Soggadu

Soggadu (1975)

సోగ్గాడు

Sobhanadri is popularly known as 'Soggadu' in his native village. He loves his cross-cousin Saroja. Saroja's father Paramesam does not like this as he wants Saroja to be married to a well-educated individual. Sobhanadri challenges Paramesam that he will marry an educated girl.

Date of release
1975-12-19
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (1)
Genres
Drama
Director
K. Bapayya

Casting

Interesting facts

Soggadu (transl. Charmer) is a 1975 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by K. Bapayya and produced by D. Ramanaidu under Suresh Productions. The film stars Sobhan Babu as the title character alongside Jayachitra and Jayasudha. Anjali Devi, Kaikala Satyanarayana, Raja Babu, Allu Ramalingaiah, Santha Kumari, and Nagesh play supporting roles. Released on 19 December 1975, the film was a big commercial success. It was remade in Hindi as Dildaar (1977) and in Tamil as Radhaiketra Kannan (1978).

Production

Ramanaidu approached Bapayya who was making Eduruleni Manishi at that time to make Soggadu for him based on a story by Balamurugan. The film marked the debut of Jayachithra in Telugu cinema. She revealed since most of the film were shot in outdoor locations she was not part of them and her scenes were completed first so that her role will be completed.

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