Anugraham (1978)
Cast: Anant Nag (Parasuram), Vanisri (Anasuya), Rao Gopala Rao (Bhairava Murthy), Smita Patil (Parvati), Vasu (Venu), Satyadev Dubey (Ramanayya), AR Krishna, Sulabh Deshpande (Kanthamma) Story: CT Khanolkar Screenplay: Girish Karnad, Govind Nihlani, Arudra Dialogues and Lyrics: Arudra Playback: P. Susheela, SP Balasubrahmanyam Music: Vanraj Bhatia Cinematography: Govind Nihlani Editing: Bhanudas Diwakar Art: Neera Benegal, Smitha Patel Publicity Designs: Gangadhar Co-producers: U. Varada Reddy, V. Mallikarjuna Reddy Producer: K. Venkata Rami Reddy Director: Shyam Benegal Banner: Raviraj International Release Date: 16 June Trivia: This was based on CT Khanolkar's Marathi novel 'Kondura'. This was simultaneously shot in Telugu and Hindi. The cast in both films was similar except Rao Gopala Rao. In Hindi, the role Bhairava Murthy played by Amrish Puri. This is the only Telugu film of Shyam Benegal as a director.