Sita Kalyanam (1976 film)

For the 1934 Tamil-language film, see Sita Kalyanam (1934 film).
Seetha Kalyanam
Directed byBapu
Written byMullapudi Venkata Ramana
Based onRamayanam
by Valmiki
Produced byPinjala Ananda Rao
P.Subba Rao
StarringRavikumar
Jaya Prada
Gummadi
Dhulipala
Mikkilineni
Kaikala Satyanarayana
Mukkamala
Jamuna
Hemalatha
CinematographyK. S. Prasad
Edited byKandaswamy
Music byK. V. Mahadevan
Production
company
Ananda Lakshmi Art Movies
Release date
  • 8 October 1976 (1976-10-08)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Seetha Kalyanam is a 1976 Indian Telugu-language Hindu mythological film directed by Bapu from a screenplay written by Mullapudi Venkata Ramana. It is an adaptation of Ranganatha Ramayanam in Telugu. Based on the Bala Kanda, the ensemble cast film relates events from the birth of Lord Rama, the seventh incarnation of Vishnu, up to his wedding to Seetha, incarnation of Lakshmi.

The film won the Filmfare Award for Best Direction (Telugu).[1] It was screened at the BFI London Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, San Reno and Denver International Film Festivals in 1978, and is part of the course work at the British Film Institute.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Seeta Kalyanam (1976) - IMDb".
  2. ^ Arts / Cinema : Preview: Epic comes full circle. The Hindu (2011-11-12). Retrieved on 2013-01-25.
  3. ^ m.l. narasimham (12 November 2011). "Arts / Cinema : Preview: Epic comes full circle". The Hindu (Press release). Retrieved 27 August 2012.