materials like sindoor, Mangal sutra, Red saari, anklet, rings etc, which would symbolise Rajeshwari back as a married woman. Finally, the sacrifice is accepted and the arrest breaks off. With the blessings of mother godess and parabrahma, a divine energy is formed inside the fire and Rajeshwari transforms into a divine "Narshimhi" (female form/consort of lord shri Narsimha) She kills the asur with her mega divine superpowers and finally everything becomes okay. Rajeshwari returns back to normal human form. Mother godess appears and reveals that her child is not yet dead and that she took care of the child when he was tried to sacrifice. She returns the child and leaves. Prasad comes, finally his mental health recovered and they leave happily ever after. Jai Mata Di (Hail the mother goddess )
Cast
- Radhika Kumaraswamy as Rajeshwari
- Bhanupriya as Goddess Akkamma
- Satya Prakash as Karkotakudu
- Richard Rishi as Prasad
- Pruthviraj Balireddy
- Annapoorna
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Ghantadi Krishna.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Vevela Jejelive" | K. S. Chithra | 5:18 |
| 2. | "Nalugu Dhikkula" | K. S. Chithra | 5:18 |
| 3. | "Vibhranthi Golupu" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 0:55 |
| 4. | "Padhunalgulokalu" | Reena | 1:00 |
| 5. | "Mruthyunjayeswarini" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 0:54 |
| 6. | "Kaduputeepini Kannathalliye" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 1:24 |
| 7. | "Mabbulo Voorege" | Malavika, Ghantadi Krishna | 4:52 |
| 8. | "Sowbhagyadevike" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 6:52 |
| Total length: | 26:33 | ||
References
- "Avatharam review: Avatharam (Telugu) Movie Review - fullhyd.com". Movies.fullhyderabad.com. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- "Avatharam Movie Review | Avatharam Telugu Movie Review". 123telugu.com. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2018.