Saptapadi (1981 film)

[4] The film is not only about the seven steps that one takes during a Hindu wedding that completes the act of shedding bachelorhood and entering a more stable married state but also talks about an individual's journey breaking away from the shackles of conservatism to finding a path of understanding, encompassing and enlightenment.

The brilliance of Viswanath comes full fore at this point, when on the couple's first night, Gaurinadha witnesses Durga Devi in Hema, and walks out of the room completely shaken.

Gaurinadha, an ardent devotee of the Devi, realises that his wife is in love with another man, and is like a mother to him, nothing more, nothing less.

This act of God triggers Yajulu's thought process to seriously question, for the first time in his life, the validity of his position on matters that involve caste, creed and religion, justifying the steps that Yajulu takes one a time, from the first one in trying to understand Hema's real interests till the last one when he sees her off with her love interest on the boat.

[5] Reddy and Viswanath were scouting for actresses around six months and chosen Alekhya for the role but since Viswanath did not found her suitable foe the role, he eventually chosen debutant Sabita which remained the only film she acted in her career.

[6] The debutants Girish, then student of Madras Film Institute portrayed Haribabu and Ravikanth, who is a Telugu lecturer from Amalapuram did the role Viswanatha Sastry.

[4] The filming was done in a single schedule within fifty five days while the song "Nemaliki Nerpina" was shot at Tummalapalli Kalakshestram in Vijayawada.