Sankarabharanam (English: The Jewel of Shankara) is a 1980 Indian Telugu-language musical drama film directed by K. Viswanath. Produced by Edida Nageswara Rao under the production company Poornodaya Movie Creations, Sankarabharanam starred J. V. Somayajulu, Manju Bhargavi, Chandramohan and Rajyalakshmi. The soundtrack was composed by K. V. Mahadevan, and remained a chartbuster. The film throws light on the chasm between Classical and Western Music based on the perspective of people from two different generations. The film has garnered the Prize of the Public at the Besançon Film Festival of France in the year 1981, and was screened at the Tashkent Film Festival, and the Moscow International Film Festival held in May 1980.