Sruthilayalu

Sruthilayalu is a 1987 Telugu-language musical drama film, directed by K. Viswanath. The film stars Rajasekhar and Sumalatha^[1] with soundtrack composed by K. V. Mahadevan.^[2] It was released on 30 April 1987.^[3] The film garnered eight Nandi Awards and also won Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu. The film was premiered at the International Film Festival of India, and AISFM Film Festival.^[4] The film was dubbed in Tamil as Isaikku Oru Koil.^[5]

Sruthilayalu
Directed by	K. Viswanath
Written by	K. Viswanath
Produced by	Karunakar Sudhakar
Starring	Rajasekhar Sumalatha Shanmukha Srinivas Jayalalita Naresh
Cinematography	Subba Rao G.V
Music by	K. V. Mahadevan
Release date	30 April 1987 (1987-04-30)
Running time	160 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Plot

The film revolves around the role of Naidu, a Carnatic musician and elder son Narayana Murthy who starts getting recognized in the world because of the music learned from Naidu and leaves everyone to fall into the worldly pleasures, forgetting his base roots. It is now the duty of Sita, the daughter-in-law of Naidu to bring these souls on track.

The film starts with Mr. Naidu, a great fan of music and traditional Indian fine arts. He wants his only son to become a great musician, but unfortunately he loses his son in a car accident.

Then he adopts three orphaned street children and teaches them Carnatic music so they can make his dream of building and starting an academy of fine arts come true. Sita is also a fan of music and loves Mr. Narayana. Naidu agrees for them to get married and Shankar, the second son marries a rich girl.

Naidu sends the three sons to city to earn sufficient money to start the construction of a Music academy named Sangeetha Bharathi. But all three forget the cause they come for once they get popularity in city and they get addicted to bad habits. They disrespect his father once and Narayana Murthy even tries to hit his pregnant wife. All this makes Mr. Naidu send the three sons away from home. Then Sita, the daughter-in-law takes the onus to make Mr. Naidu's dream come true. She makes her son Srinivas a great musician and dancer. After a long time, she returns to the city where her husband lives. There she gets Narayana Murthy to take interest in their son's talents without revealing herself to Narayana Murthy or his brother.

Narayana, who doesn't know his son, appreciates his talents well and accepts to teach him music. Sita makes the other two sons of Mr. Naidu also to concentrate on music through her son. She teaches them a lesson and they come to the realize what they did wrong.

In the end, all the sons come together and meet their father and ask for his forgiveness. He forgives them and they start afresh to try and establish the Music Academy which is later named as Sangeetha Bharathi

Cast

• Rajasekhar as Narayana Murthy
• Sumalatha as Sita
• Kaikala Satyanarayana as Naidu
• Shanmukha Srinivas as Srinivas
• Murali Krishna as Murali
• Naresh as Shankar
• Anjali Devi
• Mucherla Aruna as Girija
• Jayalalita as Panchali
• Mallikarjuna Rao
• Jit Mohan Mitra as Anjaneyulu
• Potti Prasad
• Sakshi Ranga Rao as Ramadasu
• Vankayala Satyanarayana
• Sanjay Vadapalli

Soundtrack

Soundtrack composed by K. V. Mahadevan was released through LEO music label.^[3] Lyrics were written by Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry while this film used songs of Annamacharya, Tyagaraja, Narayana Teertha and Shailendra.^[3]

Track list^[3]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Inni Raasula"	Annamacharya	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jayaram	5:06
2.	"Aalokaye Sri Balakrishnam"	Narayana Teertha	Vani Jayaram	4:53
3.	"Janaki Kaantha Smaranam"	Traditional Bhajan	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	1:00
4.	"Telavaarademo Swamy (Female)"	Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry	P. Susheela	2:03
5.	"Thika Thika"	Swarajathi Traditional	Purna Chander	3:11
6.	"Sri Saaradaamba"	Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry	S. Janaki	4:12
7.	"Saamajavaragaana (Mandolin Beat)"	Tyagaraja	S. P. Sailaja	3:44
8.	"Telavaarademo Swamy (Male)"	Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry	K. J. Yesudas	3:05
9.	"Sri Gananaadam"	Narayana Teertha	Purna Chander, S. Srinivas	4:03
10.	"Kori Vacchitinayyaa"	Tyagaraja	Purna Chander	1:19
11.	"Mera Jootha Hai Japani"	Shailendra	S. Janaki	0:59
12.	"Tanadu Varasatwamunu"	Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela	4:32
13.	"Tandanaana Ahi"	Annamacharya	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:25
Total length:				42:32

Awards

Award	Category	Recipient(s) and nominee(s)	Result	Ref(s)
Nandi Awards	Best Feature Film - Gold	Producer: Karunakar, Sudhakar	Won	^[6]
	Best Actress	Sumalatha	Won
	Best Director	K. Viswanath	Won
	Best Music Director	K. V. Mahadevan	Won
	Best Choreographer	K. V. Satyanarayana	Won
	Best Lyricist	Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry	Won
	Best Audiographer	A. R. Swaminadhan	Won
	Best Child Actor	Shanmukha Srinivas	Won
Filmfare Awards South	Best Director	K. Viswanath	Won	^[7]
Cine Goer's Film Awards	Best Film	Producer: Karunakar, Sudhakar	Won	^[8]
	Best Director	K. Viswanath	Won

References

1. "Talking talk shows". The Hindu. 3 May 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
2. "Shruti Layalu (1987)". IMDb. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
3. "Sruthilayalu". indiancine.ma. from the original on 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
4. "The films of K. Viswanath". AISFM Blog. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
5. "The Indian Express". 27 November 1987. p. 2.
6. "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964 - 2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964 - 2008)] (PDF) (in Telugu). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. 13 March 2010. p. 28.
7. Santosh (5 February 2017). "35th Annual Filmfare Awards South Winners". Retrieved 13 July 2021.
8. "Telugu 'cine goer's awards' presented". The Indian Express. 20 September 1988. p. 2.

External links

• Sruthilayalu at IMDb