Confluence with the ocean) is a 1983 Indian Telugu-language dance film written and directed by K. Viswanath and produced by Edida Nageswara Rao.

The film stars Kamal Haasan, Jaya Prada, Sarath Babu, S. P. Sailaja and Chakri Toleti.

The film was dubbed into Tamil and Malayalam and released as Salangai Oli and Sagara Sangamam respectively.

Balakrishna, fondly called Balu, is an economically disadvantaged but multi-talented dancer, adept at the Indian classical dances of Kuchipudi, Bharatanatyam, Kathak, etc.

His simple and very honest soul does not permit him to attain professional success in the commercial world that requires a certain level of moral laxness.

In a bid to revive his will to live and his passion for his art, she tends to his medical needs through his friend, Raghu, and solicits Balu to be the dance instructor for her daughter.

The film ends with Sailaja's on-stage performance with Balu watching her in a wheelchair, his health completely deteriorated.

[3] Playback singer S. P. Sailaja was recruited to play a prominent role, thereby making her debut as an actress and it also remains the only film she had acted in so far.

[4] K. Viswanath who is related to Sailaja, decided that she would fit perfectly in the role of Kamal Haasan's pupil, after seeing the photos.

While shooting my introductory song "Om Namah Shivaya" at Ravindra Bharathi, I became nervous on the stage and refused to act".

Reviewing Tamil version Salangai Oli for Kalki gave a mixed review praising the song "Thakita Thadhimi" but felt for other songs K. V. Mahadevan should have been approached and criticised the film's length and concluded saying its true that art never dies but the film ?.