Karthika Deepam (film)

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Karthika Deepam
Karthika Deepam poster.jpg
Poster
Directed by Lakshmi Deepak
Screenplay by Lakshmi Deepak
Story by M. Prabhakar Reddy
Produced by G. Radhadevi Gupta
A. Krishnaiah
Starring Sobhan Babu
Sridevi
Sharada
Geetha
Gummadi
M. Prabhakar Reddy
Cinematography J. Satyanarayana
Edited by K. Balu
Music by Chellapilla Satyam
Production
companies
Release date
  • 4 May 1979 (1979-05-04)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Box office₹1.5 crores(equivalent to ₹31 crores in 2019)

Karthika Deepam is a 1979 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Laxmi Deepak and starring Sobhan Babu, Sridevi and Sharada. The music score by Chellapilla Satyam are memorable. Sobhan Babu won Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu). The film was declared a blockbuster at the box office.

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The film was remade as Maang Bharo Sajana (1980) in Hindi directed by T. Rama Rao, [1] in Tamil as Karpoora Deepam (1985) and in Kannada as Sowbhagya Lakshmi (1987).

Cast

Crew

Soundtrack

Karthika Deepam
Soundtrack album by
Released1979
Genre Filmi
Singles from Karthika Deepam
  1. "Muvvalemo Nedemo Naalona"

Tracks

Release

The film was released on 4 May 1979. [2] It received positive reviews from critics and audience alike. The film became a phenomenal success at the box office and was one of the highest grossing Telugu movies of the year 1979. It had a theatrical run of 93 days in Hyderabad, 56 days in Secunderabad, 113 days in Vijayawada, 100 days in Rajahmundry, 100 days in Eluru and 118 days in Vishakhapatnam.

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References

  1. Nayak, Satyarth (2019). Sridevi: The Eternal Screen Goddess . Ebury Press. p. 41.
  2. @baraju_SuperHit (10 May 2019). "Natabhushan #SobhanBabu garu, Sarada, Sridevi starrer Blockbuster Family film #KarthikaDeepam completes 40 years to…" (Tweet) via Twitter.