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{{Infobox film
| name = Jeevana Jyothi
| image = Jeevana Jyothi.jpg
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| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[K. Viswanath]]
| producer = [[D. V. S. Raju]]
| writer = [[:te:%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%86. %E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B7%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BF|K. Rama Lakshmi]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Shobhan Babu]] [[Vanisree]] [[Kaikala Satyanarayana]] [[Raja Babu (actor)|Raja Babu]] [[Ramaprabha]] [[Shubha (actress)|Shubha]] [[Amol Palekar]]
| music = [[K. V. Mahadevan]]
| cinematography =
| editing =
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = 1975
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| budget =
}}
'''''Jeevana Jyothi''''' ([[Telugu language|Telugu]]: జీవన జ్యోతి) is a 1975 [[Cinema of Andhra Pradesh|Telugu]] film directed by [[K. Viswanath]]. It stars [[Vanisri]] in a double role as mother and daughter. [[Sobhan Babu]] is the leading man. This film won major awards especially in [[Filmfare Awards South]] and also won two [[Nandi Awards]]. The director K. Viswanath later remade the film in Hindi as ''[[Sanjog (1985 film)|Sanjog]]'' (1985), with [[Jaya Prada]] and [[Jeetendra]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/starsprofile/vishwanath.php |title=Archived copy |access-date=15 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100507102037/http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/starsprofile/vishwanath.php |archive-date=7 May 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The film was also remade in Kannada as ''Balina Jyothi'', with Vishnu Vardhan. The film was screened at the Asian and African film Festival at Tashkent.<ref name=filmfare>{{cite book|title=Collections|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Update Video Publication|page=387}}</ref><ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/history-and-culture/article3356270.ece |title=Arts / History & Culture : Celebrating a doyen |work=The Hindu |date=26 April 2012 |access-date=5 September 2012}}</ref>

==Plot==
Hyderabad-bred Vasu goes to a village, where he meets and falls in love with a village belle, Lakshmi. She also is attracted to him, and both get married. After their marriage, both go to live with Vasu's parents, brother Panduranga Rao, sister-in-law, Janaki, and her son, Sonu. Lakshmi gets close to Sonu, and starts to spend all her time with him. This raises some concerns with Janaki, which results in some acrimony. Tragically, Sonu passes away, leaving Lakshmi devastated and depressed. She gets pregnant and gives birth to a baby girl, but cannot get Sonu out of her mind. Her depression gives way to insanity, as she keeps on seeing Sonu in every child, and as a result she is institutionalized. Vasu has taken to alcohol in a big way and drowns his sorrows and frustrations day and night in a drunken stupor. As a result, his daughter is adopted by Janaki and his brother, without knowing who her real parents are. Years pass by, their daughter, Sobha, has grown up and is herself a mother of a baby boy, and is going to settled in the US. Before leaving, the entire family assembles to visit Lakshmi. They find her holding a piece of log, covered in a blanket, singing to it as if it where Sonu. It is here that Sobha finds out who her real parents are, and it is here that she will be called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice.

==Cast==
* [[Shobhan Babu]] as Vasu
* [[Vanisree]] as Lakshmi/Sobha
* [[Kaikala Satyanarayana]] as Vasu's brother, Pandurangarao
* [[Raja Babu (actor)|Raja Babu]] as Vasu's friend, Raju
* [[Ramaprabha]] as Raju's wife
* [[Shubha (actress)|Shubha]] as Vasu's Sister-in-Law, Janaki
* [[Allu Rama Lingaiah]] as Vasu's father
* [[Nirmalamma]] as Vasu's mother
* [[Amol Palekar]]

== Songs ==
*"Ekkada Ekkada Dakkunnano Cheppuko" -
*"Endukante Emi Cheppanu" -
*"Muddula Maa Baabu" -
*"Sinni O Sinni" -

== Awards ==
;[[Filmfare Awards South]]
*[[Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu|Best Film - Telugu]] - [[D. V. S. Raju]]
*[[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu|Best Director - Telugu]] - [[K. Viswanath]]
*[[Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu|Best Actor - Telugu]] - [[Shoban Babu]]
*[[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu|Best Actress - Telugu]] - [[Vanisri]]

;[[Nandi Awards]] - 1975<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ipr.ap.nic.in/New_Links/Film.pdf|title=నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)|trans-title=A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)|publisher=[[Andhra Pradesh (magazine)|Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh]]|access-date=21 August 2020}}(in [[Telugu language|Telugu]])</ref>
*[[Nandi Award for Best Feature Film|Best Feature Film - Gold]] - [[D. V. S. Raju]]
*[[Nandi Award for Best Story Writer|Best Story Writer]] - [[:te:%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%86. %E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B7%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BF|K. Rama Lakshmi]]

== Box office==
The film ran for more than 100 days in 12 centres.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120927124102/http://www.cinegoer.com/sobhanbabu100.htm</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0269398/ Jeevana Jyoti film at IMDb.]
{{Filmfare Best Telugu Film}}
{{Kasinathuni Viswanath}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:1975 films]]
[[Category:Films directed by K. Viswanath]]
[[Category:Telugu films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan]]
[[Category:1970s Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:1975 drama films]]

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