Swarna Kamalam

Swarnakamalam
Theatrical Release poster
Directed by	K. Viswanath
Produced by	Ch.V. Appa Rao
Written by	K. Viswanath (story) Sainath Thotapalli (dialogue)
Screenplay by	K. Viswanath
Starring	Venkatesh Bhanupriya Sharon Lowen
Music by	Ilayaraja
Cinematography	Lok Singh
Edited by	G.G. Krishna Rao
Production company	Bhanu Art Creations
Release date	15 July 1988 (1988-07-15)
Running time	143 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Swarnakamalam (English: The Golden Lotus) is a 1988 Telugu dance film, written and directed by K. Viswanath. The film starred Venkatesh and Bhanupriya in the lead roles and featured music composed by Ilayaraja. The song sequences demanded locations that were spread across Puri, the Himalayas, the Valley of Flowers National Park, the stupa at Dhauli Odisha, and Visakhapatnam.

The film was premiered at the Indian panorama section of the 1988 International Film Festival of India, Asia Pacific International Film Festival and Michigan International Film Festival. The film received three state Nandi Awards and two South Filmfare Awards, including Nandi Award for Best Feature Film and Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu).

Meenakshi (Bhanupriya) and Savitri (Devilalita) are daughters of a Kuchipudi doyen, Seshendra Shastry. While a highly accomplished artist in his field, Seshendra Shastry is not well-off and has not been able to afford his daughters a conventional education. Both of them have achieved a respectable degree of proficiency — Savitri in Carnatic classical music and Meenakshi in classical dance.

Savitri is grateful for her knowledge and interest and looks forward to a life that will require her to hone her skills in the same art. Meenakshi, on the other hand, is bitter about the lack of opportunity that she feels in the field of classical dance in India and resolves to make a simpler and more pleasurable life for herself as soon as possible, while confiding her ambitions only to her sister.