Premabhishekam (1981 film)

Premabhishekam
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Dasari Narayana Rao
Produced by	Venkat Akkineni Nagarjuna Akkineni
Written by	Dasari Narayana Rao (story /screenplay /dialogues)
Starring	Akkineni Nageswara Rao Sridevi Jayasudha
Music by	Chakravarthy
Cinematography	P. N. Selvaraj
Edited by	B. Krishnam Raju
Production company	Annapurna Studios
Release date	16 February 1981 (1981-02-16)
Running time	147 mins
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Premabhishekam (English: Anointing of Love, Telugu: ప్రేమాభిషేకం ) is a 1981 Telugu, Romance film, produced by Venkat Akkineni Nagarjuna Akkineni on Annapurna Studios banner and directed by Dasari Narayana Rao. Starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Sridevi, Jayasudha in the lead roles music composed by Chakravarthy. The film was remade in Tamil as Vazhvey Maayam and in Hindi as Prem Tapasya. The film recorded as Industry Hit at the box office.

Rajesh (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) meets with attractive Devi (Sridevi) and falls in love with her. He proposes his love for Devi, but Devi rejects and even humiliates him. When Devi comes to know that Rajesh really loves her with his heart and soul, she repents and accepts his love. The marriage is set to take place in a few days and preparations are on. Then Devi's brother Dr. Chakravarthy (Mohan Babu) comes across a secret about Rajesh's life that he has cancer and going to die soon, so he puts a stop to this marriage. Devi finds out that her brother is behind this and tells Rajesh, they plan to get married in secret. At the same time, Rajesh also comes to know about his death through Dr. Venkateswarulu (Gummadi). At that same time, he knows that his close friend Prasad (Murali Mohan) also loves Devi, so he decides to get rid of from her life by focusing himself as bad as her. From that day Rajesh does not show up, Devi is devastated fearing, tries to contact him and finds out that he was out with another woman named Jayanthi (Jayasudha) a prostitute. Devi is shocked by Rajesh's act and tries to bring him back to her. But Rajesh intervenes that all the engagement and wedding was a fake to take revenge on Devi for insulting him. Devi gets angered on this and she urges her brother to fix marriage with anyone in order to nose cut arrogant Rajesh. Her brother arranges for the wedding with Prasad. Jayanthi requests Rajesh to marry as she though a prostitute she would like to be mentioned as someone's wife after her life. Rajesh marries her and begins his last journey. Devi marries Prasad after marriage she comes to know the truth. Devi is shocked and rushes to meet Rajesh. When everybody assembles at his place Rajesh blesses married Devi and leaves his last breath happily.