Karthika Deepam (film)

Karthika Deepam (1979)
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	Satyam
Production companies	Vauhini and Prasad Studios
Release date	4 May 1979 (1979-05-04)
Country	India
Language	Telugu
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 Satyam is memorable. Sobhan Babu won Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu). The film was declared a blockbuster at the box office.

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). ^[2]

Cast

• Sobhan Babu ... Sridhara Rao and Raja
• Sharada
• Sridevi ... Radha
• Geetha ... Geetha
• Gummadi
• Leelavathi
• M. Prabhakar Reddy ... Dhananjaya Rao
• Rajababu
• Allu Ramalingaiah
• K. V. Chalam ... Driver
• Suryakantham
• Ramaprabha
• Potti Prasad
• Mada
• YG Mahendra

Soundtrack

• "Aaraneekuma Ee Deepam Karthika Deepam" (Lyricist: Devulapalli Krishna Sastry; Singers: P. Susheela, S. Janaki; Cast: Sridevi and Sharada)
• "Chilakamma Palikindhi Chiguraaku Kulikindi" (Lyricist: Narala Rami Reddy; Singers: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki; Cast: Shobhan Babu and Sridevi)
• "Chooda Chakkani Daana" (Lyricist: Gopi; Singers: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela; Cast: Shobhan Babu and Geetha)
• "Muvvalemo Nedemo Naalona Mroginchenu Mohana Geetam" (Lyricist: Dr. C. Narayana Reddy; Singer: S. Janaki; Cast: Sridevi)
• "Nee Kougililo Taladachi Nee Chetulalo Kanumoosi" (Lyricist: Gopi; Singers: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki; Cast: Shobhan Babu and Sridevi)
• "Ey Maata Aha Telusu Adi Kaadu" (Lyricist: Gopi; Singers: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela; Cast: Shobhan Babu and Sharada)

Release

The film was released on 4 May 1979. ^[3] 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.

References

1. Nayak, Satyarth (2019). Sridevi: The Eternal Screen Goddess. India: Penguin Random House. p. 41. ISBN   9789353056780.
2. "Maang Bharo Sajana". MySwar. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
3. @baraju_SuperHit (10 May 2019). "Natabhushan #SobhanBabu garu, Sarada, Sridevi starrer Blockbuster Family film #KarthikaDeepam completes 40 years to…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

External links

• Karthika Deepam at IMDb