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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Sarada<br />
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| director = [[K. Viswanath]]<br />
| producer = [[Kranthi Kumar]]<br />
| writer =<br />
| narrator =<br />
| starring = [[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]]<br />[[Sobhan Babu]]<br />[[Kaikala Satyanarayana]]<br />[[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]]<br />[[Rao Gopal Rao]]<br />
| music = [[K. Chakravarthy]]<br />
| cinematography = V. K. Gopal <br /> G. K. Ramu<br />
| editing =<br />
| studio =<br />
| distributor =<br />
| released = 4 May 1973<br />
| runtime = 166 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Telugu<br />
| budget =<br />
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'''''Sarada ''''' ({{lang-te|శారద}}) is a 1973 Telugu [[drama film]] starring [[Sharada (actress)|Sarada]] and directed by [[K. Viswanath]]. The film was remade in Tamil as ''Radha'' (1973), Hindi as ''[[Dulhan (1975 film)|Dulhan]]'' (1975) and in Kannada as ''Deepa'' (1977). The film itself was based on 1972 Kannada movie ''[[Yaava Janmada Maitri]]''.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
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.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]]... Insane Woman<br />
* [[Sobhan Babu]]... Husband / Doctor<br />
* [[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanti]]... Doctor's wife<br />
* [[Kaikala Satyanarayana]]... Brother of Sarada<br />
* [[Rao Gopal Rao]]<br />
* [[Allu Ramalingaiah]]<br />
* [[Raja Babu (actor)|Rajababu]]<br />
* [[Sulakshana (actress)|Baby Dolly]]<br />
* [[Shanta Devi]]<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
* "Ato Ito Telipovali" (Singers: Chakravarti and Rama Rao)<br />
* "Kanne Vadhuvuga Maredi Jeevitamlo Okesari" (Singers: [[Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao]] and P. Susheela; Cast: Sobhan Babu and Sarada )<br />
* "Naa Gudilo Gantalu Mroginavi" (Singer: [[P. Susheela]]; Cast: Sarada)<br />
* "Radhalola Gopala Ganavilola Yadupala" (Singer: P. Susheela; Cast: Sarada)<br />
* "Sarada, Nanu Cheraga Emitamma Sigga" (Lyrics: [[C. Narayana Reddy]]; Singer: [[V. Ramakrishna]]; Cast: Sobhan Babu and Sarada)<br />
* "Shrimatigariki Teeranivela Shrivarikenduku Eegola" (Singers: V. Ramakrishna and P. Susheela; Cast: Sobhan Babu and Jayanti)<br />
* "Vrepalle Vechenu Venuvu Vechenu" (Lyrics: C. Narayana Reddy; Singer: P. Susheela; Cast: Sarada)<br />
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==Boxoffice==<br />
The film ran for more than 100 days in 5 centres in Andhra Pradesh i.e. Hyderabad, Guntur, Rajamundry, Kakinada and Nellore.<ref>[http://www.cinegoer.com/sobhanbabu100.htm Sobhanbabu's 100 Days Films List at Cinegoer.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927124102/http://www.cinegoer.com/sobhanbabu100.htm |date=27 September 2012 }}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
* The film won [[Nandi Award for Best Feature Film]] in 1972 from Government of Andhra Pradesh.<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Kasinathuni Viswanath}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070681/ Sharada, 1973 Telugu film at IMDb.]<br />
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[[Category:1973 films]]<br />
[[Category:Telugu-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by K. Viswanath]]<br />
[[Category:Indian drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by K. Chakravarthy]]<br />
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