Sudigundaalu is a 1967 Telugu film directed by Adurthi Subba Rao

Adurthi Subba Rao

Adurthi Subba Rao is a prominent old-time director of Telugu & Hindi Films. He also produced few films.-Early life:...

 and K. Viswanath. It is one of the best movies on contemporary social problems produced by Annapurna Pictures (Chakravarti Chitra). The film starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao

Akkineni Nageswara Rao

Akkineni Nageswara Rao , also known as ANR, is a Telugu cinema actor from Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh. Nageswara Rao has worked in several genres of films in his 70-year acting career, including mythological, social, and drama films...

 as a responsive Judge

Judge

A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...

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It has won the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film by Government of Andhra Pradesh.

The plot

Judge Chandrasekharam (ANR) is very kind and helpful to the relatives of the culprits. His wife dies after giving birth to a baby boy. His son Raja was killed by two youth (Prasanna Rani and Vijayachander). The judge argues in the favour of the young culprits and finally concludes that responsibility of giving them right direction rests with the parents and the society. Sudigundalu in his view are the many hurdles and problems they are facing nowadays. If we give them right path they would become professionals and responsible citizens. The film gives this message as an argument and at the end Chandrasekharam dies in the court hall.

Cast

• Akkineni Nageshwara Rao ... Judge Chandrasekharam
• Vijayachander
  Vijayachander
  Vijayachander is an actor, predominantly appearing in South Indian films.He has debuted in the film Sudigundalu in 1967.-External links:...
  
   (debut)
• Nagarjuna Akkineni (debut child actor)
• Ram Mohan ... Police Inspector
• Pushpavalli
  Pushpavalli
  Pentapadu Pushpavalli better known as Pushpavalli is a Tamil and Telugu film actress. She was married to Gemini Ganesan and is Rekha's mother. She starred in many films with Ganesan, mostly as his heroine. Her film work includes title roles in Miss Malini , an adaptation of R.K. Narayan's novel Mr...
  
  
• 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...
  
  ... Gumasta
• Sukanya
• Sandhya Rani ... Housemaid Seetha
• K. V. Chalam
• Venkateswarlu
• Bhanu Prakash
• P. Koteswara Rao
• Meena Kumari
• Anjaneyulu
• Prasanna Rani (debut)
• Mada ... Driver John Maridaiah (Uncredited)
• Gummadi Venkateswara Rao
  Gummadi Venkateswara Rao
  Gummadi Venkateswara Rao popularly known as Gummadi was a popular Telugu film character actor. Though he began to act in films much later than famous artistes like N.T.Rama Rao and Akkineni Nageswara Rao he had through the course of his career acquired a niche for himself vis a vis the character...
  
    ... Defence lawyer (Uncredited)
• Master Raja ... Son of Judge Chandrasekharam

Crew

• Directors: Adurthi Subba Rao
  Adurthi Subba Rao
  Adurthi Subba Rao is a prominent old-time director of Telugu & Hindi Films. He also produced few films.-Early life:...
  
   and K. Vishwanath
• Producer: D. Madhusudhana Rao
• Production company: Chakravarthi Chitra
• Dialogues: N. R. Nandi
• Screen adaptation: Adurthi Subba Rao
  Adurthi Subba Rao
  Adurthi Subba Rao is a prominent old-time director of Telugu & Hindi Films. He also produced few films.-Early life:...
  
   and K. Vishwanath
• Original Music: K. V. Mahadevan
  K. V. Mahadevan
  Krishnankoil Venkatachalam Mahadevan was a South Indian music composer.-Career:K.V.Mahadevan was born in Tamil Iyer family in 1918 in Krishnancoil, Kanyakumari district. A contemporary of M. S. Viswanathan, T. K. Ramamoorthy, KVM has scored music for over 600 films, spanning four decades, after...
  
  
• Assistant Composer: Puhalendi
• Cinematography: P. N. Selvaraj
• Film Editing: T. Krishna
• Choreographer: Tara
  Tara
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• Playback singers: Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao and 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...