Viswanath gained national acclaim for this film, which triggered a sequence of other art movies in Telugu, including Thyagayya (by Bapu), Meghasandesam (by Dasari N. Rao), and Viswanath's own follow-ups to Sankaraabharanam: Saagara Sangamam, Sruthi Layalu, Swarna Kamalam, Sirivennela, and Swathi Kiranam.
The movie is about a maestro of Carnatic music who dedicates his life to music. He becomes a victim of western on-slaught of Indian culture and tradition. However he succeeds in passing on the priceless tradition to a worthy inherent.
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Cast: JV Somayajulu, Manju Bhargavi and Allu Ramalingayya.
Sankara Bharanam (http://www.idlebrain.com/nosta/sankarabharanam.html) - a review of the film from the Telugu film site idlebrain.com (http://www.idlebrain.com/)
Sankaraabharanam (usually spelt Sankarabharanam) is also a raga of Carnatic music. It is the 29th of the Melakarta ragas.
K.Viswanath breaks away from this mould and (de)humanizes the actual master-pupil relationship emphasizing on the emotions that transpire between and within each one involved in the mentoring 'transaction' and makes a complete circle about this common mileu that he so often sets his movies in.
Sankaraabharanam, Sagara Sangamam, Swarana Kamamlam and Swati Kiranam complete his guru-sishya movie quartet and one could clearly observe the transition of the guru's character from an idealist to an emotionally degenerate, hopping one step down along the way.
At the end of the quartet the guru, having completely been over-powered the his protégé's skill set, clearly gives way to him and retreats into the background.
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