Idi Katha Kaadu is a 1979

1979 in film

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 Indian Telugu language

Telugu language

Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...

 Drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by K. Balachander starring Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan

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, Jayasudha

Jayasudha

Jayasudha is an Indian film actress-turned-MLA for the Congress in Secunderabad. She was a famous South Indian actress from the 1970s and 1980s, with most of her films being Telugu films. She has also worked in Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and three Hindi films....

, Sarath Babu

Sarath Babu

Sarath Babu is an Indian film actor, who has acted in almost all the major south Indian languages - Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. He has been in the industry for nearly 37 years and has acted in more than 200 movies, most of them in a supporting role. He has acted in 80 films each in...

, Chiranjeevi

Chiranjeevi

Chiranjeevi is a Telugu film actor and a politician. He has appeared primarily in Telugu Cinema along with a few Tamil, Kannada and Hindi films. He made his acting debut in Punadhirallu . However, Pranam Khareedu released at the box office earlier...

, Saritha

Saritha

Saritha is a South Indian actress. She has acted in at least 141 feature films, and was cast in the television serial Selvi in 2005. Her mainstream career spanned from 1979 to 1989, when she took a break to marry Indian actor and producer Mukesh and raise their two sons...

, and Ramaprabha. It is a remake of Balachander's earlier Tamil hit Avargal

Avargal

Avargal is a 1977 Tamil film made by K. Balachander starring Sujatha, Kamal Hassan and Rajinikanth. The film had a reputation of being one of most sensitive movies on women’s lib. The same director later remade it into the Telugu film Idi Katha Kaadu with Kamal Hassan repeating his role...

 (1977), which also won a national award. Kamal Hassan stars in both languages. This film has Chiranjeevi as the villainous husband of Jayasudha (Rajinikanth starred as the husband in Tamil). The film was shot in Black and white

Plot

The heroine separates from her husband and lives as a single working mother. Enter into the life of the heroine two men who want to marry her. The film takes a lot of interesting twists that keeps the viewer gripped.

This movie is a super hit. It ran for 150 days.

Cast

• Kamal Hassan as Johnny
• Jayasudha
  Jayasudha
  Jayasudha is an Indian film actress-turned-MLA for the Congress in Secunderabad. She was a famous South Indian actress from the 1970s and 1980s, with most of her films being Telugu films. She has also worked in Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and three Hindi films....
  
  as Suhasini
• Chiranjeevi
  Chiranjeevi
  Chiranjeevi is a Telugu film actor and a politician. He has appeared primarily in Telugu Cinema along with a few Tamil, Kannada and Hindi films. He made his acting debut in Punadhirallu . However, Pranam Khareedu released at the box office earlier...
  
  as Subanakar
• Sarath Babu
  Sarath Babu
  Sarath Babu is an Indian film actor, who has acted in almost all the major south Indian languages - Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. He has been in the industry for nearly 37 years and has acted in more than 200 movies, most of them in a supporting role. He has acted in 80 films each in...
  
  as Bharani
• J. V. Ramana Murthi
  J. V. Ramana Murthi
  J. V. Ramana Murthi is an eminent Indian stage and film actor. He is younger brother of J. V. Somayajulu.-Brief lifesketch:He was born on 20 May 1933 in Vizianagaram district. He started acting in playlets since his school days. He got the best performance award for "Vishwa Shanti" of Athreya in...
  
  
• Ramaprabha
• Saritha as Gayatri

Soundtrack

• Gaali Kadupu Ledu Kadali Kanthu Ledu (Lyrics: Acharya Atreya; Singer: S. Janaki
  S. Janaki
  S. Janaki is an Indian female playback singer. Renowned for her voice modulation abilities, she has sung in many Indian languages, most frequently in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi. Throughout a career spanning more than five decades, she has won four National Film Awards and 35...
  
  )
• Idi Katha Kadu
• Jola Paata Paadi Uyyala Oopana (Lyrics: Acharya Atreya; Singer: P. Susheela)
• Junior Junior Atu Itu Kaani Hrudayam Toni (Lyrics: Acharya Atreya; Singers: S.P.Balasubramanyam and Ramola)
• Sarigamalu Galagalalu (Lyrics: Acharya Atreya; Singer: S.P. Balasubramanyam and P. Susheela)
• Thakadhimi Thaka (Lyrics: Acharya Atreya; Singer: S. P. Balasubramanyam)

External links

• Listen to Idi Katha Kaadu songs at Dishant.com