Sarada (1973 film)

Sarada (Telugu: శారద) is a 1973 Telugu drama film starring Sarada and directed by K. Viswanath. The film was remade in Tamil as Radha (1973), Hindi as Dulhan (1975) and in Kannada as Deepa (1977). The film itself was based on 1972 Kannada movie Yaava Janmada Maitri.

Sarada
Directed byK. Viswanath
Produced byKranthi Kumar
StarringSharada
Sobhan Babu
Kaikala Satyanarayana
Jayanthi
Rao Gopal Rao
Music byK. Chakravarthy
CinematographyV. K. Gopal
G. K. Ramu
Release date
4 May 1973
Running time
166 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Plot

A psychiatrist (Sobhan Babu) visits a small village for a friend's marriage. Everyone thinks they have seen a ghost. The doctor soon finds out the reason. Sarada (Sarada) is an innocent village woman who likes everyone in the village and everyone in the village likes her. A doctor (Sobhan Babu) working in the village loves her. They marry after convincing her brother (Kaikala Satyanarayana) and village elders. One the day of their wedding, the doctor goes to attend an emergency patient. The boat taking him capsizes in the river Godavari and he dies. Sarada loses her sanity and forgets everything. Her brother and other villagers acts as if her husband went missing and would return soon. Sarada believes the psychiatrist to be her missing husband. The psychiatrist was told her miserable story by the village elders. He find that the only way he can help her regain her sanity is by playing along with her madness and act as her husband. The psychiatrist brings them to the town and treats them. His wife (Jayanti) comes to know the story and cooperates with him. Finally after some time, she comes to know the truth and asks everyone to excuse her for troubling them. Sarada and her brother decides to return to the village. She dies in the hands of her brother while crossing the river.

Cast

Soundtrack
  • "Ato Ito Telipovali" (Singers: Chakravarti and Rama Rao)
  • "Kanne Vadhuvuga Maredi Jeevitamlo Okesari" (Singers: Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao and P. Susheela; Cast: Sobhan Babu and Sarada )
  • "Naa Gudilo Gantalu Mroginavi" (Singer: P. Susheela; Cast: Sarada)
  • "Radhalola Gopala Ganavilola Yadupala" (Singer: P. Susheela; Cast: Sarada)
  • "Sarada, Nanu Cheraga Emitamma Sigga" (Lyrics: C. Narayana Reddy; Singer: V. Ramakrishna; Cast: Sobhan Babu and Sarada)
  • "Shrimatigariki Teeranivela Shrivarikenduku Eegola" (Singers: V. Ramakrishna and P. Susheela; Cast: Sobhan Babu and Jayanti)
  • "Vrepalle Vechenu Venuvu Vechenu" (Lyrics: C. Narayana Reddy; Singer: P. Susheela; Cast: Sarada)

Boxoffice

The film ran for more than 100 days in 5 centres in Andhra Pradesh i.e. Hyderabad, Guntur, Rajamundry, Kakinada and Nellore.[1]

Awards

References
  1. Sobhanbabu's 100 Days Films List at Cinegoer.com Archived 27 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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