Jagadguru Adi Shankara

Adi Shankara (Kaushik Babu) is born at Kaladi of Kerala state to a Brahmin family. Soon after Adi Shankara is born, Agni Deva (Tanikella Bharani) says to Rudraksha Rushi (Mohan Babu) that he has only 8 years of life. So, Rudraksha Rushi gives 24 years of life to Shankara from his span, at a cycle of every 8 years whenever Shankara's life is in trouble. After his father's death, Shankara shows his remarkable power in acquiring mastery over four Vedas at the age of eight. When he is caught by a crocodile in the Purna River, he seeks the permission of his mother to become a Sanyasi, and then only the crocodile leaves him. Reluctantly, his mother accepts his proposal and then the crocodile disappears.

Shankara leaves for North India in search of a guru. Then he finds his guru, Govinda Bhagavatpada (Srihari). Bhagavatpada teaches Shankara 'Jala Stambhana', 'Agnisthambana','Vaayusthambana' and 'Parakaya Pravesha' (leaving one's own soul and entering others) etc. skills. Soon, Shankara decides to preach his Advaita Vedanta philosophy to the people who are quarreling among themselves in the name of caste and religion. Shankara teaches a lesson to one such person, Kapalikudu (Suman), who is responsible for the quarrels among the people. In another sequence, a Chandala (Nagarjuna Akkineni) proves to Shankara that all the people are equal before God.

During his philosophical tour, Shankara gets a chance to debate with Mandana Misra (Sai Kumar). While Misra is about to give up, his wife Ubhaya Bharati (Kamalinee Mukherjee) challenges Shankara by asking some questions on sex and related subjects. As Shankara is a Sanyasi, he cannot answer her questions. He then asks for a recess of 15 days. He later does Parakaya Pravesha and enters the dead body of King Amaraka Maharaju (Mynampati Sreerama Chandra). He then makes love with his wife (Kamna Jethmalani) and learns and gets the answers to the questions posed by Ubhaya Bharati. Although being a Sage, he performs the rituals of his mother. This factor irks the elders of his religion. However, they repent for their actions later. Finally, having occupied 'Sarvagnapeetha' of Kashmir, Shankara gets salvation and disappears in Sri Manjunatha (Chiranjeevi).

Music composed by Nag Sri Vatsa. Music released on ADITYA Music Company. The soundtrack of fourteen tracks was released by Swamy Paripoorna Nanda Saraswati, on 11 March 2013.[3]

Karthik Pasupulate of The Times of India, rated the film 1.5/5 and wrote: "The movie isn't great enough to be even funny." Pasupalate criticized the lead actor by stating, "Kaushik is an absolute disaster who when not looking dazed, looks intensely agitated."[4] 123Telugu.com which rated the film 3/5, opined, "‘Jagadguru Adishankara’ is a film that will appeal to elderly people and folks who are devotionally inclined." The reviewer, however, criticized the technical departments of the film such as VFX, cinematography and editing.[1]

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