''Swapna'' is a 1981 Indian multilingual film directed by

Dasari Narayana Rao Dasari Narayana Rao (4 May 1942 – 30 May 2017) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, actor, producer, lyricist, and politician, primarily known for his work in Telugu cinema. Over his four decade career, he directed more than 150 feature ...

and produced by Jagadish Prasad. A remake of the 1964

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

film ''Sangam'', it was simultaneously shot in Telugu and

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

. The film stars Raja, Swapna, and Ramji in lead roles and marked the acting debut of Swapna. The music, composed by Satyam, was well received, with notable songs including "Ide Naa Modati Premalekha" in Telugu and its Kannada version "Idene Prathama Prema Geethe," as well as "Ankitam Neeke Ankitam" and its Kannada counterpart "Arpane Ninage Arpane."

Plot

Shankar holds a great fondness for Swapna, who happens to be his childhood friend alongside Ramesh. Despite this, Swapna harbours romantic feelings towards Ramesh. Nevertheless, a sudden turn of events takes place, altering their lives in a significant way.

Cast

* Raja * Swapna * Ramji * Chatla Sriramulu * Jayababu * Reena * Ragini

Music

The music for the film was composed by Sathyam, while the lyrics were written by Rajasri and

Release

The Telugu and Kannada versions released and were great successes.

References

External links

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Sangini Entertainments
1980s Telugu-language films 1980s Kannada-language films 1980s Indian films Films directed by Dasari Narayana Rao Films scored by Satyam (composer) 1981 films Indian drama films Indian multilingual films Kannada remakes of Hindi films Telugu remakes of Hindi films 1981 drama films 1981 multilingual films {{India-film-stub