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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Swati<br />
| image = Swati (1984).jpg<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = [[Kranthi Kumar]]<br />
| producer = Kranthi Kumar<br />
| writer = Kranthi Kumar<br />
| starring = [[Suhasini]]<br />[[Bhanu Chander]]<br />[[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]]<br />
| music = [[K. Chakravarthy|Chakravarthy]]<br />
| cinematography = Hari Anumolu<br />
| editing = Krishnam Raju<br />
| distributor = Sri Kranthi Chitra<br />
| released = 1984<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Telugu<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Swati''''' is a 1984 [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[drama (film and television)|drama film]], written, produced and directed by [[Kranthi Kumar]]. The film starred [[Suhasini]], [[Bhanu Chander]] and [[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]] in lead roles. Upon release the film received positive reviews and became instant hit at the box office. The film won four [[Nandi Awards]], two [[Filmfare Awards South]], and was premiered at [[International Film Festival of India]].<ref>http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/FrmIP1984Award.aspx?PdfName=IP1984.pdf</ref> The film was remade in Hindi with [[Swati (1986 film)|same name]] and in Kannada as [[Usha (film)|Usha]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://indiancine.ma/texts/indiancine.ma%3AEncyclopedia_of_Indian_Cinema/text.pdf |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema |last1=Rajadhyaksha |first1=Ashish |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-563579-5 |pages=468 |orig-year=1994}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
Swati (Suhasini) lives with her mother Saraswathi, who brought her up as a single mother and hasn't revealed anything about her husband. And so, Swathi thinks that her father is a cheater. Saraswathi works as a nurse under doctor Jaggaiah, who is also a widower with a daughter named Prasunna. Swati gets closer to Chakro, who is an unemployed graduate, and upon Chakro's suggestion, Swati gets her mother married to doctor Jaggaiah, but observes a change in her mother's behaviour, who feels embarrassed to introduce Swathi as her daughter. So she leaves that house. Meanwhile, she meets her biological father who is actually a very nice person, but was a victim of ill fate. Finally, Swathi's step-sister gets married, during which her biological father Satyam dies. She goes the different schools and realizes that her family is not worth her. She was a strong girl, and she was trying to get her unmarried mother to get married.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
* [[Suhasini]] as Swati<br />
* [[Bhanu Chander]] as Chako<br />
* [[Jaggayya]]<br />
* [[Sarath Babu]] as Satyam<br />
* [[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]] as Subba Rao<br />
* [[Subhalekha Sudhakar]] as Hapil Dev<br />
* [[P. L. Narayana]]<br />
* [[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]] as Saraswathi<br />
* [[Rama Prabha]]<br />
* [[Aruna Mucherla|Mucherla Aruna]] as Lakshmi<br />
* [[Nithya Ravindran]] as Prasunna<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
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== Awards ==<br />
;[[Filmfare Awards South]]<br />
* [[Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu)]] – [[Kranthi Kumar]]<br />
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actress]] – [[Suhasini Maniratnam|Suhasini]]<br />
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;[[Nandi Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ipr.ap.nic.in/New_Links/Film.pdf|title=నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)|trans-title=A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)|publisher=[[Andhra Pradesh (magazine)|Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh]]|access-date=21 August 2020}}(in [[Telugu language|Telugu]])</ref><br />
* [[Nandi Award for Best Feature Film|Best Feature Film - Gold]] - [[Kranthi Kumar]]<br />
* [[Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director|Best First Film of a Director]] - [[Kranthi Kumar]]<br />
* [[Nandi Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] - [[Suhasini Maniratnam|Suhasini]]<br />
* [[Nandi Award for Best Dialogue Writer|Best Dialogue Writer]] - [[Ganesh Patro]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0250761|Swathi}}<br />
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{{Filmfare Best Telugu Film}}<br />
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[[Category:1984 films]]<br />
[[Category:1980s Telugu-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by K. Chakravarthy]]<br />
[[Category:Telugu films remade in other languages]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Kranthi Kumar]]<br />
[[Category:1984 drama films]]<br />
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