Sankarabharanam

Shankarabharanam is story of how music can bring together people from different walks of life.Melocholic,pure,brilliant and yet at times sad,the movie chronicles the life of a brilliant artist from the memories and thoughts of a fellow music lover.

Shankara Shasthry is a renowned carnatic singer of his time.At the height of his prominence, he is invited by communities near and far and felicitated by prominent people.After the advent of pop music however,carnatic music begins to recede in popularity and the great Shankara shasthry becomes an afterthought in the minds of young music lovers swayed by western culture.

Among his devoted listeners is a young woman who is of a geisha-esqe heritage.Even though the reason she is taught music is more for the practical purpose of enticing a potential benefactor,she develops a true love for music and in the process tremendous respect for the great artist.The two are brought together after the women seeks shelter away from people who are trying to exploit her.

The crux of the movie is that the world doesn't understand that the relationship between the teacher and disciple is purely platonic.Given the heritage of the disciple,society simply assumes to name a relationship at its lowest level, when the bond between the characters cannot be catogorized or described that easily.

Ironically society is so shallow and immature as to that it would rather let go of a esteemed member of their community rather than accept a lowly member into their very own.

The disciple soon realizes that her proximity to her teacher clouds the majesty of her teacher and she disappears into the darkness of the night.Years later,she returns with a child,a byproduct of a tragic rape.She intends to give her son the opportunity of tutelage under the great master unlike herself who never had the chance.This forms of the story arc of the movie.

The greatness of the movie lies in its purity of the message that it delivers and the relevance that it holds till date;i.e we are humans first,art unites, and the purpose of the society is to bring people together not divide on the basis of heritage or caste.

A movie told narrated more though music and silence,Shankarabharanam is timeless classic with music that is simply gold.

I watched it when i was a kid, and was bored to death. I always loved the music of this film, but i could never understand whats happening. After listening to all the praise from so many friends, I rented it again at the age of 22. I am glad I did, this is movie making at its best.

Its much more than classical music. It is about life ingeneral, relation ship between a Guru and his devoted pupil, a young couple who fell in love, a child who steps in to takes up his mothers place ... and many more stories beautifully woven into one wonderful ragamalika.

I would recommend this movie to all

Such wonder has never happened in the past and will never happen in future. A Sangamam of great Archaryas in their respective fields,KalaTapasvi K.Vishwanath,KV Mahadevan,SP Balasubraminam,Veturi etc in making a real jewel for shiva.These ragas melt our hearts while the lyrics enlighten our soul with explaining paths to the divine through music.Apart from being exceptional movie on classical music,this movie portrays the culture of Andhrites,the uniqueness of Telugu as a musical/classical language.Every actor/actress fit their role perfectly, and photography has been in tune with the subject and narration.Music itself is a ocean, K.Viswanath brought the great ratnas (ragas)out of the depths and carefully moulded them in an ornament, with the support of a great story,lyrics, and cast.Probably this would have been the best role Somaiyajulu would ever had in his career.. Anyway, every movie of KalaTapasvi is a masterpiece..

I am ashamed that there are some Indians and Andhras who feel that this movie doesn't deserve 10/10. It deserves lot more than 10. Lord Shiva himself will come down to see this movie. Each expression is a diologue, Each diologue is an emotion, Each emotion is a music, Each music bit is a pancakshari, Each saying of pancakshari is a step to Lord Shiva's abode.

If there is ever a great film director in this world, it should be Sri K Viswanath. If there is ever a great music director in film world, it is Sri K V Mahadevan who gives music full of devotion, away from three modes of nature (satva, tamo, raja gunas). If there are writers who made Lord Shiva send Ganga for them, Srinatha Kavisarvabhouma is first followed by Sri Veturi Sundara Rama Murthy. There is no point arguing this fact.

Not even Titanic, Jurassic park, black, anything else can come near this masterpiece of Indian Cinema. Hollywood is no where near this great movie.

I have no words to describe this movie. I don't know why this movie did not get any Oscar award. Culture, maturity, character & Indian ethos, all blended into one is this movie. I was fortunate to watch this movie a lot of times.