''Swati'' is a 1984

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-language drama film, written, produced and directed by Kranthi Kumar. The film starred Suhasini,

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and Sharada in lead roles. Upon release the film received positive reviews and became instant hit at the box office. The film won four Nandi Awards, two

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, and was premiered at

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. The film was remade in Hindi with same name and in Kannada as ''Usha''.

Plot

Swati (Suhasini) lives with her mother Saraswathi, who brought her up as a single mother and hasn't revealed anything about her husband. And so, Swathi thinks that her father is a cheater. Saraswathi works as a nurse under doctor Jaggaiah, who is also a widower with a daughter named Prasunna. Swati gets closer to Chakro, who is an unemployed graduate, and upon Chakro's suggestion, Swati gets her mother married to doctor Jaggaiah, but observes a change in her mother's behaviour, who feels embarrassed to introduce Swathi as her daughter. So she leaves that house. Meanwhile, she meets her biological father who is actually a very nice person, but was a victim of ill fate. Finally, Swathi's step-sister gets married, during which her biological father Satyam dies. She goes the different schools and realizes that her family is not worth her. She was a strong girl, and she was trying to get her unmarried mother to get married.

Cast

* Suhasini as Swati *

as Chako * Jaggayya * Sarath Babu as Satyam * Rajendra Prasad as Subba Rao *

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as Hapil Dev *

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* Sharada as Saraswathi * Rama Prabha *

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as Lakshmi * Nithya Ravindran as Prasunna

Soundtrack

Awards

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* Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu) – Kranthi Kumar * Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actress – Suhasini ; Nandi Awards(in

) * Best Feature Film - Gold - Kranthi Kumar * Best First Film of a Director - Kranthi Kumar * Best Actress - Suhasini * Best Dialogue Writer -

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References

External links

* 1984 films 1980s Telugu-language films Indian drama films Films scored by K. Chakravarthy Telugu films remade in other languages Films directed by Kranthi Kumar 1984 drama films {{1980s-Telugu-film-stub