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{{Infobox film
| name = Soggadu
| image = Soggadu.jpg
| border = no
| caption = Poster
| director = [[K. Bapaiah]]
| producer = [[D. Rama Naidu]]
| writer = [[Modukuri Johnson]] <small>(Dialogues)</small>
| story = Balamurugan
| narrator =
| starring = [[Sobhan Babu]]<br />[[Jayachitra]]<br />[[Jayasudha]]
| music = [[K. V. Mahadevan]]
| cinematography = [[A. Vincent]]
| editing = Narasimha Rao
| studio = [[Suresh Productions]]
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|1975|12|19|df=y}}
| runtime = 155 minutes
| country = India
| language = Telugu
}}

'''''Soggadu''''' ({{translation|Charmer}}) is a 1975 Indian Telugu-language [[drama film]] directed by [[K. Bapaiah]] and produced by [[D. Ramanaidu]] under [[Suresh Productions]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Articles: Movie Retrospect: Retro - Soggadu (1975) |url=http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/movieretrospect/Retro_soggadu_1975.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029223854/http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/movieretrospect/Retro_soggadu_1975.php |archive-date=29 October 2013 |access-date=12 April 2014 |website=Telugu Cinema}}</ref> The film stars [[Sobhan Babu]] as the title character alongside [[Jayachitra]] and [[Jayasudha]]. [[Anjali Devi]], [[Kaikala Satyanarayana]], [[Raja Babu (actor)|Raja Babu]], [[Allu Ramalingaiah]], [[Santha Kumari]], and [[Nagesh]] play supporting roles. Released on 19 December 1975, the film was a big commercial success.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 April 2021 |title=భలే బాపయ్య |url=https://ntvtelugu.com/happy-birthday-to-senior-director-bapayya/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008144122/https://ntvtelugu.com/happy-birthday-to-senior-director-bapayya/ |archive-date=8 October 2021 |access-date=8 October 2021 |website=[[NTV (Indian TV channel)|NTV Telugu]] |language=te}}</ref> It was remade in [[Hindi]] as ''[[Dildaar]]'' (1977).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jayadeva |first=Rentala |date=19 December 2020 |title=వెండితెర సోగ్గాడు @45 ఇయర్స్‌ |trans-title=Silver screen of Soggadu @45 years |url=https://www.sakshi.com/telugu-news/movies/sobhan-babu-soggadu-movie-completed-45-years-1333646 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008145624/https://www.sakshi.com/telugu-news/movies/sobhan-babu-soggadu-movie-completed-45-years-1333646 |archive-date=8 October 2021 |access-date=8 October 2021 |website=[[Sakshi (newspaper)|Sakshi]] |language=te}}</ref>

==Plot==
Sobhanadri is popularly known as 'Soggadu' in his native village. He loves his cousin Saroja. Saroja's father Paramesham does not like this as he wants Saroja to be married to a well-educated individual. Sobhanadri challenges Paramesham that he will marry an educated girl. He leaves to the town, where he meets Saroja's classmate Latha. Latha has run away to escape from a forced marriage with her uncle Bhupathi. Latha and Sobhanadri get married in a hotel. Bhupathi files a case against Sobhanadri. Finally Sobhanadri and Latha reunite happily.

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Sobhan Babu]] as Sobhanadri or Soggadu
* [[Jayachitra]] as Latha
* [[Jayasudha]] as Saroja
* [[Anjali Devi]]
* [[Allu Ramalingaiah]] as Paramesham
* [[Kaikala Satyanarayana]] as Bhupathi
* [[Nagesh]] as Sanyasi Rao
* [[Raja Babu (actor)|Raja Babu]] as Rajendra Prasad
* [[T. Subbarami Reddy]] as District Collector
* [[Gummadi (actor)|Gummadi]] as Simhadri
* [[Ramaprabha]] as Gajalakshmi
* [[B. Padmanabham]] as Saleem
* [[Manju Bhargavi]] as Savithri
}}

==Awards==
* [[Shobhan Babu]] won third consecutive [[Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)]] for portraying role of Soggadu.
* [[D. Rama Naidu]] won [[Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu)]].

==Soundtrack==
* "Avvaa Buvvaa Kaavaalante Ayyedenaa Abbaayii" (Lyrics: Aathreya; Singers: [[P. Susheela]], [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] ; Cast: Sobhan Babu, Jayasudha)
* "Chali Vestondi, Champestondi, Korikestondi" (Lyrics: Aathreya; Singers: [[P. Susheela]], [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]; Cast: Sobhan Babu, Jayasudha)
* "Edukondalavaadaa, Venkatesaa, Orayyo, Entapani Chesaavu, Tirumalesaa" (Lyrics: Aathreya; Singers: P. Susheela, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam; Cast: Sobhan Babu, Jayachitra)
* "Edukondalavaadaa, Venaktesaa, Orayyo, Entapani Chesaavu, Tirumalesaa!" (Pathos) (Lyrics: Aathreya; Singers: P. Susheela, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam; Cast: Sobhan Babu, Jayachitra)
* "Ole Ole, Olammii Uffantene Ulikkipaddaavu" (Lyrics: Aathreya; Singers: P. Susheela, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam; Cast: Sobhan Babu, Jayachitra)
* "Soggaadu Lechaadu, Choochi Choochi Nee Dummu Leputaadu!" (Lyrics: Aathreya; Singers: P. Susheela, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam; Cast: Sobhan Babu, Manjubhargavi, Jayachitra, Jayasudha)

==Box office==
The film ran for more than 100 days in 17 centres in [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sobhan Babu's 100 Days film list |url=http://www.cinegoer.com/sobhanbabu100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927124102/http://www.cinegoer.com/sobhanbabu100.htm |archive-date=27 September 2012 |access-date=12 July 2012 |website=Cinegoer}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0155188}}

{{Filmfare Best Telugu Film}}
{{Kovelamudi Bapayya}}

[[Category:1970s Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:1975 films]]
[[Category:Films directed by K. Bapayya]]
[[Category:Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Suresh Productions films]]
[[Category:Telugu films remade in other languages]]

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