Upon its success, the film was later remade in Hindi as Eeshwar and in Kannada as Swathi Muthu.
Swathi Muthyam ran for 450 days at Pallavi Theatre in Bangalore. The film was later dubbed into Tamil as Sippikkul Muthu, released on October 2, 1986. The film was selected by India as its entry for the Best Foreign Language Film for the Academy Awards in 1986, but was not nominated. The film received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu, three Nandi Awards and the Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu. The film was screened at the Moscow Film Festival, the Asian and African film festival in Tashkent, the 11th International Film Festival of India in the inaugural mainstream section. Swathi Muthyam depicts the plight of a young widow who is rescued by an autistic man. The soundtrack and background score were composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Somayajulu, Nirmalamma, Sarath Babu, and Y. The film stars Kamal Haasan and Raadhika, while Gollapudi Maruti Rao, J. Viswanath and produced by Edida Nageswara Rao.
White pearl) is a 1986 Indian Telugu-language drama film written and directed by K.
