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{{Infobox film
| name = Seeta Kalyanam
| image = Seetha Kalyanam.jpg
| image_size =
| caption =
| director = [[Bapu (director)|Bapu]]
| producer = [[Pinjala Ananda Rao]] P.Subba Rao
| writer = [[Mullapudi Venkata Ramana]]
|based_on = {{based on|''[[Ramayanam]]''|[[Valmiki]]}}
| narrator =
| starring = Ravikumar [[Jayaprada]] [[Gummadi (actor)|Gummadi]] [[Dhulipala Seetarama Sastry|Dhulipala]] [[Mikkilineni Radhakrishna Murthy|Mikkilineni]] [[Kaikala Satyanarayana]] [[Mukkamala]] [[Jamuna (actress)|Jamuna]] [[Hemalatha]]
| music = [[K. V. Mahadevan]]
| cinematography = [[K. S. Prasad]]
| editing = Kandaswamy
| studio = Ananda Lakshmi Art Movies
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1976|10|08|df=y}}
| runtime = 125 minutes
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| budget =
}}

'''''Seeta Kalyanam''''' is a 1976 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[Hindu mythological film]] directed by [[Bapu (director)|Bapu]] from a screenplay written by [[Mullapudi Venkata Ramana]]. The [[ensemble cast]] film deals with the wedding epic ''Seeta Kalyanam'' and Lord [[Rama]] who is the 7th incarnation of [[Vishnu]].

The film has garnered the [[Filmfare Best Director Award (Telugu)|Filmfare Award for Best Direction (Telugu)]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156082/|title = Seeta Kalyanam (1976) - IMDb}}</ref> The film was screened at the [[BFI London Film Festival]], [[Chicago International Film Festival]], San Reno and Denver International Film Festivals in 1978, and is part of the course work at the [[British Film Institute]].<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article2621449.ece Arts / Cinema : Preview: Epic comes full circle]. The Hindu (2011-11-12). Retrieved on 2013-01-25.</ref><ref>{{cite press release|author=m.l. narasimham |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article2621449.ece |title=Arts / Cinema : Preview: Epic comes full circle |work=The Hindu |date=2011-11-12 |access-date=2012-08-27}}</ref>

==Plot==
{{No plot|date=September 2020}}

==Cast==
* Ravi Kumar as [[Lord Vishnu]] / [[Lord Rama]]
* [[Jayaprada]] as [[Goddess Lakshmi]] / [[Goddess Sita]]
* [[Gummadi (actor)|Gummadi]] as [[Dasharatha]]
* [[Kanta Rao]] as [[Narada]]
* [[Mikkilineni Radhakrishna Murthy|Mikkilineni]] as [[Janaka]]
* [[Mukkamala Krishna Murthy|Mukkamala]] as [[Vishwamitra]]
* [[Kaikala Satyanarayana]] as [[Ravana]]
* [[Dhulipala Seetarama Sastry|Dhulipala]] as [[Vashistha]]
* Tyagaraju as [[Parashurama]]
* [[Hemalatha (Telugu actress)|Hemalata]] as [[Kausalya]]
* [[Jamuna (actress)|Jamuna]] as [[Kaikeyi]]
* [[P. R. Varalakshmi]] as [[Sumitra]]
* Mamata as [[Mandodari]]
* P.J. Sarma as [[Sukracharya]]
* Bheemaraju as [[Mahabali|Bali Chakravarthi]]

== Soundtrack ==
The film has music composed by [[K.V. Mahadevan]] with lyrics written by [[Tyagaraja|Thyagaraya Swamy]], [[Kancherla Gopanna|Bhakta Ramadasu]], [[Arudra]] and [[C. Narayana Reddy]]. Playback singers [[P. Susheela]], [[S.P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[V. Ramakrishna]], Vasantha & [[P. B. Sreenivas]] gave vocals.

== Release ==
The film was released in [[Hindi]] with the title ''Sita Swayamvar'' and [[Malayalam]] as ''Seetha Swayamvaram.''

==Awards==
;[[Filmfare Awards South]]
* 1976 - [[Filmfare Best Director Award (Telugu)]] – [[Bapu (director)|Bapu]]
* 1976 - [[Filmfare Special Award - South|Filmfare Special Award for Excellent Performance]] - [[Gummadi (actor)|Gummadi]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|tt0156082}}
{{Films based on the Ramayana}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1976 films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Bapu]]
[[Category:Films based on the Ramayana]]
[[Category:Hindu mythological films]]
[[Category:Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan]]
[[Category:1970s Telugu-language films]]

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