Swayamkrushi

Swayamkrushi
స్వయం కృషి
Directed byK. Viswanath
Screenplay byK. Viswanath
Story byK. Viswanath
Produced byEdida Nageswara Rao
StarringChiranjeevi
Vijayashanti
Sumalatha
Master Arjun
Charan Raj
Sarvadaman D. Banerjee
J. V. Somayajulu
Brahmanandam
M. V. S. Haranatha Rao
P. L. Narayana
S. K. Misro
CinematographyLok Singh
Edited byG. G. Krishna Rao
Music byRamesh Naidu
Release date
  • 3 September 1987 (1987-09-03) (India)
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CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Swayamkrushi (transl. Self-made) is a 1987 Indian Telugu-language drama film written and directed by K. Viswanath. The film stars Chiranjeevi and Vijayashanti in main leads, with Sarvadaman D. Banerjee, and Sumalatha in other pivotal roles.[2]

The film chronicles the life of a self-educated cobbler's journey from rags to riches. The film was screened at the International Film Festival of India, the Asia Pacific Film Festival; the film was dubbed into Russian and was screened at the special mention section at the Moscow International Film Festival.[3][4] Chiranjeevi garnered the Indian Express Best Actor, and the Nandi Award for Best Actor award for his performance.[5][2] Vijayashanti garnered the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film.[4] It was dubbed into Hindi as Dharamyudh.

  1. ^ "Swayam Krushi". indiancine.ma. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b "1988 Award Winners". Cinema Express-Indian Express Group (in Tamil). 1 May 1989.
  3. ^ "Chiranjeevi felicitation on Padma Bhushan honour". Idlebrain.com. 19 April 2006.
  4. ^ a b സ്വന്തം ലേഖകൻ (10 March 1989). "മമ്മൂട്ടിക്കും ഗീതയ്ക്കും അവാർഡ്". Mathrubhumi.
  5. ^ Express News Service (11 March 1989), "Cinema Express readers choose Agni Nakshathiram", The Indian Express, p. 4, retrieved 3 October 2016