Swati Mutyam

Swati Mutyam English A White Pearl was a 1986 Telugu Drama Film written and directed by K. Viswanath. The film stars Kamal Haasan and Raadhika in the lead roles. The movie won accolades at Asia Pacific Film Festival in both Best Film and Best Actor categories. The movie was later dubbed into Tamil as Sippikul Muthu. Upon its success, the movie was later remade in Hindi as Eeshwar and in Kannada as Swathi Muthu.

Shivaiah Kamal Haasan, an orphan and a mentally retarded person, lives along with his grandmother Nirmalamma in a village. In that village Lalitha Raadhika, an young widow with a 5year old son, lives along with her brothers family. She and her son often get abused by her sisterinlaw but Lalitha, having no where to go bears it all.Shivaiah often encounters Lalitha and gets appalled by her condition. One day, during Sri Rama Navami festival, Shivaiah marries Lalitha, shocking all the villagers. His grandmother approves of his marriage as she has much sympathy and regard for Lalitha. But his uncle and orthodox villagers oppose that marriage as they consider remarriage of a widow was a sin. In that brawl, Shivaiahs grandmother dies leaving innocent Shivaiah in the hands of Lalitha. Lalitha, moves in with her husband with the blessings of her brother. ........

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