'' Swayamvaram ''is a 1999 Indian

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

-language romantic

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film directed by

K. Vijaya Bhaskar K. Vijaya Bhaskar is Indian film director who works mainly in the Telugu film industry. He won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for ''Nuvve Kavali'' (2000). He is an alumnus of Sainik School, Korukonda. Filmography Awar ...

and produced by Venkata Shyam Prasad under

SP Entertainments SP Entertainments is an Indian Film production company, started by Venkata Shyam Prasad in 1998. Films Produced The company produced several films, such as ''Swayamvaram (1999 film), Swayamvaram'', ''Chirunavvutho'', and ''Kalyana Ramudu''. C ...

. The film stars debutants

Venu Thottempudi Venu Thottempudi (born 4 June 1976) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Telugu cinema. He has appeared in several successful Telugu films as a lead actor. Career After finishing his engineering from Dharwad Engineering College, Venu star ...

and Laya in lead roles. ''Swayamvaram'' also marks the screenwriting debut of

Trivikram Srinivas Trivikram Srinivas (born Akella Naga Srinivasa Sarma; 7 November 1971), often credited as Trivikram, is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu cinema. In 2021, he became one of the highest-paid directors in Cinema of South ...

who would later go on to become a noted filmmaker in

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. ''Swayamvaram'' won four

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. The film was remade in Tamil as ''

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'' (2001) and in Hindi as ''

Kyaa Dil Ne Kahaa ''Kyaa Dil Ne Kahaa'' ( en, What Did the Heart Say?) is a 2002 Indian Hindi romantic comedy-drama film directed by Sanjay Chhel. The film was a remake of the Telugu film '' Swayamvaram''. Cast * Tusshar Kapoor as Rahul Vashisht * Esha Deol as ...

'' (2002).

Plot

Cast

as Venu * Laya as Anu *

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* Kavitha * Sudha *

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* Sunil *

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Music

The music of the film was composed by

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and lyrics for the songs were penned by

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Awards

References

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* {{K. Vijaya Bhaskar 1990s Telugu-language films Films directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar Indian romantic comedy-drama films Telugu films remade in other languages