Swayamkrushi


Swayamkrushi is a 1987 Indian Telugu language, drama film written, and directed by K. Viswanath. The film was produced by Edida Nageswara Rao with Chiranjeevi's second performance in a K. Viswanath film; their first collaboration was Subhalekha. The film also starred Vijayashanti, Sarvadaman D. Banerjee, and Sumalatha in pivotal roles.
The film chronicles the life of a self-educated cobbler's journey from Rags to riches. The film was screened at the International Film Festival of India, the Asia Pacific Film Festival; the film was dubbed into Russian and was screened to special mention at the Moscow International Film Festival. Chiranjeevi has garnered the Indian Express Best Actor, and the state Nandi Award for Best Actor awards for his performance.

Plot

Sambayya is a cobbler who raises his late sister's son Chinna while also financing the education of the orphaned Sarada. He also nurses a love crush and intends to marry her someday.
In a turn of events, Sarada marries Bhaskar and Ganga who has also nursed a love towards Sambayya, has a tubectomy in order to marry Sambayya. She does it so that she would be a completely dedicated mother to Chinna. After initial struggles, Ganga and Sambayya own a shoe business and become wealthy.
Chinna's actual father Govind who is a criminal returns from prison and teams up with Ganga's father to make a series of demands on Sambayya and to claim Chinna's guardianship.
Eventually, Chinna rebels against his father and both he and Sambayya return to latter's modest original profession of cobbler.

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