Swathi Muthyam is a Telugu film directed by K. Viswanath. The movie won accolades at the International Asian Film Festival in both "Best Film" and "Best Actor" categories.[1] The movie is about an autistic person who defies existing social customs and traditions for a good cause. The movie was India's official entry to the Oscars for 1986.
The film is musical hit with soundtrack composed by Ilaiyaraaja including a Harikatha disposition. film had silver jubilee run in all major centers of andhra pradesh, tamilnadu and karnataka.
Kamal Haasan plays the role of an autistic person and all he is good at is obeying what his trusted grandmother says. In an attempt to do good to the life of a widow (with a 5-year old son), he marries her during an auspicious village festival much to the shock of villagers who in turn try to harm Kamal as this act of his stands against the traditional societal norms. The widow who is now married (played by Raadhika) tries to save her husband (Kamal) and moves to city for a better living. With an able support from few of their fellow villagers settled in the city and from Raadhika's erstwhile music guru, the family settles down and life for them from then on looks good and promising.
The director takes the course of this story in a very touching and matured way. He takes every care not to over indulge in any of the human emotions and feelings and at the same time puts in everything that is needed for the story's success. Each and every sequence is a very fine mix of human emotion with a touch of humor.
The movie is remembered for some stellar performances from male and female protagonists i.e., Kamal Haasan & Raadhika and also for the great work done by the director K.Vishwanath. Other actors in their respective roles lend their hand quite efficiently in making this movie a success.
The music director Ilaiyaraaja provided music.
The film was later remade in Hindi as Eeshwar with Anil Kapoor essaying the role portrayed by Kamal Hassan in the original.
