Swayamkrushi (Telugu :స్వయం కృషి) (transl. Self made) is a 1987 Indian Telugu-language drama film written and directed by K. Viswanath. The film stars Chiranjeevi and Vijayashanti in main leads, with Sarvadaman D. Banerjee, and Sumalatha in other pivotal roles.^[2]

The film chronicles the life of a self-educated cobbler's journey from rags to riches. The film was screened at the International Film Festival of India, the Asia Pacific Film Festival; the film was dubbed into Russian and was screened at the special mention section at the Moscow International Film Festival.^[3][4] Chiranjeevi garnered the Indian Express Best Actor, and the Nandi Award for Best Actor award for his performance.^[5][2] Vijayashanti garnered the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film.^[4] It was dubbed into Hindi as Dharamyudh.

Sambayya (Chiranjeevi) is a cobbler who raises his late sister's son Chinna (Arjun/Sirish) while also financing the education of the orphaned Sarada (Sumalatha). He also nurses a crush on her and intends to marry her someday.

In a turn of events, Sarada marries Bhaskar (Sarvadaman Banerjee) and Ganga (Vijayashanti) who has also nursed a love towards Sambayya, has a tubectomy in order to marry Sambayya. She does it so that she would be a completely dedicated mother to Chinna. After initial struggles, Ganga and Sambayya own a shoe business and become wealthy.

Chinna's father Govind (Charan Raj) who is a criminal returns from prison and teams up with Ganga's father (a no-good villainman) to make a series of demands on Sambayya and to claim Chinna's guardianship.

Eventually, Chinna rebels against his father and both he and Sambayya return to the latter's modest initial profession of cobbler.

• Chiranjeevi as Sambayya
• Vijayashanti as Ganga
• Sumalatha as Sarada
  • Baby Bhavana as young Sarada
• Master Arjun as Chinna
• Charan Raj as Govind
• Sarvadaman Banerjee as Bhaskar
• J.V. Somayajulu
• Brahmanandam
• M. V. S. Haranatha Rao
• P. L. Narayana
• S. K. Misro
• Dubbing Janaki
• Samyuktha
• Master Suresh

Soundtrack composed by Ramesh Naidu was released through Lahari Music label.^[1] Lyrics were written by C. Narayana Reddy and Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry while a song written by Kshetrayya was also used in this film.^[1]

• Cinema Express Best Actor - Chiranjeevi
• Nandi Award for Best Actor - Chiranjeevi^[6]
• Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Telugu - Vijayashanti