Shanti Sandesham

2004 Indian film

9 July 2004 (2004-07-09)

Running time

140 minCountryIndiaLanguageTelugu

Shanti Sandesham (English: Message of Peace) is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language biographical film directed by P. Chandrasekhar Reddy. The film stars Krishna as Jesus and Ramyasri.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Cast

Krishna as Jesus
Ramyasri
Suman as John the Baptist
Vinod Kumar Alva
Kota Srinivasa Rao
Ravali
Ranganath
Jayaprakash Reddy
AVS
Raghunatha Reddy
Sudha
Jayalalita
Abhinayashree
Rajitha

Soundtrack

The soundtrack for the film is by Vandemataram Srinivas.^[4]

Track listing
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Chinnari Balallara"	C. Narayana Reddy	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	6:04
2.	"Kani Vini Erugani Karunaku"	Suddala Ashok Teja	Usha, Vandemataram Srinivas	5:24
3.	"Jillu Jillo"	Veturi	Anuradha Sriram	5:11
4.	"Deiva Kumaruni (Rukshakuda)"	Suddala Ashok Teja	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	7:15
5.	"Karuna Sagara"	Goreti Venkanna	Vandemataram Srinivas	4:45
Total length:				28:39

References

^ Freek L. Bakker, The Challenge of the Silver Screen: An Analysis of the Cinematic Portraits of Jesus, Rama, Buddha and Muhammad, Studies in Religion and the Arts, v. 1 (Leiden; Boston, MA: Brill, 2009), 13–77.
^ Freek L. Bakker, "Shanti Sandesham: A New Jesus Film Produced in India. Indian Christology in Pictures," Exchange 36 (2007): 41-64 Exchange Vol.36 2007 "Therefore the image of Jesus in Shanti Sandesham is in a certain sense akin to that of the dalit theology, the Indian liberation theology emerged among the untouchables."
^ Peter Malone Screen Jesus: Portrayals of Christ in Television and Film 2012 "Reports of numerous locally made films of Jesus' life circulate particularly in South India, but other than Karunamayudu, only the following are well documented: Jesus (directed by P. A. Thomas, 1973); Shanti Sandesham (Telugu for Gospel of Peace).. Mulla Kireetam".
^ "Shanthi Sandesham (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP by Vandematharam Srinivas". Apple Music. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2023.