Sharada is a 1973 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...

 starring Sharada

Sharada (actress)

Sharada is a three time national award winning South Indian actress and Indian Parliament member. She originally hails from Andhra Pradesh. She has achieved success through Malayalam movies. Initially she did many supporting roles in Telugu films and later on moved to Malayalam film industry and...

 and directed by K. Vishwanath.

The Plot

A psychiatrist (Shobhan 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 has lost her sanity over time. Sarada (Sharada) believes him to be her missing husband. The psychiatrist find that the only way he can help her regain her sanity is by playing along with her madness.

Cast

• Sharada
  Sharada (actress)
  Sharada is a three time national award winning South Indian actress and Indian Parliament member. She originally hails from Andhra Pradesh. She has achieved success through Malayalam movies. Initially she did many supporting roles in Telugu films and later on moved to Malayalam film industry and...
  
    ... Insane Woman
• Shobhan Babu  ... Husband / Doctor
• Jayanthi
  Jayanthi (actress)
  Jayanthi is an Indian actress. She has appeared in over 500 films, including films in the Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi and Marathi languages. In Kannada movies, she was honored with the title Abhinaya Sharade....
  
  
• Kaikala Satyanarayana
  Kaikala Satyanarayana
  Kaikala Satyanarayana , a versatile Telugu cine actor, was born on 25 July 1935 to Kaikala Laxmi Narayana couple at Kautaram village in Krishna district. Having completed his primary and intermediate education in Gudivada and Vijayawada, Satyanarayana graduated from Gudivada College...
  
  
• Rao Gopal Rao
  Rao Gopal Rao
  Rao Gopal Rao was a popular Tollywood Character actor and producer and member of Rajya Sabha.-Brief Lifesketch:Rao Gopal Rao was born in 1937 in Ganganapalli near Kakinada,...
  
  
• Allu Ramalingaiah
• Rajababu
  Raja Babu (actor)
  Raja Babu was a popular actor in Telugu film industry. He has also produced few films. He is considered as the most successful comedian in Tollywood...
  
  
• Baby Dolly
• Shanta Devi

Soundtrack

• Ato Ito Telipovali (Singers: Chakravarthi and Rama Rao)
• Kanne Vadhuvuga Maredi Jeevitamlo Okesari (Singers: Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao and P. Susheela; Cast: Shobhan Babu and Sharada)
• Naa Gudilo Gantalu Mroginavi (Singer: P. Susheela
  P. Susheela
  Pulapaka Susheela is an Indian playback singer. In a career spanning more than four decades, she has recorded songs in many Indian languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, Oriya, Sanskrit, Tulu, Badaga and Sinhalese.-Personal life:She is the daughter of Pulapaka...
  
  ; Cast: Sharada)
• Radhalola Gopala Ganavilola Yadupala (Singer: P. Susheela; Cast: Sharada)
• Sharada, Nanu Cheraga Emitamma Sigga (Lyrics: C. Narayana Reddy; Singer: V. Ramakrishna
  V. Ramakrishna
  V. Ramakrishna is a playback singer in South India. Some of his Bhakti Songs are memorable.-Life sketch: He was born to V. Rangasai and Ratnam on August 20, 1947. He is also related to P. Susheela.He graduated from B.Sc in his young age. Impressed by Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao he took up to...
  
  ; Cast: Shobhan Babu and Sharada)
• Shrimatigariki Teeranivela Shrivarikenduku Eegola (Singers: V. Ramakrishna and P. Susheela; Cast: Shobhan Babu and Jayanthi)
• Vrepalle Vechenu Venuvu Vechenu (Lyrics: C. Narayana Reddy; Singer: P. Susheela; Cast: Sharada)

Boxoffice

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

Awards

• The film won Nandi Award for Best Feature Film in 1972 from Government of Andhra Pradesh.

External links

• Sharada, 1973 Telugu film at IMDb.