''Sankeertana'' is a 1987

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-language film, produced by M. Gangaiah under the Konark Movie Creations banner and directed by

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. It stars

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and

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, with music composed by

Ilaiyaraaja Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan, 3 June 1943) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, instrumentalist, lyricist and singer, popular for his works in Indian Cinema, prominently in Tamil films. Reputed to be one of ...

. It was released on 20 March 1987. The film was dubbed in Tamil as ''En Paadal Unakkaga''. The film was later remade in

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''.

Plot

Keerthana is an orphan who is being brought up by a villager whose wife doesn't like her at all. Keerthana is learning dance from the famous teacher of the village. In this process, she falls in love with Kaasi, who belongs to a very low caste. The villagers believe that Keerthana is the goddess who came to save them and their village and hence Keerthana had lost her personal life. But now she has dared to love Kaasi and now she wanted to marry him. But will the village people allow their goddess to become a wife and what are the cruel consequences Keerthana and Kaasi had to face?

Cast

as Kaasi *

as Keerthana * Girish Karnad as Parameswara Sastry *

J. V. Somayajulu Jonnalagadda Venkata Somayajulu (30 July 1920 or – 24 April 2004) was an Indian actor known for his works in Telugu cinema and a few Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films. In 1981, he received the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu ...

as Vasudeva Sarma *

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as Sravan Babu * Sai Kumar * Rallapalli *

Sakshi Ranga Rao Sakshi Ranga Rao (born Rangavajhula Ranga Rao; 15 September 1942 – 27 June 2005) was an Indian character actor who worked in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He appeared in about 450 films over a career spanning four decades, majority of ...

as Rama Sarma *

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* Mallikarjuna Rao * KK Sarma as Chidambaram Pillai * Dham as Kodipetlu * Y. Vijaya as Mahalakshmi * Master Suresh as young Kaasi

Soundtrack

Music composed by

was released on ECHO Audio Company.

Accolades

* Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director –

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=0320411 1980s Telugu-language films 1987 directorial debut films 1987 films Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Telugu films remade in other languages