Radha Kalyanam is a 1981 Telugu Drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 written by Mullapudi Venkata Ramana

Mullapudi Venkata Ramana

Mullapudi Venkata Ramana was a Telugu story writer. He was especially known for his hilarious style of writing. He also created a child character called Budugu...

 and directed by Bapu

Bapu (artist)

Bapu is an Indian film director, known for his works in Telugu cinema.He is a music artist, painter, cartoonist, and designer...

. It is considered to be one of the best Telugu movies by film critics. This film is remade in tamil Antha Ezhu Naatkal

Antha Ezhu Naatkal

Antha Ezhu Naatkal, or Antha 7 Naatkal , is a 1981 Tamil language film. Directed & starred by K. Bhagyaraja, the movie follows the life and ambitions of the hero, Palakkad Madhavan played by K. Bhagyaraja himself and his sidekick Gopi . The movie was a great hit and very well received by the...

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It is remade in Hindi as Woh Saat Din

Woh Saat Din

Woh Saat Din, or Woh 7 Din, is a 1983 Hindi film directed by Bapu. Produced by Surinder Kapoor, it stars his son Anil Kapoor along with Padmini Kolhapure and Naseeruddin Shah. It is a remake of the 1981 Tamil film Antha Ezhu Naatkal, which was written and directed by the veteran filmmaker K....

in 1983 starring Anil Kapoor

Anil Kapoor

Anil Kapoor is an Indian actor and producer who mainly appears in Bollywood films. He won a Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for his role in Yash Chopra's film Mashaal ....

, Padmini Kolhapure

Padmini Kolhapure

Padmini Kolhapure is an Indian actress who appeared in Bollywood films during the 1970s and 1980s.-Early life:Padmini Kolhapure is from a Maharashtrian family. Her father, Pandharinath Kolhapure is a classical singer whose family was from Kolhapur and Goa. Her mother, whose family hailed from...

 and Naseeruddin Shah

Naseeruddin Shah

Naseeruddin Shah is an Indian / Bollywood film actor and director. He is considered to be one of the finest actors of Indian cinema. In 2003, the Government of India honored him with the Padma Bhushan for his contributions towards Indian cinema.-Early life:...

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The plot

The movie is a triangle love story between the lover, the heroine and her husband. Radha (Raadhika) is a typical girl from a lower middle-class family and falls deep in love with the new tenant upstairs Palghat Madhavan (Chandramohan). Madhavan, aspires to be a great music director, but struggles to get on by everyday. He gets attracted towards Radha. Dr. Anand (Sarath Babu), a widower, is forced to marry Radha to fulfill the wish of his dying mother. He fully intends to keep his promise of returning Radha to her rightful owner and partner, Madhavan, after hearing to Radha's reason behind attempting suicide on the first night. Events lead to conflict in her mind between the husband and lover. Whom should Radha choose finally and why?

Cast

• Chandra Mohan
  Chandra Mohan (actor)
  Chandra Mohan or Chandramohan is a Telugu film actor. He acted as Hero, comedy, support character roles in many Telugu films.-Early life:...
  
  ... Palghat Madhavan
• Raadhika ... Radha
• Sarath Babu
  Sarath Babu
  Sarath Babu is an Indian film actor, who has acted in almost all the major south Indian languages - Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. He has been in the industry for nearly 37 years and has acted in more than 200 movies, most of them in a supporting role. He has acted in 80 films each in...
  
  ... Dr. Anand
• Tadepalli Lakshmi Kanta Rao
  Tadepalli Lakshmi Kanta Rao
  Tadepalli Lakshmi Kanta Rao, better known as Kanta Rao , was an Indian film actor and film producer from Andhra Pradesh, India. He acted in more than 400 Telugu mythological, social and folklore movies. He also acted in a few Hindi, Kannada and Tamil movies. He produced about five films under the...
  
  
• Raavi Kondala Rao
• Pushpalata
• Sakshi Ranga Rao
  Sakshi Ranga Rao
  Sakshi Ranga Rao was a Character actor in Theater arts and South Indian Cinema.He was born to Lakshmi Narayana and Ranganayakamma as Rangavajhula Ranga Rao of Kondiparru village near Gudivada. He began his career as a stenographer in Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. He showed passion for theater...
  
  
• Radhabai

Soundtrack

• Bangaru Bala Pichuka
• Chetiki Gajulla
• Kalanaina Kshanamaina
• Palaghat Madhavan
• Yemmogudo

External links

• Radha Kalyanam film at IMDb.