Aahvaanam

<p>The film centers on Ravi Kumar, a man who believes money is the only important thing in life, even more than family ties and affection. Once he goes to a village and plays a drama which results in his marriage with Rajeswari, a traditional woman from a wealthy family. They live happily for a while until Ravi runs into Sireesha, an even wealthier unmarried businesswoman. She falls in love with him, and Ravi, focused on her money, lies to her that he is married, but recently divorced. In order to marry Sireesha, Ravi files for divorce, devastating Rajeswari. Unwilling to lose her husband due to his greed, she tries in many different ways to change his mindset. When nothing works, Rajeswari accepts the divorce, but with the condition that her divorce be held as a grand ceremony, just as her marriage. At this event, in front of a statue of Goddess , Rajeswari lights a fire and holds her hair up asking Ravi to remove mangalsutra, then suddenly Ravi has a vision where it is Goddess sitting in the place of Rajeswari, while threatening him with a trident (because the worn by Rajeswari was coincidentally identical to the one worn by Durga). A terrified Ravi, realizes the importance and sanctity of marriage and apologizes to his wife, who presents him a garland to remarry her again. The film was inspired by the Telugu film (1959), produced and directed by . All lyrics were written by , except for “Minsare Minsare” which was written by . The song “Minsare Minsare” was based on ‘s “In Zaire”. Two lines from the song “Srirasthu Subhamasthu” were incorporated by Seetharama Sastry into the song “Dharmardha Kamamulalona” in (2003), Griddaluru Gopala Rao of gave the film a positive review praising the screenplay, music, and the performances of the cast. A critic from wrote, “If one glosses over the shortcomings of the climax, and enjoy the movie as an entertainer, ‘Aahwanam’ is a movie worth watching”. This article about a Telugu-language film of the 1990s is a . You can help Wikipedia by .</p>