Swayamkrushi

Swayamkrushi (Telugu :స్వయం కృషి) is a 1987 Indian Telugu-language drama film written and directed by K. Viswanath. The film stars Chiranjeevi and Vijayashanti in main leads, with Sarvadaman D. Banerjee, and Sumalatha in other 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 at the special mention section at the Moscow International Film Festival. Chiranjeevi garnered the Indian Express Best Actor, and the Nandi Award for Best Actor award for his performance. Vijayashanti garnered the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film. It was dubbed into Hindi as Dharamyudh.

Plot
Sambayya (Chiranjeevi) is a cobbler who raises his late sister's son Chinna (Arjun/Sirish) while also financing the education of the orphaned Sarada (Sumalatha). He also nurses a crush on her and intends to marry her someday.

In a turn of events, Sarada marries Bhaskar (Sarvadaman Banerjee) and Ganga (Vijayashanti) 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 father Govind (Charan Raj) who is a criminal returns from prison and teams up with Ganga's father (a no-good villainman) 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 the latter's modest initial profession of cobbler.

Cast

 * Chiranjeevi as Sambayya
 * Vijayashanti as Ganga
 * Sumalatha as Sarada
 * Baby Bhavana as young Sarada
 * Master Arjun as Chinna
 * Charan Raj as Govind
 * Sarvadaman Banerjee as Bhaskar
 * J.V. Somayajulu
 * Brahmanandam
 * M. V. S. Haranatha Rao
 * P. L. Narayana
 * S. K. Misro
 * Dubbing Janaki
 * Samyuktha
 * Master Suresh

Soundtrack
Soundtrack composed by Ramesh Naidu was released through Lahari Music label. Lyrics were written by C. Narayana Reddy and Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry while a song written by Kshetrayya was also used in this film.

Awards

 * Cinema Express Best Actor - Chiranjeevi
 * Nandi Award for Best Actor - Chiranjeevi
 * Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Telugu - Vijayashanti