Srimadvirat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra

Sri Madvirat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra (Telugu: శ్రీమద్విరాట్ వీరబ్రహ్మేంద్ర స్వామి చరిత్ర) is a 1984 Telugu hagiographical film, based on life of Pothuluri Veerabrahmam, produced and directed by N. T. Rama Rao under his Ramakrishna Cine Studios banner. N. T. Rama Rao portrayed the characters of Gautama Buddha, Vemana, Ramanuja, Adi Shankara along with the title role. It stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Rati Agnihotri, Kanchana in the lead roles and music composed by Susarla Dakshinamurthi. Actually, shooting of the film was completed by 1981, but the release got delayed due to objection from the censor board asking to delete a few scenes from the movie, to which NTR did not agree and immediately took the matter to court and finally got it released in November 1984.

Sri Madvirat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra
Theatrical release poster
Directed byN. T. Rama Rao
Produced byN. T. Rama Rao
Written byKondaveeti Venkata Kavi (dialogues)
Screenplay byN. T. Rama Rao
Story byN. T. Rama Rao
Based onlife of Pothuluri Veerabrahmam
StarringN. T. Rama Rao
Nandamuri Balakrishna
Rati Agnihotri
Music bySusarla Dakshinamurthi
CinematographyNandamuri Mohana Krishna
Edited byRavi
Production
company
Release date
  • 29 November 1984 (1984-11-29)
Running time
173 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Plot

The story is based on the life of Pothuluri Veerabrahmam (N. T. Rama Rao), a well-known saint and astrologer of the 17th century. A brief life of Gautama Buddha, Ramanuja, Adi Shankara and Vemana (all essayed by NTR) are shown at the beginning of the film.

Cast

Crew

Soundtrack
Sri Madvirat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra
Film score by
Susarla Dakshinamurthi
Released1984
GenreSoundtrack
Length81:57
LabelSaregama Audio
ProducerSusarla Dakshinamurthi

Music composed by Susarla Dakshinamurthi. Lyrics written by C. Narayana Reddy. Music released on Saregama Audio Company.

S. No.Song TitleSingerslength
1 Aasathoma Sadhgamaya N. T. Rama Rao 0:30
2 Vemana Sukthulu V. Ramakrishna 3:17
3 Neevuyevaro P. Leela 4:11
4 Bhuloka Kalpataruvu V. Ramakrishna 0:30
5 Shiva Govinda Govinda V. Ramakrishna 4:40
6 Shiva Govinda Govinda-II V. Ramakrishna 6:00
7 Nandamaya Guruda Nandamaya V. Ramakrishna 4:11
8 Vinara Vinara O Naruda V. Ramakrishna 4:08
9 Kulabheda Matabheda V. Ramakrishna 1:42
10 Yemandi Pandithulara V. Ramakrishna 5:08
11 Chilakamma Palakave V. Ramakrishna 6:07
12 Pavithram (Slokam) V. Ramakrishna 0:35
13 Yoganandhakari (Slokam) V. Ramakrishna 0:32
14 Srungara Rasaraja Vani Jayaram 4:25
15 Mama Kuthura SP Balu, P. Susheela 4:21
16 Chenguna Dhookali SP Balu, P. Susheela 3:31
17 Matham Neethira SP Balu 5:18
18 Mayadhaari Marala Bandira V. Ramakrishna 7:06
19 Slokam V. Ramakrishna 1:00
20 Panchamudani Ninu V. Ramakrishna 4:38
21 Cheppaledhantanaka V. Ramakrishna 5:45
22 Narudaa Naa Maata V. Ramakrishna 3:50
23 Swasthivachanam (Slokam) V. Ramakrishna 0:32

Box office

This movie was a huge Industry Hit movie, this is the first Telugu film released with more than 100 prints, in its first week, it collected a humongous amount: Rs.1 crore, and it ran for 300 days in Hyderabad. The film's budget is just Rs. 15 lakhs excluding NTR's remuneration. It collected Rs. 6 crores and became the highest grosser in regional films in the world at that time.[1]

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