Premabhishekam (1981 film)
| Premabhishekam | |
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| Directed by | Dasari Narayana Rao |
| Written by | Dasari Narayana Rao |
| Produced by | Venkat Akkineni Nagarjuna Akkineni |
| Starring | Akkineni Nageswara Rao Jayasudha Sridevi Murali Mohan Mohan Babu |
| Cinematography | P. S. Selvaraj |
| Edited by | B. Krishnam Raju |
| Music by | Chakravarthy |
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Running time | 147 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Box office | est. ₹4.5 crore |
Premabhishekam (transl. Anointing of Love) is a 1981 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film written and directed by Dasari Narayana Rao. This film is inspired by 1964 Hollywood Movie Send Me No Flowers by Norman Barasch and Carroll Moore and produced by Annapurna Studios, it stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Jayasudha, Sridevi, Murali Mohan, Mohan Babu and music composed by Chakravarthy.
Released on 18 February 1981, Premabhishekam was an Industry Hit grossing over ₹4.5 crore at the box office. It had a theatrical run of 527 days and became the first film to complete a 75-week run in Andhra Pradesh. The film won four Nandi Awards and two Filmfare Awards South. It was later remade in Tamil as Vazhvey Maayam (1982) and in Hindi as Prem Tapasya (1983).