Swarnakamalam

<p>Meenakshi ( ) and Savitri (Devilalita) are daughters of a doyen, Vedantam Seshendra Sarma. While a highly accomplished artist in his field, Seshendra Sarma is not well-off and has not been able to afford for his daughters, a conventional education. Both of them have achieved a respectable degree of proficiency — Savitri in Carnatic classical music and Meenakshi in classical dance. Savitri, the elder daughter, is grateful for her knowledge and interest and looks forward to a life that will require her to hone her skills in the art. Meenakshi, on the other hand, is bitter about the lack of opportunity that she feels in the field of classical dance in India and resolves to make a simpler and more pleasurable life for herself as soon as possible, while confiding her ambitions only to her sister. Chandrasekhar ( ) is a tenant who has just moved in next door. He is a painter and is shown to be handling movie promotions as a large part of his work. He develops an interest in the neighbors and tries to help them in whatever way he can, partly because of his (unconfessed) interest in Meenakshi and partly because of his interest in the art which seems to be slowly fading from public life. The rest of the film is largely built around Meenakshi’s journey from skepticism to devotion in her pursuit of dance. Chandrasekhar is shown to be an important catalyst in this transformation. Meenakshi becomes an accomplished dancer through the direction of renowned Odissi dancer , and gets the to go to the and perform. She learns of Chandrasekhar’s love for her, and finally unites with Chandrasekhar, confessing her love for him as well. The production design was helmed by Arun D. Ghodgaonkar, with cinematography by . Casting was done by K. Viswanath, including American dancer , who portrayed herself as a veteran artist. He selected Sharon Lowen to portray the role after watching her interview on . Her performance for the song “Sakhi Hey” was shot in . The song “Andela Ravamidhi Padamulada” was shot in , , and . The music for the film was composed by and released on ECHO Music Company.</p>