Avatharam (2014 Telugu film)

Avatharam
Directed by	Kodi Ramakrishna
Produced by	M. Yugander Reddy
Written by	Kodi Ramakrishna
Starring	Radhika Kumaraswamy Bhanupriya Richard Rishi Satya Prakash Pruthviraj Balireddy Annapoorna
Music by	Ghantadi Krishna
Cinematography	Sri Venkat
Edited by	Hari Nandamuri
Release date	18 April 2014
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	INR 80,000,000 (estimated)

Avatharam (transl. Incarnation) is a 2014 Telugu-language devotional film written and directed by Kodi Ramakrishna in his last Telugu film before his death in 2019. Produced by M. Yugander Reddy, the film stars Radhika Kumaraswamy, Bhanupriya, and Richard Rishi in the lead roles, while Satya Prakash, Pruthviraj Balireddy, and Annapoorna play supporting roles. The music was composed by Ghantadi Krishna with cinematography by Sri Venkat and editing by Hari Nandamuri.

The film is about the Simha Rashi people and how Goddess Akkamma defeated a monster from another world. The movie released on 18 April 2014. It released in Tamil under the name Meendum Amman and in Hindi as The Power Avatharam.

Plot

The story revolves around Rajeshwari (Radhika Kumaraswamy), a Simha Rashi (Leo) girl who has divine faith in Mother Goddess Akkamma (Bhanupriya). On the other hand, Karkotakudu (Satya Prakash), an Asur, lands on earth to destroy it. The backstory of the film shows that to protect the world, Akkamma must herself go under the arrest of a supernatural element, which can only be uplifted when a Simha Rashi living organism sacrifices herself in the fire. It is revealed that Karkotakudu can be killed by Rajeshwari, so Karkotakudu tries multiple attempts to kill Rajeshwari.

In the process, Rajeshwari marries Prasad (Richard Rishi), the heir of a wealthy family who treats him badly and drugs him to make him mentally unstable in order to capture his wealth. Rajeshwari's divinity increases, and she also saves her husband from the evil deeds of his family. After some time, a baby is also born. Now Karkotakudu, with all his force, tries to kill Rajeshwari one last time. Akkamma comes in human form to Rajeshwari's rescue. In a series of events, Prasad wrongly suffers from sarp-matsya dosh, which Rajeshwari finally finishes with Akkamma's help. After that, her child is sacrificed, which the evil family misleads the villagers that Rajeshwari herself killed the child. Karkotakudu influences Prasad's family that Rajeshwari is bad luck and must be thrown out. The family then throws Rajeshwari out of the house.

Meanwhile, the time arrives when Akkamma must go under arrest under supernatural powers in order to maintain balance of the universe. Then, Karkotakudu attacks on Prasad's soul, but Rajeshwari's pure faith and the power of wife's love (through haldi and kumkum) saves Prasad. However, Prasad's family members, in the influence of Karkotakudu, remove the sindoor and mangalsutra away from Rajeshwari and make her wear white clothes. This makes Rajeshwari symbolize a widow, although her husband is not dead.

Finally, Rajeshwari, heartbroken, falsely ill-reputed and nowhere to go, takes shelter in Akkamma's temple. Karkotakudu arrives to kill Rajeshwari final time. Unfortunately, Akkamma, being under arrest, could not help her this time. She could only be free when a Simha Rashi sacrifices itself. Rajeshwari, tired of all bad things happening to her, jumps into the fire before Akkamma to commit suicide. As Rajeshwari was a Simha Rashi, Karkotakudu thinks that this might free Akkamma and she might kill him. Karkotakudu, with his powers, collects the knowledge that the supernatural powers do not accept a widow's sacrifice, and Rajeshwari at that time was symbolised as a widow. In order to symbolise Rajeshwari back as a married woman, other gods and goddesses donate materials like sindoor, mangalsutra, red saari, anklets, rings, etc., which would symbolise Rajeshwari back as a married woman.

Finally, the sacrifice is accepted, and the arrest breaks off. With Akkamma's blessings and parabrahma, a divine energy is formed inside the fire, and Rajeshwari transforms into a divine Narasimhi (female form/consort of Lord Narasimha) She kills Karkotakudu with her mega divine superpowers, and everything finally becomes back to normal, with Rajeshwari returning back to normal human form. Akkamma appears and reveals that her child is not dead and that she took care of him when he was tried to sacrifice. She returns the child and leaves. Prasad comes, with his mental health recovered, and they leave happily ever after. The film ends with the message Jai Mata Di (hail the mother goddess).

Cast

• Radhika Kumaraswamy as Rajeshwari
• Bhanupriya as Goddess Akkamma
• Richard Rishi as Prasad
• Satya Prakash as Karkotakudu
• Pruthviraj Balireddy
• Annapoorna

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Ghantadi Krishna.

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Vevela Jejelive"	K. S. Chithra	5:18
2.	"Nalugu Dhikkula"	K. S. Chithra	5:18
3.	"Vibhranthi Golupu"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	0:55
4.	"Padhunalgulokalu"	Reena	1:00
5.	"Mruthyunjayeswarini"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	0:54
6.	"Kaduputeepini Kannathalliye"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	1:24
7.	"Mabbulo Voorege"	Malavika, Ghantadi Krishna	4:52
8.	"Sowbhagyadevike"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	6:52
Total length:			26:33