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Sirivennela (1986)

Sirivennela poster
Original title
సిరివెన్నెల
Directed by
Kasinathuni Viswanath
Genre
musical film, romance film
Country
India
Runtime
3h 01m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A blind flute player and a hearing-impaired woman fall in love. Their relationship is deepened through music and visual art.

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What happens

Sirivennela (transl. Moonlight) is a 1986 Indian Telugu-language romance film written and directed by K. Viswanath. The film stars Suhasini, Sarvadaman Banerjee and Moon Moon Sen. The music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan. The film won five Nandi Awards. It was screened at the Asia Pacific Film Festival, the International Film Festival of India, the Moscow Film Festival and the AISFM Film Festival. Shot in Jaipur and Kerala, the film has Hariprasad Chaurasia's flute rendering and a cameo by drummer Sivamani. The film was dubbed in Tamil as Raaga Devathai. Lyricist Seetharama Sastry derived his stage name Sirivennela from this film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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