Swathi Muthyam
193rd of 443 in Tollywood
- Out-grossed 65% of Tollywood releases with reported figures ($7M).
- Returned 7.2× its budget, against an industry median of 1.5×.
- Momentum in the 2nd percentile.
- Cost
- $900K
- Took
- $7M
Against a Tollywood median of 1.5×, so this one returned 4.8 times what a typical release there does.
The money says blockbuster. What do you say?
Sivayya is a kind-hearted man with a cognitive disability who sees the world with childlike innocence. He lives in a village where social norms and traditions are strictly followed. Sivayya encounters Lalitha, a young widow who lives a life of hardship and isolation with her young child. Driven by pure compassion and unaware of the social stigma surrounding widow remarriage, Sivayya marries Lalitha during a village festival. The film beautifully explores their journey as they build a life together, challenging the prejudices of their community and showing that true love and humanity transcend intellectual capacity.
- Released
- 13 March 1986
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Language
- Telugu
- Industry
- Tollywood
- Angela LansburyAnn Royce McClain
- Laurence OlivierDr. Anthony Wainwright
- Hildegard NeilSheila McClain
- Charles KeatingLawrence McClain
- Garrick HagonMark Harrison
- Tracey ChildsPamela Harrison
- Director
- Alvin Rakoff
- Writer
- Jerome Chodorov, Norman Panama
- Original Music Composer
- Dave Greenslade