Sarada (1962)

Original title

சாரதா

Directed by

K. S. Gopalakrishnan

Genre

drama film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 27m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Tamil drama about a married couple facing hardships and moral tests. The story follows the wife as she struggles to keep her family together against social pressures and personal betrayals.

melodramaticemotionalclassicfamily-focusedmoralisticseriousmusical

What happens

Sarada () is a 1962 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by K. S. Gopalakrishnan in his directorial debut. The film was produced by A. L. Srinivasan under ALS Productions and stars S. S. Rajendran and C. R. Vijayakumari, while M. R. Radha, S. V. Ranga Rao and S. A. Ashokan play supporting roles. The music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan, while the lyrics for the songs were written by Kannadasan. Karnan and R. Devarajan handled cinematography and editing respectively. Sarada was released on 16 March 1962. Srinivasan had to distribute the film himself after distributors backed out. Despite this, it became successful at the box office established Gopalakrishnan as a popular director. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil – Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film. It was remade in Hindi as Suhagan (1964), in Telugu as Sumangali (1965) and in Kannada as Sothu Geddavalu (1971). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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